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12/17/2010 7:55:46 AM
colins
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Place content before Vertical Menu

Hi,

I am trying to port a site into MojoPortal.  I opted to use the artisteer-24verticalmenu3 template.  The main site menu is vertical and placed in the left hand pane.  I want to put some content in the left pane above the vertical menu.   The content comprises some major important links and needs to go on all pages.

Sorry I couldn't find any help in documentation or forum.  How can I achieve my desriable layout?

Many thanks,

Colin

 

 

 

12/17/2010 9:19:19 AM
Joe Davis
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Re: Place content before Vertical Menu

Hi Colin,

You will need to edit the layout.master file of your chosen skin. For the artisteer-24verticalmenu3 skin specifically, you need to add the following directly above the <portal:SiteMenu control on line 80.

<asp:Panel ID="divAlt1" runat="server" CssClass="altcontent1">
<asp:ContentPlaceHolder ID="altContent1" runat="server"></asp:ContentPlaceHolder>
</asp:Panel>

Once you save this, you will have an additional content panel available named "Alternate Pane 1" to which you can add content.

HTH,
Joe D.

12/17/2010 9:45:58 AM
colins
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Re: Place content before Vertical Menu

Hi Joe,

Thank you. That is neat.  If I want the same content to appear on every page at that position, can I put the content directly in layout.master at line 80 instead of your recommended code. 

I suspect it is very bad practice to do it that way?  Perhaps I should create a user control with the html and reference this from the layout.master at line 80?

Best regards,

Colin

 

 

 

12/17/2010 10:02:18 AM
Joe Davis
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Re: Place content before Vertical Menu

Hi Colin,

You can either place the content there manually, or use the ModuleWrapper control as described on this page: http://www.mojoportal.com/same-content-on-all-pages.aspx.

HTH,
Joe D.

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