I'm trying to build a dynamic site map on my site using SiteMapPath.
Should be like this:
Home > Products > %product_name% > Prices
where %product_name%
is set dynamically in the runtime, depending on the user's choice.
I've read many articles on the theme and choose this http://harriyott.com/2007/03/adding-dynamic-nodes-to-aspnet-site.aspx. It dynamically changes the web.sitemap
XML file. The problem is that it still builds the sitemap only once in the beginning and then uses it on each page.
How can I make it to rebuild on each loaded page?
Try this:
Right click on your project "add new item" then choose "Site Map",
it will have an XML structure that looks like:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<siteMap xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/AspNet/SiteMap-File-1.0" >
<siteMapNode url="~/Default.aspx" title="Home " description="">
<siteMapNode url="~/the page URL" title="Products" description="" >
<siteMapNode url="~/the page URL" title=" %product_name%" description="" >
<siteMapNode url="~/the page URL" title="Prices" description="" />
</siteMapNode >
</siteMapNode >
</siteMapNode >
<sitemap>
** adding description for each node is optional.
Now you need to place it where you want, so you add this code in the HTML side of the page:
<asp:SiteMapPath ID="SiteMapPath1" runat="server">
<CurrentNodeStyle CssClass="Some class" />
<PathSeparatorTemplate>
<img runat="server" alt="" src="an image to separate between nodes" height="5" width="5" />
</PathSeparatorTemplate>
</asp:SiteMapPath>
Of course you have two pages - one for product and one for prices.
To assign Tile dynamically for some node in the SiteMap; add this code in the Prices Page:
1) In the page load:
SiteMap.SiteMapResolve += new SiteMapResolveEventHandler(SiteMap_SiteMapResolve);
2) Add this function in the same page (prices page):
SiteMapNode SiteMap_SiteMapResolve(object sender, SiteMapResolveEventArgs e)
{
SiteMapNode currentNode = SiteMap.CurrentNode.Clone(true);
SiteMapNode tempNode = currentNode;
tempNode.ParentNode.Title = "Change the Product name";
tempNode.ParentNode.Url = "Change the Product url";
return currentNode;
}
As you can see you can manipulate the parent Node as you want, change the title, the url, etc. I think you want to change the url too; for example: "product.aspx?ID=blah"
Great!
In case of someone wants the same in vb here is the code:
Protected Sub Page_Load(sender As Object, e As System.EventArgs) Handles Me.Load
AddHandler SiteMap.SiteMapResolve, AddressOf Me.SiteMap_SiteMapResolve
End Sub
Private Function SiteMap_SiteMapResolve(sender As Object, e As SiteMapResolveEventArgs) As SiteMapNode
Dim currentNode As SiteMapNode = SiteMap.CurrentNode.Clone(True)
Dim tempNode As SiteMapNode = currentNode
tempNode.ParentNode.Title = "Change the Product name"
tempNode.ParentNode.Url = "Change the Product url"
Return currentNode
End Function