Links at bottom of page
Last Post 11/03/2009 8:19 AM by Joseph Craig. 3 Replies.
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Scott Wade
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11/02/2009 1:18 PM  
I'm new to DNN and web design.  I have gone thru the skinning tutorials so I have a basic understanding of how to use DNN. 

The task that I'm trying to accomplish is creating links at the bottom of the page that dynamically reflect the navigation menu.  Based on what I'm trying to do, the LINKS Skin Object is what I want. 

Here is my delima.  We want the links at the bottom to only be for the pages that have sub pages and only the root and the root's children are shown. 

Am I going down the right path on using the LINKS skin object or is there another skin object or module that I need to use?

Thanks for your assistance.
Joseph Craig
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11/02/2009 6:44 PM  
I was working on a site with similar requirements today. You can get the Links module to display children of the current page, and nothing if they do not exist. If you also want a link to the Home page, you can implement that by putting a link to Home in the skin, styled appropriately.

Look at http://www.dotnetnuke.com/Developme...fault.aspx for documentation on configuring the current version of Links and other skin objects.

Joe Craig, Patapsco Research Group
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Scott Wade
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11/03/2009 6:47 AM  

Hello. Thanks for the reply.

I played around with the links module and by using the level="child" I was able to do what you said.  My requirement is a little different (I think).

We have 6 root pages across the navigation menu.  4 of which have sub pages.

Our graphic designer has laid out a Quick Link section at the bottom of each page.  They want the quick links section to contain the root pages as headers in table.  Under each column heading, they want links to each of the children.   If the root page has no children, then don't show it in the table. 



Joseph Craig
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11/03/2009 8:19 AM  
What you are describing sounds like the so-called "mega menu."  Take a look here: http://dnntemplatedmenu.codeplex.com/

Joe Craig, Patapsco Research Group
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