Thread: Help with creating subnavigation

I have created a new string in string manager and am trying to add sub category to horizontal navigation. I am trying to edit menudata.xml file, but displays as main section not sub category. Here is a copy of my menudata.xml

Any help in instructions on creating subnav, is much appreciated...

menu.history is to be a subcat. of menu.about

Not sure if you need specific top id's and then specific sub id's or how it is all working

Thanks

<SiteMap>
<item Text="(!menu.Home!)" NavigateUrl="default.aspx" LookId="TopItemLook"/>
<item Text="(!menu.About!)" NavigateUrl="t-about.aspx" LookId="TopItemLook"/>
<item Text="(!menu.History!)" NavigateUrl="t-history.aspx" LookId="TopItemLook"/>
<item Text="(!menu.Categories!)" LookId="TopItemLook" />
<!--<item Text="(!menu.Sections!)" LookId="TopItemLook" />
<item Text="(!menu.Manufacturers!)" NavigateUrl="manufacturers.aspx" LookId="TopItemLook" />-->
<item Text="(!menu.Members!)" NavigateUrl="s-1-members.aspx" LookId="TopItemLook"/>
<item Text="(!menu.Papers!)" NavigateUrl="t-papers.aspx" LookId="TopItemLook"/>
<item Text="(!menu.CustomerService!)" NavigateUrl="t-service.aspx" LookId="TopItemLook">
<item Text="(!menu.YourAccount!)" NavigateUrl="account.aspx" LookId="DefaultItemLook"/>
<item Text="(!menu.OrderHistory!)" NavigateUrl="account.aspx" LookId="DefaultItemLook"/>
<item Text="(!menu.FAQs!)" NavigateUrl="t-faq.aspx" LookId="DefaultItemLook"/>
<item Text="(!menu.PolicyReturns!)" NavigateUrl="t-returns.aspx" LookId="DefaultItemLook"/>
<item Text="(!menu.Shipping!)" NavigateUrl="t-shipping.aspx" LookId="DefaultItemLook"/>
<item Text="(!menu.Contact!)" NavigateUrl="t-contact.aspx" LookId="DefaultItemLook"/>
<item Text="(!menu.PolicyPrivacy!)" NavigateUrl="t-privacy.aspx" LookId="DefaultItemLook"/>
<item Text="(!menu.PolicySecurity!)" NavigateUrl="t-security.aspx" LookId="DefaultItemLook"/>
</item>
</SiteMap>

It would entirely depend on the value of the LookId property. If you wish to set it as the main menu, the value should be TopItemLook, otherwise, use DefaultItemLook

I changed the lookid to LookId="DefaultItemLook", this does not work. Still shows as main not sub category and is really extended.

Here is the code from the menudata.xml file

SiteMap>
<item Text="(!menu.Home!)" NavigateUrl="default.aspx" LookId="TopItemLook"/>
<item Text="(!menu.About!)" NavigateUrl="t-about.aspx" LookId="TopItemLook"/>
<item Text="(!menu.History!)" NavigateUrl="t-history.aspx" LookId="DefaultItemLook"/>
<item Text="(!menu.Categories!)" LookId="TopItemLook" />
<!--<item Text="(!menu.Sections!)" LookId="TopItemLook" />
<item Text="(!menu.Manufacturers!)" NavigateUrl="manufacturers.aspx" LookId="TopItemLook" />-->
<item Text="(!menu.Members!)" NavigateUrl="s-1-members.aspx" LookId="TopItemLook"/>
<item Text="(!menu.Papers!)" NavigateUrl="t-papers.aspx" LookId="TopItemLook"/>
<item Text="(!menu.CustomerService!)" NavigateUrl="t-service.aspx" LookId="TopItemLook">
<item Text="(!menu.YourAccount!)" NavigateUrl="account.aspx" LookId="DefaultItemLook"/>
<item Text="(!menu.OrderHistory!)" NavigateUrl="account.aspx" LookId="DefaultItemLook"/>
<item Text="(!menu.FAQs!)" NavigateUrl="t-faq.aspx" LookId="DefaultItemLook"/>
<item Text="(!menu.PolicyReturns!)" NavigateUrl="t-returns.aspx" LookId="DefaultItemLook"/>
<item Text="(!menu.Shipping!)" NavigateUrl="t-shipping.aspx" LookId="DefaultItemLook"/>
<item Text="(!menu.Contact!)" NavigateUrl="t-contact.aspx" LookId="DefaultItemLook"/>
<item Text="(!menu.PolicyPrivacy!)" NavigateUrl="t-privacy.aspx" LookId="DefaultItemLook"/>
<item Text="(!menu.PolicySecurity!)" NavigateUrl="t-security.aspx" LookId="DefaultItemLook"/>
</item>
</SiteMap>


Here is code for navigation from template file as well, should you need

<div id="horizNav">
<!-- TOP MENU -->
<ComponentArt:Menu id="PageMenu"
ClientScriptLocation="skins/componentart_webui_client/"
ImagesBaseUrl="skins/skin_1/images/"
ScrollingEnabled="true"
ScrollUpLookId="ScrollUpItemLook"
ScrollDownLookId="ScrollDownItemLook"
Orientation="horizontal"
CssClass="TopMenuGroup"
DefaultGroupCssClass="MenuGroup"
DefaultItemLookID="DefaultItemLook"
DefaultGroupItemSpacing="1"
ExpandDelay="0"
ExpandDuration="0"
ExpandSlide="None"
ExpandTransition="None"
CascadeCollapse="false"
CollapseDelay="0"
CollapseSlide="None"
CollapseTransition="None"
EnableViewState="false"
runat="server">
<ItemLooks>
<ComponentArt:ItemLook LookId="DefaultItemLook" HoverCssClass="MenuItemHover" LabelPaddingTop="2px" ActiveCssClass="MenuItemDown" LabelPaddingRight="15px" LabelPaddingBottom="2px" ExpandedCssClass="MenuItemDown" LabelPaddingLeft="5px" CssClass="MenuItem" />
<ComponentArt:ItemLook LookId="TopItemLook" CssClass="TopMenuItem" HoverCssClass="TopMenuItemHover" LabelPaddingLeft="4" LabelPaddingRight="4" LabelPaddingTop="2" LabelPaddingBottom="2" />
<ComponentArt:ItemLook LookID="ScrollUpItemLook" ImageUrl="scroll_up.gif" ImageWidth="15" ImageHeight="13" CssClass="ScrollItem" HoverCssClass="ScrollItemH" ActiveCssClass="ScrollItemA" />
<ComponentArt:ItemLook LookID="ScrollDownItemLook" ImageUrl="scroll_down.gif" ImageWidth="15" ImageHeight="13" CssClass="ScrollItem" HoverCssClass="ScrollItemH" ActiveCssClass="ScrollItemA" />
<ComponentArt:ItemLook LookID="BreakItem" ImageUrl="break.gif" ImageHeight="1" ImageWidth="100%" />
</ItemLooks>
</ComponentArt:Menu>
<!-- END TOP MENU -->

was closing the item tag for the about and not after the history, figured it out!
Thanks