Chapter 11
Navigation
The two different versions of SharePoint give designers different navigation controls. With WSS 3.0 (aka the free version) you get simple navigation controls where as with MOSS 2007 you get the extended versions of the navigation controls.
Organizations that have seen the advantages of MOSS 2007 will get major benefits when using MOSS 2007 navigation controls on their sites. With MOSS 2007 designers and developers can build upon the navigation controls much faster and get better results. For those of you using WSS 3.0 no need to worry, this chapter details what you can accomplish with the simple WSS 3.0 navigation controls.
This chapter first details the WSS 3.0 basic navigation controls by explaining how to use the Top link bar, Quick Launch, and the Tree view menus and also by covering how each of them can be customized. Most common tasks, such as enabling SharePoint menus to have sub-menus, adjusting fly-out menu settings, orientation, style and hiding certain links from non-administrators are also covered in this chapter.
The second half of this chapter focuses on the MOSS 2007 navigation controls by first detailing how to enable MOSS 2007 navigation for your non-publishing sites and then how you can setup your sites.
Determining Whether Your Site Is WSS 3.0 or MOSS 2007
Knowing what type of site you have is really important before you start setting up the navigation for your SharePoint site. If this is your first time designing a SharePoint site and ...
