CMS system supports several ways of drawing a menu on a site. Using specialized CMS controls you can easily create different menu types that you need. You can also use CmsSiteMapDataSource to draw menu using standard ASP.NET controls. Controls responsible for drawing menu on a site are usually placed on site templates (on site's master pages).

Specialized CMS controls

MainMenu - The control forms the main (first level) menu of the site.

ContextMenu - The control forms context menu of the site.

PathMenu - The control give out menu path for navigation on the site.

SiteMap - The control displays the site map.

SiteMapDataSource

CmsSiteMapDataSource - Site map data source for a CMS site.

General: CMS architecture | Overview

Site templates: Site templates