Using Brandon Hays DNN navigation provider, I add a double wide menu to DNN

2. Visit and support Brandon at http://www.codeplex.com/site/users/view/BrandonHaynes SolTech Inc http://www.soltech.net 1-404-601-6000

3. http://dnntemplatedmenu.codeplex.com/ Download and load the module from http://dnntemplatedmenu.codeplex.com/ A derivative of the built-in DotNetNuke DNNMenu navigation provider, allowing for templated custom menu panels. Configure one or more menu items to be displayed using a (built-in or custom-developed) template, yielding display options not before available to DotNetNuke users! This provider is installed just as any other module or provider through the Host->Modules menu item. Note that the provider requires DotNetNuke version 5.0.1 or greater; ensure that your installation meets this minimum requirement before proceeding.

4. Install To install: Log in as a host user Install the TemplatedDNNMenuNavigationProvider install package, Optionally install the TemplatedMinimalExtropy skin package, or any other skin configured to utilized the templated provider, Change a page (or site) skin to use a skin that utilizes the templated provider. The default template is located at /Providers/NavigationProviders/DNNTemplatedMenuNavigationProvider/Default.ascx.

5. Configuration and Usage Navigate to the settings for the page that is the root of the menu you wish to template (e.g. the Admin page) and in “Advanced Settings”, Page Header Tags textbox, enter the string <meta name="menuTemplate" content="" /> Return to the page you specified to use the template skin, and note that the tagged menu is now using the default template (which is not that attractive until the pages have been structured into a better hierarchy). The default template displays children in a large font; grandchildren are in a normal font. You’ll have to use the Admin->Tabs page to rearrange some tabs to see this behavior.

6. Selecting Templates The default template is located at /Providers/NavigationProviders/DNNTemplatedMenuNavigationProvider/Default.ascx. You can specify an alternate template by adding its name to the content portion of the meta tag; by way of example, a tag that reads as below will use the Descriptions.ascx template, which displays a page’s description (if any) underneath its link. <meta name="menuTemplate" content="Descriptions" /> Skin designers can deploy their own templates; these may be accessed via a tag of the form: <meta name="menuTemplate" content="skin:[TemplateName]" /> or <meta name="menuTemplate" content="portal:[TemplateName]" />

7. Template Examples

9. SolTech and DNN SolTech has built hundreds of client websites and business solutions using DNN. From simple sites to complete 500 page + sites with custom , from scratch DNN modules. We should be talking.