Symphony.

I am recreating I site done previously so I can learn the cms.

I have a nav, that I want to add as an “include.” I know this is not the best way as there is a dynamic way of doing it, but for now it will do. I added a page called nav.xsl and figure I would import this into my main page using <xsl:import href="nav.xsl"/> But I get a compile error.

I think the Symphony way of creating a navigation would be to add a page type to all the pages you like to add to your navigation, e. g. nav. You could then create a data source for System > Navigation in the data source manager which will produce the XML needed to dynamically create your navigation. Just add this data source to your pages and have a look at the resulting XML using the debug mode (appending ?debug to your front-end URL).

If you like to stick with your current approach, keep in mind that <xsl:import /> has to be the very first statement inside your XSL stylesheet.

ok, that would be under the page settings where it lists page resources, I would create a data source called Nav, with all the paramaters I want etc. then Link the two?

I will try, not that advanced yet…

I would create a data source called Nav, with all the paramaters I want etc. then Link the two?

Correct.

ok in the debug page I get In this case then it still needs a source/section right? At which point I could created my own or if it is dynamic I would be pulling the source then from the pull down that has “System > navigation?”

Thanks for your time :)

ah, ok now I still need it to loop throught the resource using for:each…

I’m not sure if I understood your first question. But yes you have to loop through the resulting XML using either for-each or apply-templates.

I was alittle confused in thinking that the nav is created dynamically in the sense that all you have to do is create a data source without creating entries for it, as till will figure out the pages you have and create links automaticall…

SO my set up now is that I have and source call nav with a data source that is applied to my pages..

Closed… continued at another nav question :).