This document will show you how to create a site-map style topic navigation module for your Live KB Site(s). This module will display your highest-level topics, which once clicked, will direct the user to a page with links to sub-topics and their associated documents.
Please Note: The module described on this page is different than the built-in topic module that displays sub-topics in horizontal fly-out menus (See Example). For information on the alternative style of topic module, follow the instructions here: KB User's Guide - Topics Tab - Enable the Topic Tree Side Module on your Live Site(s).
The image below is an example of what we are trying to achieve. It is a screenshot of the Demo KB's Side Module Navigation.
A Topics Tree has documents assigned to each topic in the tree. One of the topics is "Browsers", which is a Level 5 topic in the Topics Tree. Upon clicking on the "Browser" link , the various "email" subtopics appears to the right. You have the option click on the "See Documents" buttons that allow you to see all the documents assigned to a topic. The image above shows the subtopics of "IE, Firefox and Chrome".
The construction of the URL is a bit tricky. You will need to determine your Topic ID number and the Topic Level number.
In the image below you see all the Side Module Links in the Side Module, called "Topics". Next to "Browsers", the Link URL* field is circled in red and shows the link, topics.php?c=1057&l=5&a=d
. The "1057" indicates the topic ID number, and the 5 determines the level of that specific topic. Follow the instruction below to determine your Side Module Link's "Link URL*".
topics.php?c=X&l=Y&a=d
topics.php?c=1057&l=5&a=d