Hi guys,

Ive used the Corporate template to start. I want to create a sub menu within pages using the .master file, but Im having difficulty configuring the SiteNodes in the .sitemap file to get the output I want.

The site is about motorbikes, so as a brief description this is want Im try to achieve:

Homepage > Manufacturers Page > Select a Manufacturer Model > submenu appears providing 4 sub menus for each model (model, bikenoise, more photos, and tech spec)

At the moment I have 2 bike models, but the submenu shows the submenu options for both models, rather than the specific model.

Some help would be much appriciated!

Sitemap:

<?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="Return To Home Page">
    <siteMapNode url="~/Manufacturers/ManufacturerList.aspx" title="Manufacturers"  description="Search By Manufacturers">
    </siteMapNode>
    <siteMapNode url="~/Section2/Default.aspx" title="About Us"  description="Who We Are">
    </siteMapNode>
    <siteMapNode url="~/Contact.aspx" title="Contact"  description="Contact Us">
    
   
      <siteMapNode url="~/Manufacturers/Kawasaki/Kawasaki.aspx" title="Kawasaki"  description="Kawasaki" >
      </siteMapNode>
     
      <siteMapNode url="~/Manufacturers/Kawasaki/ZX7-R/ZX7-R.aspx" title="ZX7-R Ninja"  description="ZX7-R Ninja">
        <siteMapNode url="~/Manufacturers/Kawasaki/ZX7-R/TechSpec.aspx" title="Technical Spec"  description="Kawasaki ZX7-R Ninja Technical Specification" />
        <siteMapNode url="~/Manufacturers/Kawasaki/ZX7-R/BikeNoise.aspx" title="BikeNoise Clips"  description="Kawasaki ZX7-R Ninja Exhaust Note Sound Files" />
        <siteMapNode url="~/Manufacturers/Kawasaki/ZX7-R/Pictures.aspx" title="More Photos"  description="Kawasaki ZX7-R Ninja Photo Gallery" />
      </siteMapNode>
       
      <siteMapNode url="~/Manufacturers/Kawasaki/ZXR400/ZXR400.aspx" title="ZXR400"  description="ZXR400">
       <siteMapNode url="~/Manufacturers/Kawasaki/ZXR400/TechSpec.aspx" title="Technical Spec"  description="Kawasaki ZXR400 Technical Specification" />
       <siteMapNode url="~/Manufacturers/Kawasaki/ZXR400/BikeNoise.aspx" title="BikeNoise Clips"  description="Kawasaki ZXR400 Exhaust Note Sound Files" />
       <siteMapNode url="~/Manufacturers/Kawasaki/ZXR400/Pictures.aspx" title="More Photos"  description="Kawasaki ZXR400 Photo Gallery" />
     </siteMapNode>
    </siteMapNode>
  </siteMapNode>  
</siteMap>

master.vb file: 

Partial Class AppMaster
    Inherits MasterPage
    ''' <summary>
    ''' Event handler that highlights the top level menu section for all
    ''' sections and pages below it.
    ''' </summary>
    Protected Sub MainMenu_MenuItemDataBound(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As MenuEventArgs)
        If mainmenu.SelectedItem Is Nothing Then
            If IsNodeAncestor(CType(e.Item.DataItem, SiteMapNode), System.Web.SiteMap.CurrentNode) Then
                e.Item.Selected = True
            End If
        End If
    End Sub
    ''' <summary>
    ''' Determines if a <see cref="System.Web.SiteMapNode"/> is the ancestor of a second one.
    ''' </summary>
    ''' <param name="ancestor">The <see cref="System.Web.SiteMapNode"/> in question.</param>
    ''' <param name="child">A <see cref="System.Web.SiteMapNode"/> which may or may not be
    ''' the <paramref name="ancestor"/>'s child.</param>
    ''' <returns><c>true</c>, if the two nodes are related, <c>false</c> otherwise.</returns>
    Private Function IsNodeAncestor(ByVal ancestor As SiteMapNode, ByVal child As SiteMapNode) As Boolean
        Dim result As Boolean = False
        If Not ancestor.ChildNodes Is Nothing AndAlso ancestor.ChildNodes.Contains(child) Then
            Return True
        Else
            If (Not child.ParentNode Is Nothing) AndAlso (Not ancestor Is child.RootNode) Then
                Return IsNodeAncestor(ancestor, child.ParentNode)
            End If
        End If
        Return result
    End Function
End Class

Ive spent days messing around trying to get this to work, and still no joy...Please can someone help! 

Cheers,
Sam

it seems like you embedded all your stuff in  <siteMapNode url="~/Contact.aspx" title="Contact"  description="Contact Us"> 

try to close the siteMapNode and see if that works <siteMapNode url="~/Contact.aspx" title="Contact"  description="Contact Us" / > 

Cheers for the reply orka,

Ive closed the "Contact Us" siteMapNode, which has resolved the submenu issue, each model now has the correct submenu options, however the "Kawasaki" page, and both models now appear in the master page navigation buttons.  Is it possible to create dynamic sub-menus without adding each page to the master menu with only one siteMap? 

Ive done some research into the terminology so hopefully this will make it clearer as to what I want to achieve...

Is it possible to have 2 static menus derived from the same sitemap?  One would be "Home", "Contact Us", "About Us", and "Manufacturer" fixed at the top of the screen through a master page,  the second being the individual "Model", "BikeNoise", "Photos", and "Tech Spec" that change to match the current model the user is viewing?

 Sorry for being a complete newbie, this is the first real web design Ive done for a while and I just really want to get it to work!

Ive done some research into the terminology so hopefully this will make it clearer as to what I want to achieve...

Is it possible to have 2 static menus derived from the same sitemap?  One would be "Home", "Contact Us", "About Us", and "Manufacturer" fixed at the top of the screen through a master page,  the second being the individual "Model", "BikeNoise", "Photos", and "Tech Spec" that change to match the current model the user is viewing through a seperate masterpage?

 Sorry for being a complete newbie, this is the first real web design Ive done for a while and I just really want to get it to work!

Yes, it will need to play with StartingNodeUrl. Note that you might need to create extra page

  <asp:SiteMapDataSource  StartingNodeUrl="~/ShowManufacturers.aspx...