Consistent Top Navigation Menu across All site collections in SharePoint 2010

Consistent Top Navigation Menu across All site collections in SharePoint 2010
Requirement: Display a consistent Top Navigation Menu across multiple site collections on the same web front ends in SharePoint.
We can fulfill this requirement by using custom sitemap providers in SharePoint. Here are the steps at high level
Create your own sitemap file in Layouts folderAdd a Site Map Provider in web.config fileAdd a SiteMapDataSource to your master pagechange the SharePoint menu's datasource to your custom SiteMapDataSource Lets start building SharePoint 2010 common navigation across site collections.
1. Create your own sitemap file in Layouts folder
Modify the site map to match your navigation needs and save it with a .sitemap extension in a location accessible by your SharePoint farm. The _LAYOUTS\1033 directory is a great place since any site can get to that location (i.e. C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\14\TEMPLATE\LAYOUTS\1033\BPCorp.sitemap)
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Requirement: Display a consistent Top Navigation Menu across multiple site collections on the same web front ends in SharePoint.
We can fulfill this requirement by using custom sitemap providers in SharePoint. Here are the steps at high level
Create your own sitemap file in Layouts folderAdd a Site Map Provider in web.config fileAdd a SiteMapDataSource to your master pagechange the SharePoint menu's datasource to your custom SiteMapDataSource Lets start building SharePoint 2010 common navigation across site collections.
1. Create your own sitemap file in Layouts folder
Modify the site map to match your navigation needs and save it with a .sitemap extension in a location accessible by your SharePoint farm. The _LAYOUTS\1033 directory is a great place since any site can get to that location (i.e. C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\14\TEMPLATE\LAYOUTS\1033\BPCorp.sitemap)
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