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kmerlihan-ecentricarts - 6/4/2010 1:26:32 PM
   
Kentico and Navigation Panels
Hi there,

I am looking to develop a site with navigation panels instead of a typical drop down menu. An example of this kind of layout can be found here: http://www.bp.com.

Our client is very concerned about updatability and I wanted to know if anyone has made this kind of panel in Kentico and if there is a way to update these panels in a similar way a typical drop down menu would (automatically).

Any thoughts? Words of wisdom? Advice?

Cheers
Kathryn

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kentico_jurajo - 6/7/2010 3:38:00 AM
   
RE:Kentico and Navigation Panels
Hi,

There are several options:

1) You can develop fully custom menu web part using our API

2) You can integrate third party controls (like Telerik, ComponentArt). You can find some examples in our KB section, for exaple:
http://devnet.kentico.com/Blogs/Juraj-Ondrus/May-2009/Integrating-3rd-party-components-in-Kentico-CMS-4-.aspx
http://devnet.kentico.com/Knowledge-Base/Web-parts---Controls/Integrating-3rd-party-components-in-Kentico-CMS.aspx

3) You can modify existing menu web parts to achieve your need, e.g. CSS List Menu can be customized very easy.

Best regards,
Juraj Ondrus