NOTE 1: This topic applies only to the Winter 2006 and later Special Site Navigation web part. If you are working with a prior release, please see SSN Admin: Other Tab (Summer 2005) or SSN: Web Part Properties (Pre-Summer 2005 Only) instead.
NOTE 2: Winter 2006 features are available when the SSN web part is used without any custom displays. When custom displays are used, as is the case with tubby tabs, Winter 2006 features are not enabled and the web part reverts to Summer 05 functionality.
When you are finished making the necessary changes on this tab, click any other administration tab to save your changes and keep the administration interface open, or click OK to save your changes and return to the web part display.
This field allows you to change the default SPS My Site characteristics of the web part. By default, the web part will modify the URL "/mysite" to point to "/personal/User". This allows the web part to search through the MySite section of SharePoint Portal Server. However, SPS allows the administrator to alter the URL definition for each SPS server. To accommodate this, the SPS My Site Path field allows you to alter the web part to support your organization’s SPS MySite setup.
This entry allows you to define the target window for the links provided in the web part. For example, if you wanted any links that are clicked on to open in a new window, you would type “_new” in this field. Valid options include:
• _blank
• _new
• _parent
• _self
When this checkbox is selected (default), each navigation item is displayed within a horizontal bar or tabs across the zone in which the web part is placed. When this checkbox is left blank, each item is displayed in a vertical list.
When a vertical display is used, the web part utilizes 80% of the width of the web part zone. As a result, if you have brief menu options for a cascading menu and a wide web part zone, the arrows that denote another level of menu options may be a bit far from the menu text.
This property applies only when horizontal navigation is utilized. When this property is selected, the top-level navigation items are presented in a tabbed format, rather than a solid horizontal bar. Any lower-level views or cascading child options are not affected.
When this property is disabled, the top level navigation options are presented as a solid bar, without any tabs. This is how the menu bar at the top of each page in CorasWorks solutions is configured.
This property applies to both horizontal and vertical navigation. When this property is selected, the currently selected option on the top level of navigation is presented in a different color from the other top-level options. It provides a visible reminder of the navigation path when the user is on a lower level navigation option or view.
This property applies only when a vertical navigation is utilized. When this property is enabled, the top-level navigation options are presented in a bulleted list. When this property is disabled, no bullets are presented.
This property was introduced in the Winter 2006 Update. When it is enabled and the SSN references one or more cascading menu lists, a breadcrumb trail will be appended to the page title displayed near the top of the page. Each item in the breadcrumb trail is hyperlinked for easy navigation.