Adding the Telerik ASP.NET 2.0 RadMenu Control to MOSS 2007 Publishing Sites

With the release of Windows SharePoint Services (WSS) v3 and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) 2007, Microsoft has implemented significant architectural changes to the SharePoint platform which simplifies the task of customizing the user interface. Most of these improvements are because WSS v3, unlike its predecessor, is built on top of the .NET 3.0 Framework bringing the native capabilities of ASP.NET 2.0 directly to the SharePoint platform. One such ASP.NET 2.0 concept that is leveraged by WSS v3 is the navigation provider model. The navigation provider model separates the navigation hierarchy (the data portion, otherwise known as site-map data sources) from the rendering (the paper portion, otherwise known as navigation controls).