> Apollo work with the tag NAV?
yep it does. You just have to use MLNAV, which is identical to NAV, except it is multilingual
> Why many skins use the tags solpartmenu and only a few use the tags NAV?
Not sure I should answer that question J, there can be many reasons:
· Support for older dnn versions (MLNav is available from dnn 4.6 if memory serves me correctly…..)
· When the customer doesn’t care about XHTML (SOLPARTMENU can not be made xhtml compliant, NAV can)
· Lack of knowledge of latest level of skinning technology in DNN
Pick your choice J
The proper way to add MLNav to your skin is this:
1. Register the control:
<%@ Register TagPrefix="dnn" TagName="MLNAV" Src="~/DesktopModules/PageLocalization/MLNav.ascx" %>
2. Use it somewhere in the skin:
<dnn:MLNAV runat="server" id="dnnNAV" ProviderName="DNNMenuNavigationProvider" IndicateChildren="false" ControlOrientation="Horizontal" CSSNodeRoot="main_dnnmenu_rootitem" CSSNodeHoverRoot="main_dnnmenu_rootitem_hover" CSSNodeSelectedRoot="main_dnnmenu_rootitem_selected" CSSBreadCrumbRoot="main_dnnmenu_rootitem_selected" CSSContainerSub="main_dnnmenu_submenu" CSSNodeHoverSub="main_dnnmenu_itemhover" CSSNodeSelectedSub="main_dnnmenu_itemselected" CSSContainerRoot="main_dnnmenu_container" CSSControl="main_dnnmenu_bar" CSSBreak="main_dnnmenu_break" />
Mind you: when working with ASCX skins, even then, it is good practice to use the same Tagname as the registered name of the menu
Of course, when using HTML skinning, you just put the [MLNAV] token in your skin, the rest happens automagically when the skin is parsed. In a DNN 5 skin that would look like this:
<object id="dnnNAV" codetype="dotnetnuke/server" codebase="MLNAV">
<param name="ProviderName" value="DNNMenuNavigationProvider" />
<param name="IndicateChildren" value="false" />
<param name="ControlOrientation" value="Horizontal" />
<param name="CSSNodeRoot" value="main_dnnmenu_rootitem" />
<param name="CSSNodeHoverRoot" value="main_dnnmenu_rootitem_hover" />
<param name="CSSNodeSelectedRoot" value="main_dnnmenu_rootitem_selected" />
<param name="CSSBreadCrumbRoot" value="main_dnnmenu_rootitem_selected" />
<param name="CSSContainerSub" value="main_dnnmenu_submenu" />
<param name="CSSNodeHoverSub" value="main_dnnmenu_itemhover" />
<param name="CSSNodeSelectedSub" value="main_dnnmenu_itemselected" />
<param name="CSSContainerRoot" value="main_dnnmenu_container" />
<param name="CSSControl" value="main_dnnmenu_bar" />
<param name="CSSBreak" value="main_dnnmenu_break" />
</object>