Introduction to WebSite Navigation

If you are creating a professional website then it needs a complete navigation system that allows you to move from one page to another, without the need of copying the navigation code in every page.

In ASP.NET 4.5, Navigation tool is present which makes easy for users to move from one page to another in their web application.

The site navigation system includes the capability to define your entire site in an XML file that is called a sitemap. After you define a sitemap, you can work with it programmatically using the SiteMap class.

Another aspect of the sitemap capability available in ASP.NET is a data provider that is specifically developed to work with sitemap files and to bind them to a series of navigation-based server controls.

Here you will learn about the Site Map model and Navigation Controls.