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18 Nov 2006, 5:25 PM
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Creating sub-pages with bread crumbs & Site Map?

Hi, I want to create some "sub-pages" for lack of a better word at my shop.

Right now I have a page called about-us.
I'd like to have a sub page, for our bios, press, etcetera.
But I'd like for Zen-Cart to recognize the new pages in the bread crumbs header.

So my bread-crumbs would read.
**Home < About Us < Sizing < Mens Button Down **....

Here is a link to a page with breadcrums so you can get an idea.
http://zulurose.com/index.php?main_page=about_us

I'd also like for my shop to recognzie these pages in the site map. But I have no idea how the site map works at all!
Nor how to access it. I've only called it up on accident when the site was in testing mode.

Kindest regards,

ZR

18 Nov 2006, 10:45 PM
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Re: Creating sub-pages with bread crumbs & Site Map?

Create your extra pages using EZ-pages.

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19 Nov 2006, 11:49 PM
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Re: Creating sub-pages with bread crumbs & Site Map?

Ok, I redid my About Us page as an E-Z Page.
http://zulurose.com/index.php?main_page=page&id=3&chapter=1

I am not getting the sub-pages to appear as nested bread-crumbs, I think this is because the links are set to
index.php?main_page=http://zulurose.com/index.php?main_page=page&id=3&chapter=X

X is always "1," even tho in my Admin > E-Z Pages > the chapters and TOC are set to different numbers.

What am I missing?

20 Nov 2006, 4:53 AM
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Re: Creating sub-pages with bread crumbs & Site Map?

Take a look at my TESTSITE

I took the liberty of using some of your About Us information to create the example.

Is this what you had in mind?

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20 Nov 2006, 5:40 PM
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Re: Creating sub-pages with bread crumbs & Site Map?

Hey Clyde,

No that is not exactly what I had in mind.
I was able to get that to work.
I would like for the bread crumbs to be "nested" for lack of a better word.
By bread crumb I am refering to this part of the code.

<!-- bof breadcrumb -->
   <div id="navBreadCrumb">  <a href="http://zulurose.com/">Home</a> « 

Zulu Rose Fabrics

</div>
   <!-- eof breadcrumb -->

For instance.

If you went from Home to About Zulu Rose and then clicked **Fabrics **and then clicked Burnt Out the Bread crumbs would read.
Home < About Zulu Rose < Fabrics < Burn Out.

Right now it only reads
Home < Burn Out
http://zulurose.com/index.php?main_page=page&id=6&chapter=1

Totally missing all the steps to get there. There is no easy way to get back to the fabrics page without using your back button in the browser

much thanks for your time spent already!

20 Nov 2006, 6:41 PM
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Re: Creating sub-pages with bread crumbs & Site Map?

The type of Breadcrumb path you are referring to is one based on Browser History, which is not the way ZC Breadcrumb works.

Catagory > Sub-catagory > product

The above is how ZC Breadcrumb normally works when one is using the built-in ZC Navigation, which you have chosen not to. You will need to either 'turn on' or 'enable' Navigation else recode to suit your needs.

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20 Nov 2006, 7:00 PM
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Re: Creating sub-pages with bread crumbs & Site Map?

Hellow Rob,

I do not quite understand your comment that I have "chosen not to" use bulit-in ZC Navigation.

I am using the E-Z Page system, which I think is indicative that I am using one of the native Zen Cart navigational systems.

Please explain how I "will need to either 'turn on' or 'enable' Navigation..."

In the zen chapter / table of content system, I need something like a "Sub-Chapter" and a "product"

Maybe this can not be done, but I think it would be well worth upgrading the E-Z Page interface so that it might mimik a Table of Contents with Chapters, Sections, Illustrations, etcetera.

Attached is a snapshop of my Admin > E-Z Page window.

Thanks for any advice in advance.

20 Nov 2006, 9:23 PM
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Re: Creating sub-pages with bread crumbs & Site Map?

My earlier statement was incorrect. In looking at your Web site I missed the Catagory listings on the left -- too subtle for me to see at first glance, I guess.

You "are" using the ZC Navigation but not sure how you have your 'Layout Settings' defined. I would have thought 'Burnout Wash' was a Sub-catagory of 'Fabics' but it does not appear to be so.

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23 Nov 2006, 12:32 AM
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Re: Creating sub-pages with bread crumbs & Site Map?

ZuluRose,

Without digging into this an easy way to provide for a return would be to Hard code a button and return href just under the text for these pages.

In this case the href would be http://zulurose.com/index.php?main_page=page&id=6&chapter=1

To return to the TOC...I know it is not precisely what you were looking for.

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