Thread: asp.menu datasource fileters

Hello,

I have tried using some of the standard asp.net menu filters for data source like:

C#/VB.NET Code:

ds.ShowStartingNode = false;
ds.StartingNodeUrl = "~/default.aspx"; 


and also tried

C#/VB.NET Code:

ds.StartingNodeOffset = 1; 


In the ds setup in templatebase.cs for the menu data source. I have also tried using the offset and some other filters, but none seem to have any impact on the output.

Are these options available? Or maybe I am using them incorrectly?

Dave

what are you trying to do exactly?

A couple of things actually, each one kind of helping the other,but really distinct.

First I noticed that the styles are a little convoluted for the menu since it all has to reside under a parent element, in the standard install 'home'. I am guessing this is to preserve compatibility with your old templating system, but cant say for certain. So I was going to wrap the menu in 'dummy' element to preserve your requirements for code and shift starting point for menus down one level. Then styles could be consistent all the way down and easier to work with.

Second, I want to put the Categories horizontally across the top of the menu. I have already removed all of the extra pieces I dont want there (departments, manufacturers, etc) but still havent found how to tell the menus to be rendered horizontally. I found some old posts that seemeed to have the answers but appears that is for the older versions of adnsf.

Let me know if this doesnt give you enough detail,

David

Bump... bump

In the master.template CodeBehind file you could write a routine that will modify the menu after it has been created. I did something simular to that in http://forums.aspdotnetstorefront.co...ad.php?t=22665

I actually saw your post already in looking for peoples updates/improvements to the new masterpages.

However, this was a feature that was readily available in older versions and a lot of people used and are asking about now, so it seems there really should be a way to do this already, it just hasn't been noted yet.

I am hoping someone on staff will provide the answer so I and others with the same question posted recenlty can get the official tweak needed to work under v9.

I have already built the menu's statically, but that is not really a long term answer.

Your idea for the cookies and such was a nice one. I was wondering if you could tie into the begin request feature in global.asax to set a session variable for this and other types of things.

Regards,

Dave

My idea was that when you are advertising your site advertise it as http://myURL/dept/ instead of just http://myURL/. This way the cookie is set the first time they go to the page.

Here is some code that will fix the main menu so that even though is is automatically generated by page.menu.xml.config it can have multiple first-level menus.

Code:

Private Sub FlattenAutoMenu()
	If aspnetMenu IsNot Nothing Then
		Do While aspnetMenu.Items(0).ChildItems.Count > 0
			aspnetMenu.Items.Add(aspnetMenu.Items(0).ChildItems(0))
		Loop
		aspnetMenu.Items.RemoveAt(0)
	End If
End Sub

Put a call to this right after the call to SetupMenu in the OnPreRender Sub.

Basically this will remove the single first level item and make all the second level items first level items.

I converted your VB code to C#. It seems to make all elements root elements or level 1 elements. All the drop downs are shown as actually root menu items.

Here is the code I used:

Code:

private void FlattenAutoMenu()
   {
       if (aspnetMenu != null) {
           while (aspnetMenu.Items[0].ChildItems.Count > 0) {
               aspnetMenu.Items.Add(aspnetMenu.Items[0].ChildItems[0]);
           }
            aspnetMenu.Items.RemoveAt(0);
        }
    }

I also posted a question related to what I am actually try to do here: http://forums.aspdotnetstorefront.co...ad.php?p=88642

Any tips to get this to work would be greatly appreciated.

Chaz.

That code will remove 'Home' (level 0) and replace it with all the level 1 items. Or, put another way, it will lower all the levels by 1.

If you want to add another level 0 item you can just use the Items.Add function.

You can see me doing this at the bottom of this post under the subheading Modify Menu:

http://forums.aspdotnetstorefront.co...ad.php?p=88131