Exporting and Importing Navigation Sets

[William Davis]

Is there a way to export and import Navigation Sets?

[Matt Zimmermann]

Hi Bill,

There isn't currently an export function. However, you can import them via XML provisioning. If you build an XML file using this format, you can import it under Data Management -> Import XML:

<Module code="readytheme" feature="component">
    <NavigationSet_Add>
        <Code>sports</Code>
        <Name>Sport Teams</Name>
        <Description>Test</Description>
        <Layout>Horizontal Drop-Down</Layout>
        <Items>
            <Item>
                <Active>true</Active>
                <Name>MLB</Name>
                <Link type="URL" target="_blank">http://www.mlb.com</Link>
                <SubItems>
                    <Item>
                        <Name>American League</Name>
                        <Link type="Category">american_league</Link>
                        <SubItems>
                            <Item>
                                <Name>Los Angeles Angels</Name>
                            </Item>
                            <Item>
                                <Name>Oakland Athletics</Name>
                            </Item>
                            <Item>
                                <Name>...</Name>
                            </Item>
                        </SubItems>
                    </Item>
                    <Item>
                        <Name>National League</Name>
                        <SubItems>
                            <Item>
                                <Name>Los Angeles Dodgers</Name>
                            </Item>
                            <Item>
                                <Name>San Diego Padres</Name>
                            </Item>
                            <Item>
                                <Name>...</Name>
                            </Item>
                        </SubItems>
                    </Item>
                </SubItems>
            </Item>
            <Item>
                <Name>NFL</Name>
                <Link type="URL" target="_blank">http://www.nfl.com</Link>
                <SubItems>
                    <Item>
                        <Name>AFC</Name>
                        <SubItems>
                            <Item>
                                <Name>San Diego Chargers</Name>
                            </Item>
                            <Item>
                                <Name>New England Patriots</Name>
                            </Item>
                            <Item>
                                <Name>...</Name>
                            </Item>
                        </SubItems>
                    </Item>
                    <Item>
                        <Name>NFC</Name>
                        <SubItems>
                            <Item>
                                <Name>San Fransisco 49ers</Name>
                            </Item>
                            <Item>
                                <Name>Green Bay Packers</Name>
                            </Item>
                            <Item>
                                <Name>...</Name>
                            </Item>
                        </SubItems>
                    </Item>
                </SubItems>
            </Item>
            <Item>
                <Active>false</Active>
                <Name>Disabled</Name>
            </Item>
        </Items>
    </NavigationSet_Add>

</Module>

[William Davis]

Perhaps not for most, but that solution is way too complicates for me. I would have imaged there would have been a simpler solution for this by now with so many ReadyThemes and some of them no longer being supported. I'm guessing it's probably not an issue for most due to few number of categories -in our case it's over 300.

Is it possible to export that data using old man Weiland's Template Data Feed module?