You can bind navigation controls such as the TreeView and Menu controls to a SiteMapDataSource control.
You can bind GridView or DropDownList control to a SiteMapDataSource control.
File: Web.sitemap
<siteMap xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/AspNet/SiteMap-File-1.0" >
<siteMapNode
url="Default.aspx"
title="Home"
description="The Home Page">
<siteMapNode
url="Default1.aspx"
title="Our Products"
description="Products that we offer">
<siteMapNode
url="FirstProduct.aspx"
title="First Product"
description="The description of the First Product" />
<siteMapNode
url="SecondProduct.aspx"
title="Second Product"
description="The description of the Second Product" />
</siteMapNode>
<siteMapNode
url="Default2.aspx"
title="Our Services"
description="Services that we offer">
<siteMapNode
url="FirstService.aspx"
title="First Service"
description="The description of the First Service"
metaDescription="The first service" />
<siteMapNode
url="SecondService.aspx"
title="Second Service"
description="The description of the Second Service" />
</siteMapNode>
</siteMapNode>
</siteMap>
The Site Map file represents a website with the following folder and page structure:
Default.aspx
Products
FirstProduct.aspx
SecondProduct.aspx
Services
FirstService.aspx
SecondService.aspx
File: Default.aspx
<%@ Page Language="C#" %>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.1//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml11/DTD/xhtml11.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head id="Head1" runat="server">
<title>Home</title>
</head>
<body>
<form id="form1" runat="server">
<div>
<asp:SiteMapPath
id="SiteMapPath1"
Runat="server" />
<hr />
<asp:TreeView
id="TreeView1"
DataSourceID="srcSiteMap"
Runat="server" />
<asp:SiteMapDataSource
id="srcSiteMap"
Runat="server" />
</div>
</form>
</body>
</html>
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