Hey,

I would create a new XSLT file and base it on the 'SiteMap' template, have a look at how this works.

You're right in that currentPage isn't too helpful in this case (apart from highlighting the item of nav you're on).

What you need to do is always base the navigation from a fixed node (in this case the homepage / main node) or the root of the site, in effect the mark up should stay the same regardless of where you are in the site.

Hope that helps.

Rich

Thank you for your reply, yeah, thats exactly what i want it to do. I took at look at the default sitemap, either i dont know enough to understand it, or it isnt really what i need, sort of.

Its not just navigation, it also displays content.

The menu is like these

http://designm.ag/inspiration/mega-menus/

With the exception that mine has macros that displays latest articles in that section etc. And it has to stay the same regardless of page a user is viewing.

I will keep fiddling with the default site map, but for good measure, how do i select the main node? Or is there another clever method?

Hi,

Maybe have a look at the XSLT template that is called 'List Sub pages from a changeable source' then change the following line

umbraco.library:GetXmlNodeById($source)

to something like

umbraco.library:GetXmlNodeById(1129)

(change 1129 for whatever your home node is) see what this renders, and then have a play with the XSLT to also list the 3rd level.

(You don't really need to hard code the home node, but it'll get you started.)

Rich

Hi Frederik,

My default XSLT setup always creates a siteRoot variable just after the currentPage:

<xsl:param name="currentPage" />
<xsl:variable name="siteRoot" select="$currentPage/ancestor-or-self::*[@level = 1]" />

I then use that variable to select whatever is needed when it's not really related to currentPage, e.g.:

<!-- Main navigation -->
<xsl:apply-templates select="$siteRoot/Textpage[not(umbracoNaviHide = 1)]" />

/Chriztian

Thank you! So i did a combination of both of your solutions, and it works greatly, except for one error.

Before, when i used currentPage, it obviously only showed items for that section i was looking at, but when i was at the root main page, it only showed ONE item on the list, when i looked at that particular section, it showed all items on the list as it should. Which was odd but i didnt think much about since i knew it didnt work correctly.

But now i used your advice, and it does show the correct items regardless what page im looking at BUT it only shows ONE item. Very odd indeed.

<xsl:param name="currentPage"/>
<xsl:variable name="siteRoot" select="umbraco.library:GetXmlNodeById(1065)" />

<xsl:param name="maxItems" select="macro/maxItems"/>

<xsl:template match="/">
  <ul class="list mm-list blue">
    <!-- Process ALL descendants of $currentPage -->
    <xsl:for-each select="$siteRoot/descendant::*[@isDoc][not(umbracoNaviHide = 1)]">
      <xsl:sort select="articleDate[normalize-space()]" order="descending" />
      <xsl:sort select="@updateDate[not(normalize-space(../articleDate))]" order="descending" />
      <xsl:if test="position() &lt;= $maxItems">
        <xsl:apply-templates select="." />
      </xsl:if>
    </xsl:for-each>
  </ul>
</xsl:template>

<!-- Template for specific DocumentTypes -->
<xsl:template match="thisISaLotOfDocumentTypesInThisMatch | documentType1 | documentType2| etcetcetc">
  <li>
    <a href="{umbraco.library:NiceUrl(@id)}">
      <!-- Take first image (if any) -->
      <xsl:apply-templates select="outputPictures[1]" />
      <!-- Article heading and teaser text-->
      <h5><xsl:value-of select="articleHeading"/></h5>
      <!-- <p class="teaser"><xsl:value-of select="umbraco.library:TruncateString(artikel-Teasertekst,40,'...')"/></p> -->
    </a>
  </li>
</xsl:template>

<!-- Template for thumbnail image -->
<xsl:template match="outputPictures">
  <img src="/ImageGen.ashx?image={DAMP[@fullMedia]/mediaItem/Image/umbracoFile}&amp;width=70&amp;height=50" width="70" height="50" />
</xsl:template>

<!-- Template for all non-matched DocumentTypes -->
<xsl:template match="*[@isDoc]" priority="-1">
        <!-- Suppress output... -->
</xsl:template>

</xsl:stylesheet>

Sorry for bumping, but i really need some advice.

I appreciate your reply, as my macro didnt originally work i let it be for the time being as i worked on other bits, now that you replied i returned to it, only to see that it doesnt work at all now.

As in it doesnt display any items on the list at all, before or after your fix, so that isnt related i think. The macro is wired up, and it can display hardcoded text from the xslt (as a test to see if it worked at all). Really, really wierd...

EDIT

Ok i tried changing the test against maxItems to "greater than" instead of "less than" it it spat out EVERY document from that section. So there is a connection of sorts, but i still need to figure out whats wrong. Strange indeed...

Sorry for bumping, but i really hope someone can enlighten me on this.

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