anyone there who can help?

Hi hetaurhet,

Your xslt is based on the old xml schema, which means it would output only an empty <ul />, if it's running on a umbraco version newer or equal to v4.5 it will probably be using the new xml-schema.

Can you verify your version number (click the "About" button in Umbraco UI), and if newer than v4.5 check the value in <UseLegacyXmlSchema> in /config/umbracoSettings.config?

Regards
Jesper Hauge

yes, my umbraco version is 4.7.0. UseLegacyXmlSchema is as follows in config/umbracoSettings.config file.

<UseLegacyXmlSchema>false</UseLegacyXmlSchema>

so what I have to change now?

Hi hetaurhet,

Then you have to change the xslt to match the xml it's transforming. Try something like this:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE xsl:stylesheet [ <!ENTITY nbsp "&#x00A0;"> ]>
<xsl:stylesheet 
  version="1.0" 
  xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" 
  xmlns:msxml="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:xslt" 
  xmlns:umbraco.library="urn:umbraco.library" xmlns:Exslt.ExsltCommon="urn:Exslt.ExsltCommon" xmlns:Exslt.ExsltDatesAndTimes="urn:Exslt.ExsltDatesAndTimes" xmlns:Exslt.ExsltMath="urn:Exslt.ExsltMath" xmlns:Exslt.ExsltRegularExpressions="urn:Exslt.ExsltRegularExpressions" xmlns:Exslt.ExsltStrings="urn:Exslt.ExsltStrings" xmlns:Exslt.ExsltSets="urn:Exslt.ExsltSets" xmlns:tagsLib="urn:tagsLib" xmlns:BlogLibrary="urn:BlogLibrary" 
  exclude-result-prefixes="msxml umbraco.library Exslt.ExsltCommon Exslt.ExsltDatesAndTimes Exslt.ExsltMath Exslt.ExsltRegularExpressions Exslt.ExsltStrings Exslt.ExsltSets tagsLib BlogLibrary ">

<xsl:output method="xml" omit-xml-declaration="yes" />

<xsl:param name="currentPage"/>

<!-- Input the documenttype you want here -->
<xsl:variable name="level" select="1"/>

<xsl:template match="/">

<!-- The fun starts here -->
<ul>
<xsl:for-each select="$currentPage/ancestor::root/*[@level=$level and string(./umbracoNaviHide) !=  '1']">
    <li>
        <xsl:choose>
            <xsl:when test="name(.) = 'ExternalLink'">
                <a href="{./link}">
                    <xsl:value-of select="./linkDescription"/>
                </a>
            </xsl:when>
            <xsl:otherwise>
                <a href="{umbraco.library:NiceUrl(@id)}">
                    <xsl:value-of select="@nodeName"/>
                </a>
            </xsl:otherwise>
        </xsl:choose>    
    </li>
</xsl:for-each>
</ul>

</xsl:template>

</xsl:stylesheet>

You can read about the schemas here:
http://our.umbraco.org/wiki/reference/xslt/45-xml-schema

Regards
Jesper Hauge

You may also want to take a look at the Url Picker component in uComponents, see documentation here

http://ucomponents.codeplex.com/wikipage?title=UrlPicker

I installed uComponets. Used URL picker data type in my one of the document type. Made a content page from this document type for url picker and set its value to external link e.g. http://www.google.com. But now when i run the page or see preview, its not going to that page. can you help me to solve this?

I have to leave to see a client now but your best bet for help would be to post on the uComponents forum if you are still stuck.

See http://our.umbraco.org/projects/backoffice-extensions/ucomponents/questionssuggestions

ok... will do that

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