Hi,

firstly would like to thank all who help, very useful. 

and for SiteMapPath, i will want all Paths to show.

i have a sitemap file:

1    
2    <siteMap xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/AspNet/SiteMap-File-1.0" >
3      <siteMapNode url="~/" title="My System">
4        <siteMapNode url="~/login.aspx" title="Login" />
5        <siteMapNode url="~/register.aspx" title="Register" />
6    
7        <siteMapNode url="~/User/" title="Member Area">
8          <siteMapNode url="~/User/index.aspx" title="Member Profile" />
9          <siteMapNode url="~/User/changepassword.aspx" title="Change Password" />
10         <siteMapNode url="~/User/editprofile.aspx" title="Edit Profile" />
11       </siteMapNode>
12   
13       <siteMapNode url="~/Admin/" title="Admin Area">
14         <siteMapNode url="~/Admin/add/" title="Add">
15           <siteMapNode url="~/Admin/add/index.aspx" title="Add Index" />
16           <siteMapNode url="~/Admin/add/category.aspx" title="Add Classification" />
17           <siteMapNode url="~/Admin/add/items.aspx" title="Add Items" />
18         </siteMapNode>
19   
20         <siteMapNode url="~/Admin/view/" title="View">
21           <siteMapNode url="~/Admin/view/index.aspx" title="View Index" />
22           <siteMapNode url="~/Admin/view/category.aspx" title="View Classification" />
23           <siteMapNode url="~/Admin/view/items.aspx" title="View Items" />
24         </siteMapNode>
25         
26         <siteMapNode url="~/Admin/tasks/" title="Administration">
27           <siteMapNode url="~/Admin/tasks/index.aspx" title="Admin Index" />
28           <siteMapNode url="~/Admin/tasks/manageusers.aspx" title="Manage Users" />
29         </siteMapNode>
30       </siteMapNode>
31   
32     </siteMapNode>
33   </siteMap>

Then for Navigation bars (bounded to SiteMap file) i do not want "Login" & "Register" to show up. they should be navigated through other pages. how do i do that? abit abstract but hope u understand. main thing is to hide SiteMapNodes from a Navigation bar (Navigation > Menu) but not SiteMapPath Control. 

anyone? or do i have to create another SiteMap file? 

Hi, you can use the remove method to remove the "Login" & "Register" items from menu, and this menthod will not change your sitemap. 

for example: 

        mi.Parent.ChildItems.Remove(mi);