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dale_brown
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Jun 23, 2002, 7:16 PM

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How about a breadcrumb? We just purchased the product but did not notice a breadcrumb that is displayed with the pages. This is a core to driving our navigation and will be sorely missed if not available. Please tell me I've just overlooked it and that it is there. Crazy



Dale


Dave
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Jun 24, 2002, 2:59 PM

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Re: [dale_brown] Breadcrumb [In reply to] Can't Post
Hi Dale,

To be honest, I hadn't heard the term "breadcrumb" before but a quick google search seems to suggest that it's a list of links that indicates your position in a document tree like this:

Home > Category > Article Page

Where each one is linked to the appropriate section or page. Is that what you're looking for? If that's it just let me know and I'll whip up some template code for you. It's not in the default templates but should be pretty easy to add with the placeholders that are available.

PS: Funny thing is, I've actually done this before, but I would always attempt to explain it as a "yahoo style hierarchical category title" or "recursive linked parent category titles"... Maybe I'll start using "Breadcrumb", it sure is a whole lot easier to say! : )

Dave Edis - Senior Developer
interactivetools.com
 


dale_brown
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Jun 24, 2002, 4:25 PM

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Re: [Dave] Breadcrumb [In reply to] Can't Post
You hit the nail on the head that is exactly what I'm looking for. "Breadcrumb" ;)


Dave
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Jun 25, 2002, 1:13 PM

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Re: [dale_brown] Breadcrumb [In reply to] Can't Post
Ok, try adding this to your article template file ("/templates/article/default.html").

<font class="arttext">
<a href="$url_gindex$">Home</a> &gt;
<a href="$url_index$">$cat_name$</a> &gt;
<a href="$url_thispage$">$art_name$</a>
</font>

If you want the same thing on your Category index file ("/templates/index/default.html") use this:

<font class="arttext">
<a href="$url_gindex$">Home</a> &gt;
<a href="$url_index$">$cat_name$</a>
</font>

Let me know if that does the trick.

Dave Edis - Senior Developer
interactivetools.com
 


Dave
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Jun 25, 2002, 1:49 PM

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Re: [dale_brown] Breadcrumb [In reply to] Can't Post
And... In case anyone was curious how I figured out all those oddly named placeholders <grin>, I looked them up in the online docs here:

http://www.interactivetools.com/docs/doc.cgi?/articlemanager/admin/doc_page31.html

Then I added a few different placeholders to the templates, hit "Publish All" under setup options, refreshed the published page in my browser and repeated the whole cycle until I got it right. :)



Dave Edis - Senior Developer
interactivetools.com
 


George_h
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Jun 25, 2002, 4:46 PM

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Re: [Dave] Breadcrumb [In reply to] Can't Post
Absolutly Brilllllllll

I am a new customer and I am going through the long process of moving my site over to Article Manager and this breadcrumbie thingie is just what I was looking for but did not know what to ask for.

If you wanted to see it in action I have used it on my article template

http://www.tipking.com/Tips/publish/tip_54.shtml

(Beware half done site....Never look at a job half done Wink )



Thanks Dave
Kind Regards

George


Dave
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Jun 25, 2002, 5:13 PM

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Re: [Tipking] Breadcrumb [In reply to] Can't Post
Hey, nice site, those are some good tips you have there!

Just curious... So you didn't know they were called "Breadcrumbs" either? What did you call them when you tried to explain them to people? : )

I'm glad I wasn't the only one. It's funny, because I'm usually pretty good with the internet lingo. : )

Dave Edis - Senior Developer
interactivetools.com
 


George_h
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Jun 25, 2002, 5:20 PM

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Re: [Dave] Breadcrumb [In reply to] Can't Post
[quote]What did you call them when you tried to explain them to people?[/quote]

The conversation usually goes something like "You know those WHERE THE HELL AM I thingy link"

I must admit that I do use them a lot if they are available. Say on ebay or somewhere where you can easily get lost...
Kind Regards

George