Site is hidden or not in Navigation

Question

We have Sharepoint 2007 with WCM enabled. We have several sites. And the Navigation Menu's shows the sites perfectly. So we are able to hide the sites in the Navigation Settings. All the menus will respect this.

My requirement is through code if i have the site name Will i be able to know whether this site is hidden in the Navigation or not?

Answer 1

If your web is publishing web,You can use PublishingWeb.IncludeInCurrentNavigation or PublishingWeb.IncludeInGlobalNavigation, depending on you want to check for current or global navigation.

Otherwise, you can use a simple function like below :

bool IsWebVisible(SPWeb webToCheck)
{

SPNavigationNode node= SPContext.Current.Site.RootWeb.TopNavigationBar.GetNodeByUrl(webToCheck.Url);

// or SPNavigationNode node= SPContext.Current.Site.RootWeb.GlobalNodes.GetNodeByUrl(webToCheck.Url);

// or SPNavigationNode node= SPContext.Current.Site.RootWeb.QuickLaunch.GetNodeByUrl(webToCheck.Url);

 return node.IsVisible;

}

Answer 2

One would think that looking at the SPNavigationNode object there is an IsVisible property which should tell you whether the site is hidden in the navigation or not. But apparently that is not the case for publishing sites (WCM).

See this post which explains how to find out that info for a publishing site:

http://blog.developpez.com/eyskens/p6853/sharepoint/sharepoint-navigation-spnavigationnode-i/