[RESOLVED] Asp.Net2/VWDExpress - my sitemap file won't show the menu as I'd like

[gjon]

I have butchered this up a couple of times to try to get more than just Home at the first level but it just won't add more links to that first level of the menu. Can someone show me how please? This is what I've reset the sitemap file back to that works. I can get multiple links at a secondary level within a sitemapnode, but I just can't get more than one node at the uppermost level. The book shows it and it works on their sample site. Even when I copy there code into mine, it still only shows one link at the uppermost level.

Thanks in advance

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<siteMap xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/AspNet/SiteMap-File-1.0" >
<siteMapNode url="default.aspx" title="Chaos Home" description="Home Page">
<siteMapNode url="login.aspx" title="Login" description="Login Page">
</siteMapNode>
<siteMapNode url="about.aspx" title="About Chaos" description="About Chaos Computers" />
<siteMapNode url="audio.aspx" title="Audio" description="PC Audio Hardware">
<siteMapNode url="soundcards.aspx" title="Sound Cards" description="Sound Cards" />
<siteMapNode url="speakers.aspx" title="Speakers" description="Speakers" />
<siteMapNode url="headphones.aspx" title="Headphones" description="Headphones" />
</siteMapNode>
</siteMapNode>
</siteMap>

[bsw2112]

The book shows it and it works on their sample site. Even when I copy there code into mine, it still only shows one link at the uppermost level.

From what I've read, sitemaps can only have one root node.

You will need to create you "pseudo-first level navigation on the second level and hide the root node. You do that by playing with the attribute showStartingNode of the SiteMapDataSource control

<asp:SiteMapDataSource ID="SiteMapDataSource1" runat="server" showStartingNode="false" />

bsw

[gjon]

Thank you so much.