PageMenu Control

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2/8/2012 10:02:35 AM
MojoNoob
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PageMenu Control

Hi,

I was looking at the MojoDemo site and I like that the PageMenu appears on the left side of the pages.  I see how this is done in layout.master.  I also noticed that the menu only appears on root pages that have child pages.  I'd like to achieve a similar effect but would like to control which pages the PageMenu shows on.  It would be nice if there were a Menu feature type that could be placed on individual pages.  Or if there were a checkbox on page settings that one could choose whether on not to display the PageMenu.

I hope what I am asking is clear.  Any suggestions?

2/8/2012 10:14:36 AM
Joe Audette
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Re: PageMenu Control

You can assign different skins to pages by enabling it in Site Settings. That way different pages can have different master pages and pagemenu can be included or not included. If the skins are mostly similar in CSS you can organize the CSS in a central location and use it for all of the skins you assign to pages to make it eaier to maintain the CSS.

For info about orginizing the CSS into a common location see Understanding the style.config file.

Hope that helps,

Joe

2/8/2012 2:05:48 PM
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Re: PageMenu Control

Thanks for the reply.  I understand the approach you have given.  It does feel like a bit of a work around, but I guess it's probably and equal amount of work to assign different skins to dozens of pages vs. assigning a menu.  I was trying to avoid maintaining 2 skins also.

Thanks again. 

2/9/2012 4:28:51 PM
Joe Davis
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Re: PageMenu Control

Hi,

I've just updated the Understanding The style.config File documentation. At the bottom you'll find a section titled "One Set of CSS for Multiple Skins." This section describes how to create a single set of css files to be used by multiple skins so you do not have to maintain the css in more than one location.

HTH,
Joe D. 

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