How can we have a Multiple site maps in Asp.Net MVC solution

Question

How can we have a Multiple site maps in Asp.Net MVC solution? For example: I have 3 modules in my Application let say Student, Employee, Teachers. I have these 3 modules in the menu bar. Now when i navigate to Student module i should see the student specific sitemap. Same for the others as well. How can we achieve this functionality in ASP.Net MVC?

Kapil Gaur · Answer

Add something like this in your web.config file (a new provider for each area): "AppSiteMapProvider" enabled= "true" > "AppSiteMapProvider" type= "MvcSiteMapProvider.DefaultSiteMapProvider, MvcSiteMapProvider" siteMapFile= "~/Mvc.Sitemap" securityTrimmingEnabled= "true" cacheDuration= "5" enableLocalization= "true" scanAssembliesForSiteMapNodes= "true" includeAssembliesForScan= "" excludeAssembliesForScan= "" attributesToIgnore= "visibility" nodeKeyGenerator= "MvcSiteMapProvider.DefaultNodeKeyGenerator, MvcSiteMapProvider" controllerTypeResolver= "MvcSiteMapProvider.DefaultControllerTypeResolver, MvcSiteMapProvider" actionMethodParameterResolver= "MvcSiteMapProvider.DefaultActionMethodParameterResolver, MvcSiteMapProvider" aclModule= "MvcSiteMapProvider.DefaultAclModule, MvcSiteMapProvider" siteMapNodeUrlResolver= "MvcSiteMapProvider.DefaultSiteMapNodeUrlResolver, MvcSiteMapProvider" siteMapNodeVisibilityProvider= "MvcSiteMapProvider.DefaultSiteMapNodeVisibilityProvider, MvcSiteMapProvider" siteMapProviderEventHandler= "MvcSiteMapProvider.DefaultSiteMapProviderEventHandler, MvcSiteMapProvider" /> "AdminSiteMapProvider" type= "MvcSiteMapProvider.DefaultSiteMapProvider, MvcSiteMapProvider" siteMapFile= "~/Areas/Admin/Mvc.Sitemap" securityTrimmingEnabled= "true" cacheDuration= "5" enableLocalization= "true" scanAssembliesForSiteMapNodes= "true" includeAssembliesForScan= "" excludeAssembliesForScan= "" attributesToIgnore= "visibility" nodeKeyGenerator= "MvcSiteMapProvider.DefaultNodeKeyGenerator, MvcSiteMapProvider" controllerTypeResolver= "MvcSiteMapProvider.DefaultControllerTypeResolver, MvcSiteMapProvider" actionMethodParameterResolver= "MvcSiteMapProvider.DefaultActionMethodParameterResolver, MvcSiteMapProvider" aclModule= "MvcSiteMapProvider.DefaultAclModule, MvcSiteMapProvider" siteMapNodeUrlResolver= "MvcSiteMapProvider.DefaultSiteMapNodeUrlResolver, MvcSiteMapProvider" siteMapNodeVisibilityProvider= "MvcSiteMapProvider.DefaultSiteMapNodeVisibilityProvider, MvcSiteMapProvider" siteMapProviderEventHandler= "MvcSiteMapProvider.DefaultSiteMapProviderEventHandler, MvcSiteMapProvider" /> Put this in your common masterpage (same thing for the menu): var currentArea = ( string )ViewContext.RouteData.DataTokens[ "area" ]; if ( string .IsNullOrWhiteSpace(currentArea)) { @Html.MvcSiteMap( "AppSiteMapProvider" ).SiteMapTitle() } else if (currentArea.ToString() == "Admin" ) { @Html.MvcSiteMap( "AdminSiteMapProvider" ).SiteMapTitle() } Above sitemaps are for default and Admin Role as written for one of the project. Similarly create a sitemap file for each of your areas Student, Employee, Teachers. It works for me. Hope it helps.