CMS Navigation Manager

Duration: 1 day

Description

This course is designed to provide project builders with complete technical knowledge of RedDot CMS's Navigation Manager tool. Topics that are covered include templating for Navigation Manager, controlling access to Navigation Manager through authorizations and migrating existing sites to use Navigation Manager.

Objectives:
After completing the RedDot CMS Navigation Manager course students will be able to:

  • Determine if Navigation Manager is appropriate for a RedDot CMS project or not
  • Build site navigation using Navigation Manager
  • Create complex site navigation structures that change based on where in the site the user is located
  • Generate breadcrumbs and sitemaps using Navigation Manager
  • Use authorizations to control access to Navigation Manager
  • Migrate RedDot CMS projects to use Navigation Manager

Topics:

About Navigation Manager

  • Understanding Navigation Manager's architecture
  • Understanding the performance impact of Navigation Manager
  • Determining if Navigation Manager is appropriate for a RedDot CMS project or not
  • Activating Navigation Manager

Templating for Navigation Manager

  • Understanding Navigation Areas
  • Implementing conditional logic using Render Tags
  • Looping using Render Tags
  • Building navigation structures that change based on which page is currently being visited
  • Accessing content from following pages using Render Tags
  • Building breadcrumbs using Navigation Manager
  • Building sitemaps using Navigation Manager
  • Using Render Tags outside of Navigation Manager
  • Web scripting with Render Tags

Authorizations and Navigation Manager

  • Using authorizations to control access to Navigation Manager
  • Understanding how authorization packages are handled by Navigation Manager

Migrating Projects

  • Migrating existing RedDot CMS projects to use Navigation Manager

Scheduled Hours:
9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Skill Requirements

This course is designed for experienced RedDot CMS project builders.

Pre-requisites

Participants should possess the following skills:

  • Attended the RedDot CMS Project Builder course

  • Intermediate-to-advanced RedDot CMS project builder skills

  • Implemented at least one website using RedDot CMS

  • Programming or web scripting experience is recommended

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In the event of severe weather conditions or other unforeseen disasters, every effort will be made to provide alternative course locations or to reschedule the course in the same location as soon as possible.

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