Unable to add the navigation item to Site Map provider after the limit 50 in Sharepoint 2010

Site Map Provider in SharePoint 2010 is limited to 50. But, this can be changed to unlimited items by adding a setting in web.config file as below.



1. Edit the web config for your application.
2. Find the <sitemap> section
3.  Add the text DynamicChildLimit=”0″ to each of the following keys.

<add name=”GlobalNavSiteMapProvider” description=”CMS provider for Global navigation” type=”Microsoft.SharePoint.Publishing.Navigation.PortalSiteMapProvider, Microsoft.SharePoint.Publishing, Version=14.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=71e9bce111e9429c” NavigationType=”Global” EncodeOutput=”true” DynamicChildLimit=”0″/>

<add name=”CombinedNavSiteMapProvider” description=”CMS provider for Combined navigation” type=”Microsoft.SharePoint.Publishing.Navigation.PortalSiteMapProvider, Microsoft.SharePoint.Publishing, Version=14.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=71e9bce111e9429c” NavigationType=”Combined” EncodeOutput=”true” DynamicChildLimit=”0″/>

<add name=”CurrentNavSiteMapProvider” description=”CMS provider for Current navigation” type=”Microsoft.SharePoint.Publishing.Navigation.PortalSiteMapProvider, Microsoft.SharePoint.Publishing, Version=14.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=71e9bce111e9429c” NavigationType=”Current” EncodeOutput=”true” DynamicChildLimit=”0″/>

<add name=”CurrentNavSiteMapProviderNoEncode” description=”CMS provider for Current navigation, no encoding of output” type=”Microsoft.SharePoint.Publishing.Navigation.PortalSiteMapProvider, Microsoft.SharePoint.Publishing, Version=14.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=71e9bce111e9429c” NavigationType=”Current” EncodeOutput=”false” DynamicChildLimit=”0″/>

4.  Save and you’re good to go.

Unable to check-in the pages which are checked out in SharePoint 2010 publishing site

We have a publishing site created in SharePoint 2010 and suddenly we could not check-in the pages and started receiving the below error when we are trying to check-in the page.

"An unexpected error has occurred" with Correlation Id.

Actual Error in the Log File

System.ArgumentException: Invalid SPListItem. The SPListItem provided is not compatible with a Publishing Page. at Microsoft.SharePoint.Publishing.PublishingPage.GetPublishingPage(SPListItem sourceListItem) at Microsoft.SharePoint.Publishing.Internal.WebControls.PublishingPageStateControl.RaisePostBackEventForPageRouting(String eventArgument, SPRibbonCommandHandler control, RaisePostBackEventDelegate raisePostBackEventDelegate) at Microsoft.SharePoint.Publishing.Internal.WebControls.PublishingPageCheckinHandler.RaisePostBackEvent(String eventArgument) at System.Web.UI.Page.RaisePostBackEvent(IPostBackEventHandler sourceControl, String eventArgument) at System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequestMain(Boolean includeStagesBeforeAsyncPoint, Boolean includeStagesAfterAsyncPoint)


If the publishing feature is deactivated and activated again on a publishing site, it may sometimes point to a new ID to pages library. To reset this ID back we need to execute the below powershell script.

$web = get-spweb "http://site-collection/path-to-affected-site"
$correctId = $web.Lists["Pages"].ID
$web.AllProperties["__PagesListId"] = $correctId.ToString()
$web.Update()
$web.AllProperties["__PublishingFeatureActivated"] = "True"
$web.Update()