Forum OpenACS Development: Re: A Model for the Navigation Bar

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Posted by Dave Bauer on
Hi Jim,

Very interesting. You might want to also note this is called "Breadcrumbs" in the CSS for the pages and by web designers.

There are two basic concepts that are used

1) Show the path to the page you are on, based on the site hierarchy. That's how OpenACS works by default.

2) Show the path the user took, you'd need to be smart here and limit this or it could become unusable. This would be more like the path of breadcrumbs you'd use to find your way out of the forest. This would also be similar to the page / back button / history of your browser.

I'd have to go back and read some web design books to see the rational behind each type of decision and it probably depends on exactly what your site is. I don't see a lot of breadcrumbs used on the web, perhaps due to more single page style sites?

Maybe you have another idea?

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Posted by Jim Lynch on
Heya Dave, nice to know you still have your attention on openacs. I'm posting this thing as fast as I can, you'll see what my complete idea is in a few posts.

-Jim