Stupid question, I know. How do I activate breadcrumb trails?

Posted by HollywoodChicago.com on January 6, 2008 at 9:49am

This is a stupid question, I know, but I can't figure it out. How do I activate breadcrumb linking trails and control where they are seen?

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Breadcrumb

Posted by kriskd on January 6, 2008 at 12:10pm

This is done in your page.tpl.php file. Here's the snippet:

      <?php if (!empty($breadcrumb)): ?>
        <div id="bread-crumb">
          <?php print $breadcrumb; ?>
        </div> <!-- /bread-crumb -->
      <?php endif; ?>

Where in the file?

Posted by HollywoodChicago.com on January 6, 2008 at 11:22pm

Where in the file should that code be?

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page.tpl.php

Posted by kriskd on January 6, 2008 at 11:41pm

Wherever you want the breadcrumb to show up. Probably at the top of your main content area. All depends on your theme.

To have breadcrumbs show up,

Posted by bwv on January 6, 2008 at 12:30pm

To have breadcrumbs show up, you will need to create categories (taxonomy and terms) for the content you create.
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So...

Posted by HollywoodChicago.com on January 6, 2008 at 11:24pm

So first you need the code (here) and then once you create taxonomy and terms (I've done that), then what?

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Did you select the content

Posted by bwv on January 7, 2008 at 12:27am

Did you select the content type (page, image, story, forum topic, etc.) that you want to categorize? If so, create content and categorize it.
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I'm still not figuring this out.

Posted by HollywoodChicago.com on January 28, 2008 at 8:31pm

For starters, I want breadcrumb trails atop my discussion forums here: http://www.hollywoodchicago.com/discussion

I don't yet have the breadcrumb code in my page.tpl.php file because I don't know where in the file to put it. I just want the breadcrumb trail to appear atop all the forum pages. Any help?

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Any help?

Posted by HollywoodChicago.com on January 31, 2008 at 5:51am

Any help here?

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Anyone out there?

Posted by HollywoodChicago.com on March 7, 2008 at 5:39am

Anyone out there? I still don't have a clear answer to get this feature working. Help would be very appreciated!

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This is one of the most

Posted by bwv on March 9, 2008 at 7:05pm

This is one of the most misunderstood aspects of drupal, from what I can tell. I'd suggest getting a module that allows you to customize your own breadcrumbs. This search also brought up some good links:

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=breadcrumbs+drupal&btnG=Google+Search

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Posted by VM on March 9, 2008 at 7:07pm

I don't yet have the breadcrumb code in my page.tpl.php file because I don't know where in the file to put it.

check a default theme for the code, and mimic the usage.

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Finally!

Posted by HollywoodChicago.com on March 13, 2008 at 5:22pm

Finally got this working. Thanks!

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