Thread: XMLPACKAGES for categories

I have a few skins and am having difficulty determining which xmlpackage is being executed.

In the standard skin that comes with ML v9, I would like to modify the xmlpackage (if that's what is executed) for the menu on the left at:

<div id="leftWrap">
<aspdnsf:EntityControl ID="ctrlEntityCategory" runat="server" Header="<%$ Tokens:StringResource, AppConfig.CategoryPromptPlural %>"
EntityType="Category" MaxMenuSize="<%$ Tokens:AppConfigUSInt, MaxMenuSize %>" />
</div>
<div id="content">
<!-- CONTENTS START -->
<asp:ContentPlaceHolder ID="PageContent" runat="server">
</asp:ContentPlaceHolder>
<!-- CONTENTS END -->
</div>

in template.master. Is it a xmlpackage that is executed or something else? Where can I find it and can it be customized for each skin?

Thanks,

Boris

EntityControl is a control, not an XmlPackage. What are you trying to change exactly? You can change the styling per skin, but changing functionality would be a source code change.

Thanks for the reply,

I realize that is the control for displaying the Category menu on the left. Is there an XMLPackage that is executed (if so what is it), or is it reading the Category table directly.

Thanks

In v9, it's a control that reads the data directly.

It is possible to replace this with your own XML-based menu system... You can also get it to highlight the current page's selected category as long as you are able to extract the current page entityid and entityname from the page URL (we use an XSLT extension for this).

Originally Posted by AspDotNetStorefront Staff - Scott

You can change the styling per skin, but changing functionality would be a source code change.

Can you please provide instructions on how to change the styling of this control (EntityControl)? Nothing I do seems to remove the header or the border around the categories. Is there any documentation for the new controls that have been implemented?

Thank you.