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Web Site Navigation Designer

The Web Site Navigation Designer is provided to simplify and speed up the creation of the entire Web site navigation and can launch wizards to facilitate the creation of HTML pages and JSPs. The tool provides features to view the Web site in the Navigation tab, to add new pages, delete pages, and move pages within in the site. This tool is especially useful for building pages in a Web application that uses a page template.

The flow of an application can be visually laid out and then the elements (JSPs, HTML pages) rearranged until it fits the requirements. After the flow is arranged, a developer can begin creating pages based on this design.

As a Web site design is built, the information is stored in the website-config.xml file so that navigation links can be generated automatically. This can include a page trail (showing the hierarchy of Web pages to get to the currently shown page) or a set of page tabs to quickly navigate to other aspects of the application.

When the structure of a site changes, (for example when a new page is added) the navigation links are automatically regenerated to reflect the new Web site structure.

To launch the Web Site Navigation Designer, double-click Web Site Navigation found in the root of the Web project folder.

Note: For a detailed example of using the Web Site Navigation Designer, refer to Launching the Web Site Navigation Designer.

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