How do I use ASP.Net2 Navigation sitemap in subsite 1

[AndyH1]

I'm currently working on a small subdirectory site for my company on a larger website site.

I have a subdirectory /mycompany/ on a main site ie

http://site/mycompany

where site is the main site and mycompany is my subfolder. where my pages will be based and these use the masterpages of the main site (which I cannot alter), however I want to add a navigation menu panel on the left on my pages in one of the content fields which only refers to my area

ie /company/About Us
/Company/Calender
etc

just those pages in my subdirectory

I wanted to use the new navigation menu of asp.net2 using the code

<asp:SiteMapDataSource ID="SiteMapDataSource1" runat="server"></asp:SiteMapDataSource>
<asp:Menu runat="server" DataSourceID="SiteMapDataSource1"></asp:Menu>

This seems to work fine if I put the web.sitemap in the top of the main site, but I really need it to use a sitemap file in my subfolder. Is there anyway I can tell the SiteMapDataSource to get the sitemap file from within my subfolder 'mycompany' (possibly with a different name ie company.sitemap) rather than the default location and name (~/web.sitemap)?

Thanks
Andy

 

[ca8msm]

In your web.config file you can set multiple sitemap files e.g.

<siteMap defaultProvider="XmlSiteMapProvider" enabled="true">
      <providers>
        <add siteMapFile="web.sitemap" name="XmlSiteMapProvider" type="System.Web.XmlSiteMapProvider" securityTrimmingEnabled="true"/>
        <add siteMapFile="my.sitemap" name="MyXmlSiteMapProvider" type="System.Web.XmlSiteMapProvider" securityTrimmingEnabled="true"/>
      </providers>
    </siteMap>

Then, in your SiteMapDataSource set the relevant SiteMapProvider e.g.

<asp:SiteMapDataSource ID="SiteMapDataSource1" runat="server" SiteMapProvider="MyXmlSiteMapProvider" />

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[AndyH1]

Thanks, however I'm not sure I'll be allowed to change/add to the web.config of the main site.

Thanks for the advise though
Andy

 

[ca8msm]

Why not a web.config file in your subfolder?


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[AndyH1]

Didn't think I could make another web.config. The subfolder isn't a virtual directory in IIS so assumed there could only be one web.config (in the main directory) on the site.
Thanks
Andy

 

[ca8msm]

No, you can create a web.config for any directory and whatever settings it has will override the parent.


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[AndyH1]

I created a web.config in the mycompany folder and put
<configuration>
<system.web>
<siteMap defaultProvider="XmlSiteMapProvider" enabled="true">
<providers>
<add siteMapFile="web.sitemap" name="XmlSiteMapProvider" type="System.Web.XmlSiteMapProvider" securityTrimmingEnabled="true"/>
<add siteMapFile="~/mycompany/mycompany.sitemap" name="MyCompanyXmlSiteMapProvider" type="System.Web.XmlSiteMapProvider" securityTrimmingEnabled="true"/>
</providers>
</siteMap>
</system.web>
</configuration>

in it
but I get the error

Configuration Error
Description: An error occurred during the processing of a configuration file required to service this request. Please review the specific error details below and modify your configuration file appropriately.

Parser Error Message: It is an error to use a section registered as allowDefinition='MachineToApplication' beyond application level. This error can be caused by a virtual directory not being configured as an application in IIS.

Source Error:


Line 2:
Line 3: <system.web>
Line 4: <siteMap defaultProvider="XmlSiteMapProvider" enabled="true">
Line 5: <providers>
Line 6: <add siteMapFile="web.sitemap" name="XmlSiteMapProvider" type="System.Web.XmlSiteMapProvider" securityTrimmingEnabled="true"/>

Any idea what I'm doing wrong?

 

[tperri]

http://diablopup.blogspot.com/2007/06/beware-of-nested-webconfigs.html

That should give you a few options.

 

[ca8msm]

This error can be caused by a virtual directory not being configured as an application in IIS.

Have you done this?


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[AndyH1]

>This error can be caused by a virtual directory not being >configured as an application in IIS.
>Have you done this?

The problem is I don't have access to the rest of the site just the mycompany folder. But the folder has not been set up as a virtual directory its just a normal subfolder of the site.

Thanks
Andy

 

[ca8msm]

Then you will need to contact your IT department to get it set up as a virtual directory for you.


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[AndyH1]

Thanks for all your help ca8msm. Have it working now
Andy