[thelist] Breadcrumb Trails

> From: "Aaron Clark" <aaron@veryfinedesign.com>
>
> What kinds of technologies/tips/shortcuts do you all use for creating
> breadcrumb trails? I would prefer a client-side solution rather than
> doing server-side processing, but I'm open to suggestions.

client-side?  you mean, rely on the history object through 
JavaScript?  how do you handly non-JS browsers?  or write code to 
handle all of 'em?  ultimately, if it can be done on the server, do it 
on the server... that being said:

Breadcrumbs for the sake of Users
http://evolt.org/article/bread/4090/4483/index.html

Breadcrumbs for PHP Lovers
http://evolt.org/article/bread/17/4455/index.html

Breadcrumbs for All (perl)
http://evolt.org/article/bread/17/4428/index.html

Breadcrumbs for Those Using ASP
http://evolt.org/article/bread/17/4438/index.html

> On another topic: I'm doing a re-design for the e-business technology
> department at the local community college. We were thinking of going
> to a CSS-2 layout (no tables, total separation of content and
> presentation) similar to what Jeffrey Zeldman and the gang at
> www.alistapart.com did. What are your thoughts on that?

well, given the amount of time zeldman's had to dedicate to it, and 
all the browser issues, is it worth the time investment for you?  do 
you have a reason beyond just to play with it?

that being said, you can see some of my commentary on the 
CSS2 approach by my arguments for using tables still to handle 
much of the layout on generic sites:

To Hell With Bad Editors
http://evolt.org/article/ed/25/6096/index.html

Inside the evolt.org Rebuild: The HTML and CSS
http://evolt.org/article/css/20/5816/index.html