Ektron CMS400.NET Developer Reference Manual

BreadCrumb Server Control
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Breadcrumb Trail
Type
Horizontal; text only
There are two kinds of breadcrumbs: sitemap breadcrumbs and
history breadcrumbs.
Sitemap breadcrumbs show you the path through the sitemap to
the current page, like the path shown at the top of the page of a
Yahoo! directory listing. Sitemap breadcrumbs always show the
same path for the same page, regardless of how that page is
reached.
History breadcrumbs more accurately fulfill the breadcrumb trail
metaphor. They display an edited version of the browser's history -
links to each of the most recently visited pages in the order that
they were visited.
The BreadCrumb server control displays history breadcrumbs.
Your site visitors can use the breadcrumb trail to jump to previously
visited pages.
The breadcrumb trail can appear vertically or horizontally on a Web
page. In addition, you can define how many breadcrumbs are left
for site visitors to navigate back. You can also use an image and
Alt text instead of, or in addition to, text to display the breadcrumb
trail.
If a site visitor revisits a page that is in the breadcrumb trail already, the
breadcrumb trail reverts back to that point in the trail. For example, if you visit the
following pages Dev > FAQ > WebForm > PR, and then return to FAQ, the
breadcrumb trail looks like this: Dev > FAQ.
Example
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