ASP.NET Syntax   ASP.NET Configuration Sections

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.NET Framework version 2.0

Defines configuration settings to support the navigation infrastructure for configuring, storing, and rendering site navigation.

<siteMap
   defaultProvider = "provider name">
   <providers>...</providers>
</siteMap>

The following sections describe attributes, child elements, and parent elements.

Attribute	Description
defaultProvider	Required attribute. Specifies the name of the provider. The default is the XmlSiteMapProvider provider.

Element	Description
providers	Defines a collection of navigation providers.

Element	Description
configuration	Specifies the required root element in every configuration file that is used by the common language runtime and the .NET Framework applications.
system.web	Specifies the root element for the ASP.NET configuration section.

The following default siteMap element is configured in the root Web.config file in the .NET Framework version 2.0.

<siteMap>
   <providers>
      <add siteMapFile = "web.sitemap" name = "AspNetXmlSiteMapProvider"
         type = "System.Web.XmlSiteMapProvider, System.Web, Version=2.0.0.0,
            Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a" />
   </providers>
</siteMap>

The following code example shows how to add a site map provider in the Web.config file to override the default site map provider that is defined for ASP.NET.

<configuration>
   <system.web>
      <siteMap defaultProvider = "XmlSiteMapReader">
         <providers>
            <add name = " XmlSiteMapReader"
               type = "XmlSiteMapProvider, System.Web, Version=1.1.3300.0,
                  Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a"
               siteMapFile = "my.sitemap"
               description = "XmlSiteMapProvider that loads my.sitemap" />
         </providers>
      </siteMap>
   </system.web>
</configuration>

ASP.NET Configuration   SiteMapSection Class