Friday, July 18, 2014

SharePoint Navigation Providers


I want to share with you all, about navigation features in both WSS3.0 and MOSS. SharePoint Navigation features called Navigation Providers are enabled in the root directory of webapplications’s web.config file to access widely. These named Navigation providers are added to the <SiteMap> element under <System.Web> Section.
Named Providers are defined under WSS3.0 are,
· SPNavigationProvider
· SPSiteMapProvider
· SPContentMapProvider
· SPXmlContentMapProvider
· SPXmlAdminContentMapProvider*
*This named procedure only available in Central Administration webapplication
All the above providers share the same namespace called Microsoft.SharePoint.Navigation
MOSS included some named providers in addition to the WSS3.0 named providers.
· AdministrationQuickLaunchProvider
· SharedServicesQuickLaunchProvider
· GlobalNavSiteMapProvider
· CombinedNavSiteMapProvider
· CurrentNavSiteMapProvider
· CurrentNavSiteMapProviderNoEncode
· MySiteMapProvider
· MySiteLeftNavProvider
· SiteDirectoryCategoryProvider
· UsagePagesSiteMapProvider

Provider Names:
AdministrationQuickLaunchProvider:
Assembly
Microsoft.Office.Server.UI
Namespace
Microsoft.Office.Server.UI
Class Name
Microsoft.Office.Server.Web.
AdministrationQuickLaunchProvider
Description
QuickLaunch navigation provider for the central administration site
Assembly Path
GAC
SharedServicesQuickLaunchProvider:
Assembly
Microsoft.Office.Server.UI
Namespace
Microsoft.Office.Server.UI
Class Name
Microsoft.Office.Server.Web.
SharedServicesQuickLaunchProvider
Description
QuickLaunch navigation provider for shared services administration sites
Assembly Path
GAC
PortalSiteMapProvider:
Assembly
Microsoft.SharePoint.Publishing
Namespace
Microsoft.SharePoint.Publishing.Navigation
Class Name
Microsoft.SharePoint.Publishing.Navigation.
PortalSiteMapProvider
Description
Provides PortalSiteMapNode objects that represent a merging of the Windows SharePoint Services 3.0SPNavigation store and dynamic site structure, including sites and pages. This Provider has four navigation providers to merge with WSS3.0 Providers.
Assembly Path
..\12\ISAPI\
*The each different value of NavigationType property in PortalSiteMapProvider object represents the following providers. There are Current, Global & Combined navigationtypes.
GlobalNavSiteMapProvider:
NavigationType: Global
Description: Include SPNavigationNodes from navigation in the TopNavigationBarcollection of Windows SharePoint Services; respect global inheritance and include or hide settings.
CombinedNavSiteMapProvider:
NavigationType: Combined
Description: This is attached to the global navigation or top navigation menu by default.
CurrentNavSiteMapProvider:
NavigationType: Current
Description: Gets the PortalSiteMapProvider object that is attached by default to the current navigation or Quick Launch, respect to current inheritance settings and include or hide settings.
CurrentNavSiteMapProviderNoEncode:
NavigationType: Current
EncodeOutput: false
Description: Gets the PortalSiteMapProvider object that is attached to the breadcrumb navigation by default.
*Gets or sets whether to HTML-encode the Title property of each PortalSiteMapNode object.
MySiteMapProvider:
Assembly
Microsoft.SharePoint.Portal
Namespace
Microsoft.SharePoint.Portal
Class Name
Microsoft.SharePoint.Portal.
MySiteMapProvider
Description
MySite provider that returns (MyProfile links) areas and based on the current user context.
Assembly Path
..\12\ISAPI\
MySiteLeftNavProvider:
Assembly
Microsoft.SharePoint.Portal
Namespace
Microsoft.SharePoint.Portal
Class Name
Microsoft.SharePoint.Portal.
MySiteLeftNavProvider
Description
MySite Left Nav provider that returns areas (Quick Launch) and based on the current user context.
Assembly Path
..\12\ISAPI\
SiteDirectoryCategoryProvider:
Assembly
Microsoft.SharePoint.Portal
Namespace
Microsoft.SharePoint.Portal.WebControls
Class Name
Microsoft.SharePoint.Portal.WebControls.
SiteDirectoryCategoryProvider
Description
SiteDirectory Category Provider returns the Category nodes present in the SiteDirectory Sites.
Assembly Path
..\12\ISAPI\
UsagePagesSiteMapProvider:
Assembly
Microsoft.SharePoint.Portal
Namespace
Microsoft.SharePoint.Portal.Analytics
Class Name
Microsoft.SharePoint.Portal.Analytics.
UsagePagesSiteMapProvider
Description
Provider for navigation in Portal Usage pages
Assembly Path
..\12\ISAPI\
SPNavigationProvider:
Assembly
Microsoft.SharePoint
Namespace
Microsoft.SharePoint.Navigation
Class Name
Microsoft.SharePoint.Navigation.
SPNavigationProvider
Description
Provides a base class for Windows SharePoint Services site-map providers that are specialized for SharePoint site navigation.
Node “sid:1002” represents the QuickLaunchBar,
Node “sid:1025” represents the TopNavigationBar
Assembly Path
..\12\ISAPI\
SPSiteMapProvider:
Assembly
Microsoft.SharePoint
Namespace
Microsoft.SharePoint.Navigation
Class Name
Microsoft.SharePoint.Navigation.
SPSiteMapProvider
Description
Provides the SiteMapNode objects that constitute the global content breadcrumb, which represents objects in the site hierarchy above the current site.
Assembly Path
..\12\ISAPI\
SPContentMapProvider:
Assembly
Microsoft.SharePoint
Namespace
Microsoft.SharePoint.Navigation
Class Name
Microsoft.SharePoint.Navigation.
SPContentMapProvider
Description
Provides methods and properties for implementing a site map provider for contents of a Windows SharePoint Services site. This class provides the SiteMapNode objects that constitute the content breadcrumb, where “content” referes to the lists, folders, items, and list forms composing the breadcrumb.
Assembly Path
..\12\ISAPI\
SPXmlContentMapProvider:
Assembly
Microsoft.SharePoint
Namespace
Microsoft.SharePoint.Navigation
Class Name
Microsoft.SharePoint.Navigation.
SPXmlContentMapProvider
Description
Provides methods and properties for implementing a site map provider for contents of a Windows SharePoint Services site. This class provides the SiteMapNode objects that constitute the content breadcrumb, where “content” referes to the lists, folders, items, and list forms composing the breadcrumb.
Site-Map Path
../ApplicationRootDirectory/_app_bin/layouts.sitemap
SPXmlAdminContentMapProvider:
Available to only Central Administration application
Assembly
Microsoft.SharePoint
Namespace
Microsoft.SharePoint.Navigation
Class Name
Microsoft.SharePoint.Navigation.
SPXmlContentMapProvider
Description
Provides methods and properties for implementing a site map provider for contents of a Windows SharePoint Services site. This class provides the SiteMapNode objects that constitute the content breadcrumb, where “content” referes to the lists, folders, items, and list forms composing the breadcrumb.
Site-Map Path
../CentralAdministrationRootDirectory/_app_bin/admin.sitemap
soon I will come with a deep details about each navigation Providers.

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