Supporting page menu selection

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11/17/2009 3:45:19 PM

John S

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Supporting page menu selection

This one should be easy. I have a custom feature module that I've added to a page in the CMS. The feature has a supporting page that inherits mojoBasePage and so far so good. I did figure out that "CurrentPage.ShowBreadcrumbs = true;" will show the breadcrumb control. But I'm wondering what is the correct way to set the page title, have to title append to the breadcrumb trail and have this page hilite the same main menu navigation item as the page displaying the feature module. I've looked at some of the existing mojo features but I'm not seeing the answer.

Thanks,

John

11/17/2009 3:50:45 PM

Joe Audette

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Re: Supporting page menu selection

Hi John,

You should pass in the page id to your supporting page(s) in the query string with pageid=x and the module id as mid (just to be consistent with other features). With the pageid in the query string the menu and breadcrumbs will reflect the page correctly.

Best,

Joe

11/17/2009 3:52:25 PM

John S

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Re: Supporting page menu selection

Aha, I did not see that. Thanks Joe.

11/17/2009 4:22:48 PM

John S

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Re: Supporting page menu selection

Oops. Almost, but not quite. If I pass in those parameters the correct nav is hilited, but the name in the breadcrumb is not really what I was hoping for. Is there a property or method in mojoPortal to set the page title that will also append that name to the breadcrumb rather than displaying the parent page name?

11/17/2009 4:31:15 PM

Joe Audette

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Re: Supporting page menu selection

Here is a code fragment from WebStore feature that shows how to add extra links into the breadcrumb links, this one adds 2 links.

Control c = Master.FindControl("Breadcrumbs");

if (c != null)

{

BreadcrumbsControl crumbs = (BreadcrumbsControl)c;

crumbs.ForceShowBreadcrumbs = true;

crumbs.AddedCrumbs = "<a href='"

+ SiteRoot + "/WebStore/AdminDashboard.aspx?pageid=" + pageId.ToInvariantString() + "&mid=" + moduleId.ToInvariantString()

+ "'>" + WebStoreResources.StoreManagerLink

+ "</a> > <a href='"

+ SiteRoot + "/WebStore/AdminDiscounts.aspx?pageid=" + pageId.ToInvariantString() + "&mid=" + moduleId.ToInvariantString()

+ "'>" + WebStoreResources.DiscountAdministration

+ "</a>";

}

Hope it helps,

Joe

11/18/2009 9:44:08 AM

John S

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Re: Supporting page menu selection

This should do the trick. I just wanted to make sure I wasn't missing some built in portal methods that might have already been there to handle the things I want to do. Thanks again.

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