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Quade, 6/19/2008 3:34:02 AM

Hi

I have a site map as below

home
services
----service1
----------Item1
----------Item2
----service2
contact us

I have a site menu in services page, which has a starting node offset of 1
this means it will show all the services in the menu (service 1,2)

However, i need to stop item 1 and 2 appearing as slide out menus
I did have a play in the menu settings area, and set something which stopped it showing the sub items (well 99% of them, you could still see the menu slightly)
if you highlight the menu, and hover, you can still see it showing these items, and the customer is complaining about this

How would i set this up properly

Mike, 6/19/2008 8:05:10 AM

Quade,

In the Sitefinity/Usercontrols/SiteMenu.ascx.cs add the following method.

    protected void RadMenu1_DataBound(object sender, EventArgs e)  

    {  

        foreach (RadMenuItem item in RadMenu1.GetAllItems())  

        {  

            if (item.Level > 0)  

                item.Items.Clear();  

        }  

    }

This will clear those child pages from the menu.

hope this helps,
Mike

Quade, 6/24/2008 7:11:09 AM

Hi Mike

I've just tried this, but in IE6 you still see the menu drop down
Ideally i wouldn't use the menu, i'd use a tab strip, but the site is implemented now.

can any one else comment?

I've edited the file
Sitefinity/Usercontrols/Navigation/SiteMenu.ascx.cs

I'd appreciate a quick reply as i need to get this sorted asap

thanks

, 6/24/2008 10:06:56 AM

Hi Quade,

Please send us the modified SiteMenu control that does not work according to expectations in IE6 to test it locally. It will be very helpful if you provide us with an online access to your web site or a screenshot that demonstrates the problem with the display of the items.

Also, you can investigate the following forum thread that might be useful for you.

Thanks for your cooperation in advance.

All the best,
Pepi
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Quade, 6/25/2008 4:29:47 AM

Hi

Please click here to see a picture of how it looks
You can see it better when you highlight the menu (as i have done in the example)

The white boxes are the drop down menu
and it hides the other menu items

I've tried the suggestions in the other article with no joy.
Thanks

, 6/26/2008 10:27:28 AM

Hello Quade,

You said you have the following SiteMap structure:

home
services
----service1
----------Item1
----------Item2
----service2
contact us

To remove "Item1" and "Item2" from the navigation control, you need to implement the following in the RadMenu1_ItemDataBound method of the SiteMenu control:

    
            public void RadMenu1_ItemDataBound(object sender, RadMenuEventArgs e) 
        
                { 
        
                    if (e.Item.Level >= 1) 
        
                    { 
        
                        e.Item.Visible = false; 
        
                        e.Item.Owner.Items.Clear(); 
        
                    } 
        
            ...

Please note that the check for the Level of the current item should be different depending on the position of the page in the SiteMap.

If this does not help, send us both your project and database to debug the issue locally.

Best wishes,
Pepi
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