Getting Lost Without Breadcrumbs

[chuck]

iLance needs breadcrumbs because users can easily get lost and in some cases they end up in a hole and can't get out.

Breadcrumbs is a navigation menu that sits at the top of each page, just below the main navigation menu at the very top of the site.

iLance has some breadcrumbs now, such as in the category areas, and that's great.
Example: Projects > Software & Technology > Application Development

However, when you go into other areas of the site, and into the Admin, there are no more breadcrumbs. One area this leads to problems is the PMB area. Let's say you're creating PMBs and File areas for awhile. How do you get back out? The only way is to use the Back button on the browser. If you've been in there awhile, you may have to hit the Back button dozens of times before you get out.

It's always good to know where you are.

[Peter]

Chuck, you are absolutely correct. ILance should have this navigation feature throughout the entire template pages.

Since the new v3 templates will use a consistant {variable} placeholder feature, we could easily create this variable .. example: {breadcrumbs} for use on any template, anywhere on the page. Maybe the site admin will want it on some pages, and not others, which they will be able to control (which is really nice).

I'll try to add it to the top of v3 todo priorities =) It really should be added.

Thanks again,

Peter

[chuck]

Thanks very much. An easily editable variable is nice as well - anything that makes editing the layout and appearance of the site is helpful. But I'd make it standard that the breadcrumbs be included on all pages and if someone wants to take them out, they have the option, because there probably will be few takers.

If you're thinking there are specific areas that some may want to disable the breadcrumbs, you could have an Admin feature under General Appearance where there would be a short series of checkboxes that would control whether or not the breadcrumbs display, although again, I think it's just something people will want. I'm just thinking the less we have to dig into the code to make changes to the site the better, but in this case it may not matter.