Nathan Thanks for asking that question and Geoff thanks for answering it, you just cleared up one more question I had!
Kola >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:bounce-farcry- >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Geoff Bowers >> Sent: 22 April 2004 00:23 >> To: FarCry Developers >> Subject: [farcry-dev] dmNavigation Adv Options (was Re: FarCry >> Whitepaper..) >> >> Wel thought I might answer this now as it won;t be in the technical >> whitepaper :) >> >> Nathan Mische wrote: >> > I'm still a little confused as to what the navigation node advanced >> > options (Symbolic Link and Nav Aliases) are for. >> >> --Nav Alias >> Setting this creates a property of the same name in the >> application.navid structure with a value of the navigation objects >> objectid. >> >> For example, by default the home page is has an alias called home.. >> creates a variable application.navid.home with a value for the objectid. >> >> You can use these to provide programmatic references to key nodes in >> your tree without having to refer to the objectid directly -- which is >> great considering you don;t want to rewrite your code if you choose to >> change the node. >> >> Other miscellaneous benefits: >> Nav aliases also correspond to the quicklinks menu you see above the >> site overview tree, and aliases can also be used as symbolic links. >> >> --Symbolic link >> The list of choices in the symbolic link drop down are the list of >> registered nav aliases. By choosing a symbolic link you effectively say >> to the system that this node should be treated as though it were another >> node in the tree (ie. the one the alias refers to). >> >> The point of all this is to allow you to have multiple points in your >> navigation that refer to the same content without having to duplicate >> the content in any way. >> >> For example, a contact us page might appear in the "About Us" section, >> the "Utility Nav", and other places. But you only need put one contact >> us page in place -- the other navigation references can be symlinks. >> >> Hope that helps, >> >> -- geoff >> http://www.daemon.com.au/ >> >> --- >> You are currently subscribed to farcry-dev as: >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> To unsubscribe send a blank email to leave-farcry-dev- >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> MXDU2004 + Macromedia DevCon AsiaPac + Sydney, Australia >> http://www.mxdu.com/ + 24-25 February, 2004 --- You are currently subscribed to farcry-dev as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] MXDU2004 + Macromedia DevCon AsiaPac + Sydney, Australia http://www.mxdu.com/ + 24-25 February, 2004
