Thread: Menu with only categories in ML9

Hi all,

In previous versions it was possible to show the main categories without the first node "Categories" by using (!menu.Categories0!)

Is it possible to still do that? I have 2 main categories and those are the categories I want to show in the menu. They should be expandable to show more categories.


Thnx!

I just added additional layers to my menu and then I ran the menu flattening code that you see at the bottom of this post:

http://forums.aspdotnetstorefront.co...31&postcount=4

Menu is build like this

Home
Categories
Cat 1
Cat 2


Simply what I want is this

Cat 1
Cat 2

When I delete the home node, the categories don't work anymore.
If I add 0 to the categorie call, it won't work either.

Note the menu XML below. I then run the menu reducing code three times which puts the categories at the root level along with my CustomerService menu.

Code:

<xsl:template match="/">
	<siteMap>
		<siteMapNode title="(!menu.Home!)"  url="~/default.aspx">
			<!-- Titles are predefined entities, the contents are not explicitly set here but runtime they are dynamically populated per entity-->
			<siteMapNode title="(!menu.Categories!)" type="category" />
			<!-- These are static links -->
			<siteMapNode title="CustomerServiceBig" >
				<siteMapNode title="(!menu.CustomerService!)" url="~/t-service.aspx" >
					<siteMapNode title="(!menu.YourAccount!)" url="~/account.aspx" />
					<siteMapNode title="(!menu.FAQs!)" url="~/t-faq.aspx" />
					<siteMapNode title="(!menu.PolicyReturns!)" url="~/t-returns.aspx" />
					<siteMapNode title="(!menu.Shipping!)" url="~/t-shipping.aspx" />
					<siteMapNode title="(!menu.Contact!)" url="~/t-contact.aspx" />
					<siteMapNode title="(!menu.PolicyPrivacy!)" url="~/t-privacy.aspx" />
					<siteMapNode title="(!menu.PolicySecurity!)" url="~/t-security.aspx" />
				</siteMapNode>
			</siteMapNode>
		</siteMapNode>					
	</siteMap>
</xsl:template>

I want to code or logic display all root categories align horizonal men on the top of a page. All subcategories are became submenu or menu items in dropdown. (!menu.categories0!) in older version, what is corresponding declarative in version 9 to display root categories? Thanks.