I re-tooled my xml file into the following structure to better describe my
menu system:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<sitemap>
<menu location="top">
<page url="index.aspx" title="Home" />
</menu>
<menu location="top">
<page url="/about_us/index.aspx" title="About Us" />
</menu>
<menu location="top">
<page url="contact.aspx" title="Contact Us" />
</menu>
<menu location="top">
<page url="http://support.compasslearning.com" title="Contact Us" />
</menu>
<menu location="top">
<page url="sitemap.aspx" title="Site Map" />
</menu>
<menu location="main">
<page url="/technology/index.aspx" title="Technology" />
</menu>
<menu location="main">
<page url="/research/index.aspx" title="Research" />
</menu>
<menu location="main">
<page url="/assessment/index.aspx" title="Assessment" />
</menu>
<menu location="main">
<page url="/curriculum/index.aspx" title="Curriculum" />
</menu>
<menu location="main">
<page url="/data_management/index.aspx" title="Data Management" />
</menu>
<menu location="main">
<page url="/services/index.aspx" title="Services" />
</menu>
<menu location="main">
<page url="/results/index.aspx" title="Results" />
</menu>
<menu location="left">
<page url="/about_us/index.aspx" title="About Us" />
<page url="/about_us/mediaroom.aspx" title="Media Room" />
<page url="/about_us/awards.aspx" title="Awards" />
<page url="/about_us/employment.aspx" title="Employment Opportunities" />
<page url="/about_us/events.aspx" title="Trade Show Calendar" />
<page url="/about_us/partners.aspx" title="Partners and Alliances" />
<page url="/about_us/wrcmedia.aspx" title="WRC Media" />
</menu>
<menu location="left">
<page url="/technology/index.aspx" title="Technology" />
<page url="/technology/subscription.aspx" title="Odyssey Subscription" />
<page url="/technology/hosted.aspx" title="Odyssey Hosted" />
<page url="/technology/enterprise.aspx" title="Odyssey Enterprise" />
</menu>
<menu location="left">
<page url="/assessment/index.aspx" title="Assessment" />
<page url="/assessment/custom.aspx" title="Custom Assessment" />
<page url="/assessment/explorer.aspx" title="CompassLearning Explorer" />
</menu>
<menu location="left">
<page url="/curriculum/index.aspx" title="Curriculum" />
<page url="/research/index.aspx" title="Scientifically-Based Research" />
<page url="/curriculum/prek.aspx" title="Pre-K" />
<page url="/curriculum/reading.aspx" title="Reading/Language Arts" />
<page url="/curriculum/writing.aspx" title="Writing" />
<page url="/curriculum/math.aspx" title="Mathematics" />
<page url="/curriculum/spanmath.aspx" title="Matemáticas" />
<page url="/curriculum/science.aspx" title="Science" />
<page url="/curriculum/socialstudies.aspx" title="Social Studies" />
<page url="/curriculum/crosscurricular.aspx" title="Cross Curricular" />
<page url="/curriculum/ell.aspx" title="English Language Learners" />
<page url="/curriculum/specialneeds.aspx" title="Children with Spcial
Needs" />
<page url="/curriculum/secondary.aspx" title="Secondary" />
</menu>
<menu locatin="left">
<page url="/data_management/index.aspx" title="Data Management" />
<page url="/data_management/students.aspx" title="Managing Students" />
<page url="/data_management/standards.aspx" title="Managing Standards" />
<page url="/data_management/reporting.aspx" title="Managing Reporting" />
</menu>
<menu location="left">
<page url="/services/index.aspx" title="Services" />
<page url="/services/custservice.aspx" title="Customer Service" />
<page url="/services/implementservice.aspx" title="Implementation
Services" />
<page url="/services/supportplan.aspx" title="Annual Support Plans" />
<page url="/services/options.aspx" title="More Options" />
<page url="/services/prodev.aspx" title="Professional Development" />
</menu>
<menu location="left">
<page url="/results/index.aspx" title="Results" />
<page url="/results/research.aspx" title="Product Research" />
<page url="/results/achievement.aspx" title="Achievement Results" />
</menu>
</sitemap>
Any input is appreciated.
Thank you.
"-D-" <someone@NOSPAM.com> wrote in message
news:OAEFYH$mGHA.1248@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...[color=blue]
> I'm taking my first stab at using xml, so please bear with my novice
> questions and understanding of xml.
>
> I'm trying to create an xml file that holds all my website navigation. If[/color]
I[color=blue]
> understand correctly, I can use xslt to create different menus from the[/color]
xml[color=blue]
> file.
>
> What I'm trying to accomplish is to create a top menu bar, left navigation
> menu bar and sub header navigation bar. Then place the transformed xslt
> menus into user controls that I can drop into my pages.
