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Asked: 2026-06-15T15:41:26+00:00

Can anyone help me with displaying a menu in ASP.Net? I’ve got my Site.master

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Can anyone help me with displaying a menu in ASP.Net?

I’ve got my Site.master page with a navigation menu

<asp:Menu ID="NavigationMenu" runat="server" CssClass="menu" EnableViewState="false" IncludeStyleBlock="false" Orientation="Horizontal">
   <Items>
      <asp:MenuItem NavigateUrl="~/About.aspx" Text="About"/>
      <asp:LoginView>
         <LoggedInTemplate>
            <asp:MenuItem NavigateUrl="~/Securedpage.aspx" Text="Securedpage"/>
         </LoggedInTemplate>
      </asp:LoginView>
   </Items>
</asp:Menu>

I have to show the first menu link to everyone and the second only to loggedIn users. However the <asp:LoginView> seems to be unrecognised within the menu block. Is there any way out?

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  1. Editorial Team

    You can bind the menu items to a site map and use the roles attribute. You will need to enable Security Trimming in your Web.Config to do this. This is the simplest way.

    Site Navigation Overview: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/e468hxky.aspx

    Security Trimming Info: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms178428.aspx

    SiteMap Binding Info: http://www.w3schools.com/aspnet/aspnet_navigation.asp

    Good Tutorial/Overview here: http://weblogs.asp.net/jgalloway/archive/2008/01/26/asp-net-menu-and-sitemap-security-trimming-plus-a-trick-for-when-your-menu-and-security-don-t-match-up.aspx

    Another option that works, but is less ideal is to use the loginview control which can display controls based on role. This might be the quickest (but least flexible/performant) option. You can find a guide here: http://weblogs.asp.net/sukumarraju/archive/2010/07/28/role-based-authorization-using-loginview-control.aspx

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