[tc325]

Hey Everyone

I need some suggestions - im looking to make a bread crumb trail for my website.

I dont know where to even start with this type of feature since i have never done this before, i went through a bunch of sites but i couldnt find anything that helped.

If you guys have site suggestions or even if you can just explain how i would need to make this work correctly i can code it. Im just very confused on what the method is behind this.

Any help would be appreciated.

[job0107]

Breadcrumbs In Web Design: Examples And Best Practices

[tc325]

this is a great article but this doesnt explain how to create them.

Any other suggestions?

[job0107]

We can't really tell you how to create breadcrumbs until you decide what your breadcrumbs will be used for and what you want your breadcrumbs to look and act like.
As you noticed in the article, there are many types and styles of breadcrumbs.
And what kind of breadcrumbs you use, will depend on what they will be used for.

[tc325]

sorry it would be path based.

[job0107]

Originally Posted by tc325

sorry it would be path based.

What kind of path?
Is it going to be file to file to file in the same directory?
Or maybe directory to directory to directory?
Or parent-directory to sub-directory to sub-directory?
Or a combination of some or all of the above?

Do you see what I am getting at?

You need to define exactly what your breadcrumb path will be.
Once you do that, then you need to think about if it's going to be a sequential and/or random path.
Once you figure out the architecture of your path, then there will still be several ways to set it up.

As you can see, designing a breadcrumb is not as easy as it sounds.
A great deal of thought must go into it first.