breadcrumb navigation

[stilfx]

Request: An easy way to implement a breadcrumb navigation.

[zunamee]

I have been using ShopSite since 1999 and the biggest problem for me has always been the lack of navigation/hierarchy.

I would love to see a system where you can specify a hierarchy of levels i.e.

Top Level - i.e Clothes
Second Level - i.e. Mens
Third Level - i.e. Trousers
Fourth Level - Product

I currently use Stone Ecom Assembler to have this function and if it could be implemented in ShopSite I could avoid having to build then FTP pages etc.

If this can already be done please could someone tell me.

Thanks.

[bakerman]

I second that enhancement request. Most websites have something like that.

[elsparkodiablo]

I wrote up a detailed request paper and sent this to Shopsite in 2006. I'm suprised it hasn't been implemented yet.

[Allan]

We have used shopsite since '98 and agree the navigation is limited. So we developed modules for use in custom templates that have bread crumbs and a easy to manage drop down menu system. Check out a few of our sites ...
http://www.bestdye.com
http://www.romanoff.com
http://www.sagewomanherbs.com

we can build templates or install the code in exisitning templates if desired.

Al
http://pagecafe.com/

[Gary]

Our sites would benefit from a breadcrumb system similar to many sites I see today.

Thanks

Gary
Freebears.com

[psldesigns]

Would love to see this option. I am a web designer and have three sites asking for this specific thing. It would really enhance their stores.

[royhink]

I put in a simple breadcrumb system at one of my sites www.bestcountryreports.com that uses a page.field and two product.fields to build breadcrumbs.

The Category Page Looks like:

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<!-- breadcrumbs -->
            <a class="dir4" href="index.html">HOME</a>
            <span class="dir5"> &nbsp;>>
&nbsp;[-- PAGE.Name Remove_HTML --]</span>


and the Product Page looks like:

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<!-- breadcrumbs -->
   <a class="dir4" href="index.html">HOME</a> >>
            <a class="dir4" href="[-- PRODUCT.Field7 --]_Country_Reports.html">
          [-- PRODUCT.Field8 --] Country Reports</a> >>
            <span class="dir5">[-- PRODUCT.name REMOVE_HTML --]</span>


It takes two product fields, but it does the job.

Roy