ahhh, that makes sense. I'll put it to use right away.
Cheers On 7/19/05, Jeff Coughlin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Greg Hamm wrote: > > Just wondering about symbolic links on dmNAvigation objects, what are > > they used for, and how could one go about using it? > > Using this functionality allows you to have the user display the content > from another navigation node while still keeping the user where you > intended them to stay (within the site tree). > > A good example of when to use this is when you have a page's content > replicated in different areas of your site, but want different > stylesheets displayed in each one (say for example you have different > sitelets that all have the same Privacy Policy content). > > To use this functionality, the target content needs to have a unique > alias (Farcry still does not stop you from creating multiple aliases > with the same name - this has been a known bug for a long time now). > After you've given the navigation node an alias, you can refer to it > when creating another navigation node somewhere else (referencing its > symbolic link which will automatically be available in a drop down > list). So now when someone clicks on the link containing the symbolic > link, they will be displaying the content drawn from another area in the > tree, yet they will never have left where you intended them to be. > > --- > Here's an example for one of my recent clients. They currently have 3 > sitelets. The content in the footer for all three sites is identical > (except for the SiteMaps). The only significant difference you'll > notice is that the color stylesheet has changed. Farcry automatically > takes care of this stytlesheet change for me because I've assigned the > stylesheet to one of the parents of the nav node with the symbolic link. > > All of this was accomplished using symbolic links (and although this > explanation is long and poorly written, it only takes seconds to > implement this feature). Also you'll notice in the URL string that I > gave each alias a unique name. > > Page = Accessibility: > http://www.midhosp.org/go/midAccessibility > http://www.midhosp.org/go/marAccessibility > http://www.midhosp.org/go/shoAccessibility > > Good Luck, > > Jeff C. > > --- > You are currently subscribed to farcry-dev as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Aussie Macromedia Developers: http://lists.daemon.com.au/ > -- Greg Hamm --- You are currently subscribed to farcry-dev as: [email protected] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Aussie Macromedia Developers: http://lists.daemon.com.au/
