SiteMapHyperLink
We use this one a lot and the funny thing is that it is really simple but it took us a while to think of doing it. So what is SiteMapHyperLink? Say you are using a SiteMap for your navigation for a website. Using the asp:menu the links are already done for you when the menu is built. But what if you have a random link in the middle of your page that you want to reference a sitemap node? Then you have two choices in that case: hardcore the link using the NavigateUrl attribute, or in the page load event set the NavigateUrl.
public class SiteMapHyperLink : HyperLink
{
public string SiteMapNode
{
get { return NavigateUrl; }
set
{
SiteMapNode node = SiteMap.Provider.FindSiteMapNodeFromKey(value.ToString());
if (node !=null)
{
NavigateUrl = node.Url;
if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(node.Title) && string.IsNullOrEmpty(ToolTip))
ToolTip = node.Title;
if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(node.Title) && string.IsNullOrEmpty(Text))
Text = node.Title;
}
}
}
}
That is it for the contrl.
How to Use
Simple Case
<sn:SiteMapHyperLink SiteMapNode="Products" runat="server" Target="_blank" ID="_productsLink1" />
Result Products
Custom Text Case
<sn:SiteMapHyperLink Text="Our Great Items" SiteMapNode="Products" runat="server" Target="_blank" ID="_productsLink2" />
Result Our Great Items
Image Case
<sn:SiteMapHyperLink ID="_productsLink3" runat="server" SiteMapNode="Products" Target="_blank" Text="">
<asp:Image runat="server" ID="_image" SkinID="SoftwareBoxImage"/>
</sn:SiteMapHyperLink>
Result 