>
> Here is how I structured my xml file:
>
>
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
> <sitemap>
> <category title="Home">
> <page url="index.aspx" title="Home" />
> </category>
> <category title="About Us">
> <page url="/about_us/index.aspx" title="About Us" />
> <page url="/about_us/mediaroom.aspx" title="Media Room" />
> <page url="/about_us/awards.aspx" title="Awards" />
> <page url="/about_us/employment.aspx" title="Employment Opportunities"[/color]
/>[color=blue]
> <page url="/about_us/events.aspx" title="Trade Show Calendar" />
> <page url="/about_us/partners.aspx" title="Partners and Alliances" />
> <page url="/about_us/wrcmedia.aspx" title="WRC Media" />
> </category>
> <category title="Contact Us">
> <page url="contact.aspx" title="Contact Us" />
> </category>
> <category title="Customer Support">
> <page url="http://support.compasslearning.com" title="Customer Support"[/color]
/>[color=blue]
> </category>
> <category title="Site Map">
> <page url="sitemap.aspx" title="Site Map" />
> </category>
> <category title="Technology">
> <page url="/technology/index.aspx" title="Technology" />
> <page url="/technology/subscription.aspx" title="Odyssey Subscription"[/color]
/>[color=blue]
> <page url="/technology/hosted.aspx" title="Odyssey Hosted" />
> <page url="/technology/enterprise.aspx" title="Odyssey Enterprise" />
> </category>
> <category title="Research">
> <page url="/research/index.aspx" title="Research" />
> </category>
> <category title="Assessment">
> <page url="/assessment/index.aspx" title="Assessment" />
> <page url="/assessment/custom.aspx" title="Custom Assessment" />
> <page url="/assessment/explorer.aspx" title="CompassLearning Explorer"[/color]
/>[color=blue]
> </category>
> <category title="Curriculum">
> <page url="/curriculum/index.aspx" title="Curriculum" />
> <page url="/research/index.aspx" title="Scientifically-Based Research"[/color]
/>[color=blue]
> <page url="/curriculum/prek.aspx" title="Pre-K" />
> <page url="/curriculum/reading.aspx" title="Reading/Language Arts" />
> <page url="/curriculum/writing.aspx" title="Writing" />
> <page url="/curriculum/math.aspx" title="Mathematics" />
> <page url="/curriculum/spanmath.aspx" title="Matemáticas" />
> <page url="/curriculum/science.aspx" title="Science" />
> <page url="/curriculum/socialstudies.aspx" title="Social Studies" />
> <page url="/curriculum/crosscurricular.aspx" title="Cross Curricular" />
> <page url="/curriculum/ell.aspx" title="English Language Learners" />
> <page url="/curriculum/specialneeds.aspx" title="Children with Spcial
> Needs" />
> <page url="/curriculum/secondary.aspx" title="Secondary" />
> </category>
> <category title="Data Management">
> <page url="/data_management/index.aspx" title="Data Management" />
> <page url="/data_management/students.aspx" title="Managing Students" />
> <page url="/data_management/standards.aspx" title="Managing Standards"[/color]
/>[color=blue]
> <page url="/data_management/reporting.aspx" title="Managing Reporting"[/color]
/>[color=blue]
> </category>
> <category title="Services">
> <page url="/services/index.aspx" title="Services" />
> <page url="/services/custservice.aspx" title="Customer Service" />
> <page url="/services/implementservice.aspx" title="Implementation
> Services" />
> <page url="/services/supportplan.aspx" title="Annual Support Plans" />
> <page url="/services/options.aspx" title="More Options" />
> <page url="/services/prodev.aspx" title="Professional Development" />
> </category>
> <category title="Results">
> <page url="/results/index.aspx" title="Results" />
> <page url="/results/research.aspx" title="Product Research" />
> <page url="/results/achievement.aspx" title="Achievement Results" />
> </category>
> </sitemap>
>
>
>
> for my top navigation menu, I'm trying to create an unordered list menu:
>
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
> <stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
> <xsl:template match="/">
> <ul>
> <xsl:for-each select="category/page">
> <li><a href="<xsl:value-of select="url"/>"><xsl:value-of
> select="title"/></a></li>
> </xsl:for-each>
> </ul>
> </xsl:template>
> </stylesheet>
>
> I'm probably way off on this and need some help. I might have structured[/color]
my[color=blue]
> xml file incorrectly as well.
>
> Using the xml file, I want to create the top navigation menu that displays
> only:
>
> <page url="index.aspx" title="Home" />
> <page url="/about_us/index.aspx" title="About Us" />
> <page url="contact.aspx" title="Contact Us" />
> <page url="sitemap.aspx" title="Site Map" />
>
> Can anyone take a look at my code (probably a mess) and help me out.
>
> Thank you.
>
>[/color]
