Hi Folk

I have a multi-tier menu, where the tier-1 menu headings (e.g. about us, products etc...) will never change. Furthermore, they have images rather than just words for their headings and each one of them is a different size. Now, my question is ... how should I write my .ss template.

** Option 1 **
I could, of course hardwire the tier-1 items and then in the code have something like:
<% control ChildrenOf(about-us) %> [create about us sub menu here]
<% control ChildrenOf(products) %> [create products sub menu here]

** Option 2 **
I could assign an individual ID / class to each tier-1 entry.

** Option 3 **

Should I perhaps add an extra database field that can be used to specifically give the tier-1 pages a code?

The second option seems easier. However, what name or id should I use. I am a bit worried that my CMS administrator might accidentally change the name for one of the pages and thereby destroy the menu. Is there a best practice for this?

What option would you recommend and are there any examples out there?

Thanks in advance

Nicolaas

Nicolaas,

With option 1, you helped me further towards a possible solution for a problem I asked a question about in this thread:

http://www.silverstripe.com/site-builders-forum/flat/13932

But of course, when an author changes the url of a main nav item, the thing breaks... nevertheless it helps me for the time being, thanks!

Fuzz10, I'm doing something similar with what I'm building now.

I' ve created new groups that I give different permissions.

Based on permissions and page-types I either return true or false on the Page class canEdit, canDelete, canCreate and canAddChildren methods.

Don't know if that is the right way to go, but it seems to work for me.

http://doc.silverstripe.com/doku.php?id=security#cms_author_access