New Modules

Breadcrumb module
Breadcrumb module will allow you to control breadcrumb navigation.

For example, you create a page titled about us. Normally all you would see in the breadcrumb navigation menu is Home.

Using the breadcrumb module, you can specify if content titles are displayed in the breadcrumb navigation menu globally or per-content item & for which content types (e.g. page, story).

After creating the page about us, you enable page content titles to be displayed in the breadcrumb navigation menu globally. Now you'll see the correct breadcrumb navigation hierarchy:

Home » about us

Notice how Home is hyperlinked, but the current page about us is not. This is how you would normally display the breadcrumb navigation hierarchy, but additional options will allow you to also hyperlink the current content title in the breadcrumb navigation menu.

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sub-node module
sub-node module allows you to take the breadcrumb module to the next level, but has additional non-related features.

For example you have a page titled about us. This page consist of general information about your company or community. Even with the breadcrumb module, your breadcrumb navigation hierarchy is limited to one level using page content:

Home » about us

But let's say you want to include specific information about your company or community, such as contact information.

sub-node module allows you to create additional levels in your breadcrumb navigation hierarchy:

Home » about us » contact

You can essentially create an unlimited number of levels using the sub-node module.

Your company or community may have several telephone, e-mail or mailing contacts so therefore you want to create a seperate page for each form of contact. Using contact as the parent content page for each form of contact, you can create three seperate pages as a sub-node of contact.

Home » about us » contact » telephone
Home » about us » contact » e-mail
Home » about us » contact » mailing

Creating links to all your sub-nodes can become time-consuming. That is why sub-node module allows you to simply insert {sub} into the body of your content at any given part. This generates a list of links to sub-nodes that are directly underneath the parent content page.

For example by inserting {sub} into the body of the contact page, it will display links to the various forms of contact:

telephone
e-mail
mailing

Comments

JonBob’s picture

JonBob CreditAttribution: JonBob commented
Priority: Critical » Normal

A few notes on your bug report style:
- This is certainly not critical.
- Please use descriptive issue titles.
- Please don't lump unrelated issues together as one, as it make them harder to track.

As to your two requests:
I think you misunderstand the breadcrumb system. The breadcrumb trail in the stock themes show all links up to, but not including, the current page. This could easily be changed in your theme to include the current page in the list; just print the page title right after the breadcrumb trail is printed. I think it's ill-advised to change this behavior on a per-page basis, for the sake of consistency for the user.

The sub-node module you propose sounds like it could/should be taken care of by the book module. Please file any feature requests against that module, since I think it should be flexible enough to handle the scenario you describe. Alternately, you could use the menu administration to build the structure of your site. In either case the breadcrumb trail is handled for you.

afafdasfasfa32324’s picture

afafdasfasfa32324 CreditAttribution: afafdasfasfa32324 commented
Priority: Normal » Minor

Sorry about that. This feature requests was partially submitted due to my neglegence on how Drupal actually works & mere impatience. After sitting back for a few days & trying things out I've figured out what I was doing wrong. Thanks for your suggestions & understanding.