Creating the Category List

The most logical way to navigate a product catalog is to start with categories and drill down into product lists and then into product details. For MyGolfGear.NET, we use a category list as the highest level of navigation. This list of categories creates a menu with which users can browse through the categories. Figure 6.1 shows the home page. Notice the menu with the category list on the left side of the page.

Figure 6.1. The category menu list.

The creation of the category list is made possible by three major elements:

  • CatalogDS.cs— The strongly typed dataset that was covered in the preceding chapter

  • LeftNav.ascx.cs ...

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