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Hello all, I have about 50 pages for different products
that I would like to create navigation bar or buttons for
using the navigation web component. But with 50 pages to
link to, the space it uses is too large to effectively
place in the layout. I would like to use the navigation
view to easily update the bar or buttons. I like not
having to go through each of the 50 pages to add or
change one link.
Anyone have any idea on how to tame this monster?
You are perilously close to that agonizing threshhold
beyond which Navaigation View and Link Bars scale poorly.
Two solutions, however, are:
o Organize your products pages by category.
o Use a vertical, text-only Link Bar to display a
full list or products.
Long term, the best approach is likely to be:
1. Creating a database table that contains a record for
each product.
2. Using the Database Results Wizard (or some custom code)
to display a list of products.
3. Again using the Database Results Wizard (or some custom
code) to display a detail page for each products.
This is easier to maintain, and avoids the task of
creating a whole new Web page for each product.
Jim Buyens
Microsoft FrontPage MVP
(e-mail address removed)
http://www.interlacken.com
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