[thelist] need to make changes to breadcrumb script to fit my needs

[Bruce Gilbert]

thanks for the response Christian. Can you suggest a more accessible
alternative where I woudn't have to go in and hardcode the
breadcrumbs? (if there is one).

-Bruce


On Thu, 13 Jan 2005 00:40:15 +0000, Christian Heilmann
<lists at onlinetools.org> wrote:
> Bruce Gilbert wrote:
> 
> >Hello,
> >
> >I am using a js breadcrumb script that spits out links based upon the
> >directory structure my files are in (they probably all do this), but I
> >need to alter the code to fit my needs or find a better one. I'm not
> >familiar enough with js to be able to alter it without some
> >assistance.
> >
> >What I have in my directory structure is this: all html files>>top
> >level>>sublevel>>sub_sub level etc.
> >
> >I want to keep all the html files in one big folder with subfolders
> >for maintenance purposes. The code I have reads everything, so it will
> >give me links for exactly what I have in my file structure (see
> >above). I would like it to ignore the first folder (html files) and
> >just give me top level>>sublevel>> sub_sublevel. It also makes the
> >breadcrumb for the page you are on a link, and I would rather not have
> >the current page as a link.
> >
> >Hopfully someone can point me in the right direction!
> >
> >here is my current breadcrumbs code:
> >
> >var path = "";
> >var href = document.location.href;
> >var s = href.split("/");
> >for (var i=3;i<(s.length-1);i++) {
> >path+="<a href=\""+href.substring(0,href.indexOf(s[i])+s[i].length)+"/\"
> >title=\"Go up "+ (s.length-i-1) +" levels to
> >"+s[i]+"\">"+unescape(s[i])+"</a> &gt;&gt; ";
> >}
> >i=s.length-1;
> >path+="<a href=\""+href.substring(0,href.indexOf(s[i])+s[i].length)+"\"
> >title=\"You are currently viewing this page\">"+s[i]+"</a>";
> >var url = path;
> >document.writeln(url);
> >
> >TIA!
> >
> >
> Well, the var i=3 is the start of the for loop, if you change that to 4
> or 5, you are set. However, no navigation  should ever be based on
> javascript, think accessibility.
> 
> 


-- 
::Bruce::