breadcrumb change-simple but frustrating!

[knottybynature]

Hi all,

I have an INDEX page

http://www.knottybynature-ny.com

and I have a MAIN STORE PAGE

http://knottybynature-ny.com/index.php?main_page=


I have changed the header so it has 2 links: one to the "main" (index) page, one to the "shop home" (main store page).

What I can't seem to change is the navigational breadcrumb "home" link, which is also in my footer. I would like this link to take my customers to the MAIN STORE PAGE. I know I have to go to includes/classes/breadcrumb.php for the change, but I don't know exactly WHAT I'm changing, and to what do I change it?

Your help is greatly appreciated!!

Cat

[knottybynature]

Solved it.

in breadcrumbs.php, i changed this area:



// this line simply sets the "Home" link to be the domain/url, not main_page=index?blahblah:
if ($this->_trail[$i]['title'] == HEADER_TITLE_CATALOG) {
$trail_string .= ' [COLOR="Red"]<a href="http://www.knottybynature-ny.com/index.php?main_page=">[/COLOR]' . $this->_trail[$i]['title'] . '</a>';

i hope this helps someone else. this did not change my "shop home" link in the footer, but I think that's in english.php

[DivaVocals]

Took me a minute to figure the above.. Thought I'd clarify for others.. Replace the section in red with the URL you want to point the "Home" breadcrumb to:

// this line simply sets the "Home" link to be the domain/url, not main_page=index?blahblah:
if ($this->_trail[$i]['title'] == HEADER_TITLE_CATALOG) {
$trail_string .= '  <a href="' . HTTP_SERVER . DIR_WS_CATALOG . '">' . $this->_trail[$i]['title'] . '</a>';

[ChaoticKitty]

Solved it.

in breadcrumbs.php, i changed this area:



// this line simply sets the "Home" link to be the domain/url, not main_page=index?blahblah:
if ($this->_trail[$i]['title'] == HEADER_TITLE_CATALOG) {
$trail_string .= ' [COLOR="Red"]<a href="http://www.knottybynature-ny.com/index.php?main_page=">[/COLOR]' . $this->_trail[$i]['title'] . '</a>';

i hope this helps someone else. this did not change my "shop home" link in the footer, but I think that's in english.php

Hi.... where exactly is the breadcrumbs.php file?

[DivaVocals]

Hi.... where exactly is the breadcrumbs.php file?

Location is given in the very first post of this thread..

[gjh42]

If you want to link to the base URL (www .mysite .com), just remove the
. DIR_WS_CATALOG

// this line simply sets the "Home" link to be the domain/url, not main_page=index?blahblah:
if ($this->_trail[$i]['title'] == HEADER_TITLE_CATALOG) {
$trail_string .= '  <a href="' . HTTP_SERVER . '">' . $this->_trail[$i]['title'] . '</a>'; 

[DivaVocals]

If you want to link to the base URL (www .mysite .com), just remove the
. DIR_WS_CATALOG

// this line simply sets the "Home" link to be the domain/url, not main_page=index?blahblah:
if ($this->_trail[$i]['title'] == HEADER_TITLE_CATALOG) {
$trail_string .= '  <a href="' . HTTP_SERVER . '">' . $this->_trail[$i]['title'] . '</a>'; 

Okay Glenn.. I get this..

So pardon me for being dense and asking a dumb question..

If I want my home breadcrumb to point to
http://www.mydomain.com/my_home_page

Could I do this? (and PLEASE don't laugh if this is wrong.. )

// this line simply sets the "Home" link to be the domain/url, not main_page=index?blahblah:
if ($this->_trail[$i]['title'] == HEADER_TITLE_CATALOG) {
$trail_string .= '  <a href="' . HTTP_SERVER . my_home_page '">' . $this->_trail[$i]['title'] . '</a>'; 

[DivaVocals]

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[DivaVocals]

So I get it now.. (which is why I'm responding to my own post.. )

If you want to point your "Home" breadcrumb link to a different ZEN CART page other than the main Zen Cart page, for example:
Main Zen Cart Page: http://www.yourdomain.com/
Other Zen Cart Page to link the "Home" breadcrumb to: http://www.yourdomain.com/store_main
(In this example I am using a Zen Cart SEO add-on so the URL is a "friendly" Zen Cart URL)

Starting at around line 55 find the code highlighted in red

 
 // this line simply sets the "Home" link to be the domain/url, not main_page=index?blahblah:
 if ($this->_trail[$i]['title'] == HEADER_TITLE_CATALOG) {
 $trail_string .= '  <a href="' . HTTP_SERVER . DIR_WS_CATALOG . '">' . $this->_trail[$i]['title'] . '</a>';

Change as shown below (note the new path highlighted in blue added):

 
// this line simply sets the "Home" link to be the domain/url, not main_page=index?blahblah:
if ($this->_trail[$i]['title'] == HEADER_TITLE_CATALOG) {
$trail_string .= '  <a href="' . HTTP_SERVER . DIR_WS_CATALOG . 'store_main">' . $this->_trail[$i]['title'] . '</a>';

Here's an example using a non SEO friendly URL (in this case an EZ Page)
http://www.yourdomain.com/index.php?main_page=page&id=3

 
 // this line simply sets the "Home" link to be the domain/url, not main_page=index?blahblah:
 if ($this->_trail[$i]['title'] == HEADER_TITLE_CATALOG) {
 $trail_string .= '  <a href="' . HTTP_SERVER . DIR_WS_CATALOG . 'index.php?main_page=page&id=3">' . $this->_trail[$i]['title'] . '</a>';

Please note the part in blue is everything after the main path of your Zen Cart URL (do not include the "/")

Just so it's clear ('cause I sure needed to get it straight in my head), the change Glenn posted is how you would modify the breadcrumb file if you had both a Zen Cart store and a separate main site.
For example:
Main Site Home Page: http://www.yourdomain.com
Store Main/Home Page: http://www.yourdomain.com/store

In this case you might want your store's "Home" breadcrumb link to point to the main site versus the Zen Cart main page..

Piggybacking on Glenn's post:

If you want to link to the base URL (www .mysite .com), just remove the
. DIR_WS_CATALOG

// this line simply sets the "Home" link to be the domain/url, not main_page=index?blahblah:
if ($this->_trail[$i]['title'] == HEADER_TITLE_CATALOG) {
$trail_string .= '  <a href="' . HTTP_SERVER . '">' . $this->_trail[$i]['title'] . '</a>'; 

If you wanted to point your Zen Cart store's "Home" breadcrumb link to another page within your main site for example:
Main Site Home Page: http://www.yourdomain.com
Other Main Site Page to link the "Home" breadcrumb to: http://www.yourdomain.com/other_page.html

 
// this line simply sets the "Home" link to be the domain/url, not main_page=index?blahblah:
if ($this->_trail[$i]['title'] == HEADER_TITLE_CATALOG) {
$trail_string .= '  <a href="' . HTTP_SERVER . '/other_page.html">' . $this->_trail[$i]['title'] . '</a>';

Please note in this example, you MUST include the "/"

Alright.. done rambling now.. everyone go back to your normal programming..

Okay Glenn.. I get this..

So pardon me for being dense and asking a dumb question..

If I want my home breadcrumb to point to
http://www.mydomain.com/my_home_page

Could I do this? (and PLEASE don't laugh if this is wrong.. )

// this line simply sets the "Home" link to be the domain/url, not main_page=index?blahblah:
if ($this->_trail[$i]['title'] == HEADER_TITLE_CATALOG) {
$trail_string .= '  <a href="' . HTTP_SERVER . my_home_page '">' . $this->_trail[$i]['title'] . '</a>';