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Posted by stush on 07/27/06 09:42
Colin wrote:
> JDS wrote:
> > Using "parent page" identifiers, one can build the breadcrumb recursively
> > all the way back up to "Home".
> >
>
> What about situations where a page can have multiple parent's
> i.e a product could be under a 'On Sale' section and under its stardard
> product type section
>
> As a sidepoint, I'm not trying to defend the use of history style
> breadcrumbs, just point them out as an alternative that SOME have used.
> Honestly, i find history-style breadcrumbs pointless. Just use the back
> button (as someone else has mentioned).
> Another modern alternative has been the use of TAGS to associate items
> within not conflicting groups. i.e. a product can be in multiple groups
> that are not of the same hierarchy.
>
> the whole subject we are talking about here is called (or at least I
> would call it) Information Architecture (O'reilly has a book on this
> subject called "Information Architecture for the Web")
I once did a site where peer navigation was expected at multiple
levels. So I did a nav bar something like this
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HOME
toplevel1 TOPLEVEL2 toplevel3
level2choice1 level2choice2 level2choice3 LEVEL2CHOICE4
level2choice5
L2C4OPTION1 l2c4option2
---------------------------------------------------
In this example, user went home-->level2--->choice4--->option1.
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