So, no then? :) Would the extra column really cause that much overhead?

I can't help but feel that creating a subsite every time we want a hierarchy is 
ultimately going to have much more overhead than reading a custom column in a 
few hundred (or even thousand) pages. If only it was as simple as grouping the 
pages in subdirectories and having a bit of custom code do the rest.

I can live with the breadcrumb trail using the Pages and even the subdir names 
as well.

Bill: Your solution sounds very interesting if it works. I'm assuming this will 
be a server-side solution and not JavaScript based. Do you have a successful 
prototype that you're able to share?

David: No, I was referring specifically to MOSS WCM sites only. As you've 
discovered WSS sites actually have nice, simple workarounds for this.

-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Sezai KOMUR
Sent: Wednesday, 9 July 2008 4:31 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: RE: [OzMOSS] Diplay pages in hierarchy

MOSS publishing sites intrinsically use subsites as a level in hierarchy with 
one pages library per subsite representing a grouping of pages.

It's tough when you want to work outside of this structure as the 
SiteMapProviders are built/optimised to run off the above assumption.

I like Bill's suggestion - you could add an extra site column to your page 
layouts and use that for extra grouping within one subsite.
Then build all your menus to make use of that page field.

You may find that such a solution could cause performance issues as you now 
need to read the extra field from EVERY page when building the nav - so the 
sitemap providers do not return all the data which you need to build the menu, 
as you now need to loop through every page and get the field value from its 
SPListItem object.

But WSS guys who've built custom Nav controls will have experienced these 
issues as you don't have the same Navigation providers that MOSS does - there's 
many ways you can implement custom menus.

Sezai Kömür   BEng, BSc
Senior Developer  - Vivid Group
Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist
http://www.moss2007.com.au/


-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bill Williamson
Sent: Wednesday, 9 July 2008 2:20 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [OzMOSS] Diplay pages in hierarchy

We have this issue as well, and are looking into a "tagging" solution
with customized display rendering instead.

On Wed, Jul 9, 2008 at 4:08 PM, Paul Noone
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Has anyone here managed to group pages into a hierarchy so that they display
> in tree view (navigation and breadcrumbs) in the manner of a traditional web
> site?
>
>
>
> I'm looking for a solution to port our existing website to a MOSS publishing
> site that doesn't involve creating subsites every time I want to create a
> hierarchy or grouping of pages, and it doesn't look like an OOTB one exists.
>
>
>
> Any tips, tricks or leads to custom web parts appreciated.
>
>
>
> Cheers,
>
>
>
> Paul
>
>
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