Adding a New Primary Navigation Page

You can add a new item to the primary navigation bar - and the page which it invokes - of your server appliance by using the following process.

To add a new primary navigation page

1. In the path HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, add the Software\Microsoft\ServerAppliance\ElementManager\WebElementDefinition\Tabs<Unique Element ID> registry key.
2. In this new key, enter the values as shown in the following table.

   Value	Type	Description	Example
   Element ID	Key	Unique name for this element. Must start with Tabs.	TabsChime
   BigGraphic	String	Path to the large graphic item to display. This is only needed if this item is also a navigation page.	Chime\images/chimeX192.gif
   CaptionRID	String	Resource identifier for the text to display on the primary navigation bar.	4C00000C
   Container	String	Container name is always Tabs.	Tabs
   DescriptionRID	String	Resource identifier for the text to display when the mouse hovers over this item on the navigation bar.	4C000010
   ElementGraphic	String	Resource icon. Required, but does not need to be populated.	Chime\images/chimeX32.gif
   IsEmbedded	DWORD	Instruction to process element as an embedded page. Always 0x0	0x0
   LongDescriptionRID	String	Resource identifier for the text to display on the associated navigation page.	<4C000010>
   Merit	DWORD	Integer indicating display order in container. 0=no sorting.	0x1
   PageType	String	Specifies the required page type.	NORMAL
   Source	String	Name of the resource DLL.	sampleresource.dll
   URL	String	Primary navigation bar items usually use tasks.asp since they are normally navigation pages.	tasks.asp

3. Add secondary navigation pages for each of the links.
4. Make sure to use the ElementID specified in Step 1 as the Container name for each of the links.

The Merit value controls the sorting for Web elements. Set the Merit value to the desired position of the new item. For example, a value of 0x1 will make this Web element the first, or furthest to the left, item on the primary navigation bar.

Note

• The Merit value of 1 and 2 are reserved for Welcome and Status, respectively. You must use a value less than 700 so that Maintenance and Help get the two locations furthest to the right.

Related Topics

Adding a Web Task

Adding a New Secondary Navigation Item

Adding a Web Task to a Navigation Page

Adding a New Object Task Selector Page