Displaying a content page at the same level as top category

[jmestep]

Problem:
Client wanted to add some content/ information pages and he wanted them to show up in the left nav, but couldn't do that unless he put them under a category-- the Browse--> Catalog only lets you add categories at that level.
Solution:
Copy the webpage.aspx and renamed it categorycontent.aspx. Keep it in the same location as the webpage.aspx .Replace the corresponding sections from webpage.aspx in the categorycontent.aspx:

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<%-- 
<DisplayPage>
    <Name>Category Content</Name>
    <NodeType>Category</NodeType>
    <Description>A basic display handler for category content so that the links show up in the left nav.  It shows the category content with standard headers and footers.</Description>
</DisplayPage>
--%>

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<asp:Content ID="MainContent" ContentPlaceHolderID="PageContent" Runat="Server">
    <cb:ScriptletPart ID="CategoryContent" runat="server" Layout="Left Sidebar" Header="Standard Header" Content="Category Content" Sidebar="Standard Sidebar 1" Footer="Standard Footer" Title="View Webpage" AllowClose="False" AllowMinimize="false" />
</asp:Content>

Create a new scriplet and save it in the App_Data/Scriplets/Custom/Content folder. The name of that scriplet is Category Content.htm. That scriplet has this code:

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<!--
<Description>
Displays the contents of a category content catalog object.
</Description>
-->
[[ConLib:CategoryBreadCrumbs HideLastNode="False"]]
<div class="pageHeader">
<h1 class="heading">$Category.Name</h1>
</div>

$Category.Description

If you want to make a content page so that it will show up at the top level of the left nav, Create a category and select the above for the display page in the category edit screen and add your content to the description field.