siteMap Element (ASP.NET Settings Schema)

Defines configuration settings to support the navigation infrastructure for configuring, storing, and rendering site navigation.

This element is new in the .NET Framework version 2.0.

<configuration> Element
  system.web Element (ASP.NET Settings Schema)
    siteMap Element (ASP.NET Settings Schema)

<siteMap
  defaultProvider="provider name">
  <providers>...</providers> 
</siteMap>

Attributes and Elements

The following sections describe attributes, child elements, and parent elements.

Attributes

Attribute	Description
defaultProvider	Required attribute. Specifies the name of the provider. The default is the XmlSiteMapProvider provider.

Child Elements

Element	Description
providers	Defines a collection of navigation providers.

Parent Elements

Element	Description
configuration	Specifies the required root element in every configuration file that is used by the common language runtime and the .NET Framework applications.
system.web	Specifies the root element for the ASP.NET configuration section.

Remarks

Default Configuration

The following default siteMap element is configured in the root Web.config file in the .NET Framework version 2.0.

<siteMap>
     <providers>
           <add siteMapFile="web.sitemap" name="AspNetXmlSiteMapProvider"
                type="System.Web.XmlSiteMapProvider, System.Web, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, 
                PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a" />
     </providers>
</siteMap>

Example

The following code example shows how to add a site map provider in the Web.config file to override the default site map provider that is defined for ASP.NET.

<configuration>
  <system.web>
    <siteMap defaultProvider="XmlSiteMapReader">
      <providers>
        <add 
          name=" XmlSiteMapReader"
          type="XmlSiteMapProvider, System.Web, Version=1.1.3300.0,
                Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a"
          siteMapFile="my.sitemap" 
          description="XmlSiteMapProvider that loads my.sitemap"/>
      </providers>
    </siteMap>
  </system.web>
</configuration>

Element Information

Configuration section handler	System.Web.Configuration.SiteMapSection
Configuration member	SystemWebSectionGroup.SiteMap
Configurable locations	Machine.config Root-level Web.config Application-level Web.config
Requirements	Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) version 5.0, 5.1, or 6.0 The .NET Framework version 2.0 Microsoft Visual Studio 2005

See Also

Tasks

How to: Lock ASP.NET Configuration Settings

Concepts

ASP.NET Configuration Overview

ASP.NET Web Server Controls and Browser Capabilities

Securing ASP.NET Configuration

ASP.NET Configuration Scenarios

Reference

system.web Element (ASP.NET Settings Schema)

<configuration> Element

providers Element for siteMap (ASP.NET Settings Schema)

System.Configuration

System.Web.Configuration

Other Resources

ASP.NET Configuration Files

ASP.NET Configuration Settings

General Configuration Settings (ASP.NET)

ASP.NET Configuration API