On 1/18/06, Andreas Hartmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Roy, Ansuman wrote:
> > Hi,
> > How do i display the page description (the description field when i create
> > a document) into the left menu. this typically should look like
> > Home---Home Description
> > Tutorials--- Tutorial Description
> You can't use the navigation framework out of the box for this purpose.
> There are two options:
> 1. use your own navigation.xmap in your publication
> 2. use custom pipelines
>
> In either case, I'd recommend the following strategy:
> 1. generate the site tree
> 2. apply an XSLT to add CInclude statements for meta data
> 3. apply the CInclude transformer
> 4. apply a presentation XSLT
> The steps 2.-4. could be replaced by a transformer for better performance,
> if you're familiar with Java and developing Cocoon components.
> -- Andreas

Using Lenya1.2.2, I created XML including the sitetree and the
descriptions using XPathDirectory.  This could be converted for your
need.

Would it be better as a page for a super web sitemap (like a normal
web sitemap, but including the descriptions)?  The normal use of menus
is to allow quick navigation with as small a footprint as possible.  I
have trouble visualizing content pages with the descriptions included
in the menus; it would quickly become user-unfriendly.

solprovider

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