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  • tony09uk
    Sergeant First Class

    • May 2008
    • 54

    adding.....a text trail

    Sorry I dont know what its really called.

    I am wanting to add somthing I often see on many easly navigable website...its on this forum in the top menu bar:

    Web Hosting > VodaHost Web Hosting Support > General Support Issues

    there are many way to get to the same location on my site and I want the user to be able to find their way back where they have come from easly (other than the back button).

    Is this an easy option or is it more advanced??? Oh and whats its real name?
  • Alien Dude
    Lieutenant Colonel

    • Apr 2008
    • 559

    #2
    Re: adding.....a text trail

    it's called Breadcrumbs ( don't ask ) you can get it here, Breadcrumb comes in three parts a js file, the link to the js file which goes in the head of the page. and a code that goes on to the page it's self
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    • tony09uk
      Sergeant First Class

      • May 2008
      • 54

      #3
      Re: adding.....a text trail

      Thanks alien dude.

      Two more qestions now now...hope you dont mind.
      Ive gone to the page selected source code then there are 4 files (external file, CSS, head, body) Do I copy CSS, head and body all into one HTML box in bluevoda and where do I put that box....does it matter????

      In the link the site creator is using tabs to make it a more efficent system, do you know where I could get that code from?
      Many thanks.

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      • navaldesign
        General & Forum Moderator

        • Oct 2005
        • 12080

        #4
        Re: adding.....a text trail

        External file: you need to save the code as autoBreadcrumbs.js and upload it in your site

        CSS: you need to add this in your HEAD section. Of course you will need to add the opening and closing tags:

        <style type="text/css">
        .topnav {
        font-size: 0.8em;
        color: #000;
        background-color: #FFCF29;
        border: 1px #00009C solid;
        padding: 0.5em;
        }

        </style>

        Head Part: Goes anyway in the <HEAD> section

        Body: goes in a HTML box, in the position where it should appear.

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        • tony09uk
          Sergeant First Class

          • May 2008
          • 54

          #5
          Re: adding.....a text trail

          I have taken so long to reply because I didnt really understand the answer (now im a little more comptentent....but not much). So two more questions RE: this subject.

          1. why do I need to save the autoBreadcrumbs code?
          2. You say I also need to add opening and closing tags.....isnt
          <style> and </style> that? they are already there


          This HTML thing really confuses me. I keep popping onto w3school.com but dont feel like im picking much up.

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          • CarbonTerry
            Major General

            • Oct 2005
            • 2620

            #6
            Re: adding.....a text trail

            Why not make it a series of text links with the added bonus that SE's can read text links and do not read javascript links.
            here > there > anywhere
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            • CarbonTerry
              Major General

              • Oct 2005
              • 2620

              #7
              Re: adding.....a text trail

              Sorry 'bout that. That is probably not the info you needed to solve your problem.
              navaldesign always has the correct info.
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              • navaldesign
                General & Forum Moderator

                • Oct 2005
                • 12080

                #8
                Re: adding.....a text trail

                I added the tags, that's why they exist.
                If you copied the code from the javascript.internet.com site, then you need to paste the copied code in Notepad, save the file and upload it, UNLESS you have already downloaded it as file in which case you only need to upload it.
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