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Breadcrumbs Module 0.1
updated by rck, 2008-04-30

One thing missing in phpWebSite are site-wide breadcrumbs. Usability experts agree: Bread crumbs aid getting along with a web site. Think for example about the Control Panel, where you are lost as soon as you click onto an icon.

How do you get back except pressing the back button? That depends on the idea the module author had when coding the module. Now, there's an alternative
                     
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About breadcrumbs

There are a lot of articles about breadcrumbs on the Internet. Especially usability experts like to talk about them, they help orienting on a site. Look for example on Keith Instones ideas on Location, Path and Attribute Breadcrumbs. Dated back to 2002, you can read about location, path and attribute breadcrumbs.

Referring to the documents, the breadcrumbs module provides Location Breadcrumbs. That means: Regardless, how a user gets on a certain page, the page has always the same breadcrumb.

About the module

The module is a stand-alone, yet largely unfinished module. Depending on the current module, a bread crumb is rendered. Sometimes more sophisticated, sometimes less sophisticated. But always with at least a link to the home page.

In case you have suggestions about enhancing the module, please do not hesitate writing your ideas down as comments and/or in my forums.

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breadcrumbs_0.1.zip(8177)
                     
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