Posted by Colin on 11/11/63 11:53

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")

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