Let’s begin by taking a look at the “managed metadata navigation” feature.
One of the big challenges to navigation inside SharePoint is that it needs to be set up in each site. This causes a problem if any of the links are removed because then I need to go in each site and delete or update the links as necessary. On top of that, I have limited control over those links, relatively static i.e. modify each and every link by referring every site collection.
But I am looking for the ability to have my links more flexible and hierarchical. My capability to do things like that are limited in certain situations.
What are the challenges?
1. Limited control over links
2. Search engine optimizations issues like
- URL with spaces
- Pages with query strings
- Buried pages
How managed metadata comes to rescue in this situations?
1. Enable navigation via Term set
2. Terms becomes nodes
- Terms can point to pages, catalog items, simple URL’s
Enabling managed metadata navigation:-
Couple of things needs to consider like-
1. Enable SharePoint Publishing feature at the site collection level.
2. Enable managed navigation at the site level
3. Configure navigation structure inside the Term Store.
How to setup? Let’s see now-
Phase-1
1. Open your SharePoint 2013 site
2. Site settings
3. Site collection administration
4. Site collection features
5. Activate SharePoint publishing feature.
Phase-2
1. Open your SharePoint 2013 site
2. Site settings
3. Under look and Feel
4. Navigation
5. Will see two options i.e. Global navigation and Current navigation
6. Global navigation means top navigation and Current navigation means left navigation.
7. Scroll down
8. Will see the section “Term Set”
9. By default “term store management” is selected. Hit OK.
By means of this, all the links can now be managed by Team Store.
Phase-3
1. Open your SharePoint 2013 site
2. Site settings
3. Site administration
4. Term store management
5. There is a Term group “Site collection-nameofyoursite”
6. Underneath – Team site navigation
7. Make sure the check box named as “Use this term set for site navigation” is always ticked.
That’s it- we are done. Simple and easy!
Read at my Blog: http://mossnwss.blogspot.in/2014/01/managed-metadata-navigation-sharepoint.html
Applies to: SharePoint Server 2013.