Using the breadcrumb widget

How to use the breadcrumb widget.

For a general overview of widgets and what they do, please read “About widgets”.

The breadcrumb widget allows you to display a breadcrumb line on your web site, according to an existing navigation menu. (This widget is typically paired with the navigation widget.)

From the LiveWhale interface, click the “Widgets” link and then click “Add a new widget”.

Select “Breadcrumb” from the dropdown menu labeled “Select a widget”.

All possible arguments for the navigation widget will display. Required arguments have a red asterisk, all others are optional.

These are the arguments for the tags widget:

• ID. Enter the ID of the navigation you wish to create a breadcrumb line from. You may obtain this from the navigation editor address bar.
• Separator. Each crumb in the breadcrumb line is separated by a right-pointing double angle quotation mark (»). If you wish to use a different character as a separator, specify it here.
• Levels. By default, the breadcrumb line will show the entire route through the navigation menu to the current page. If you wish to limit the number of steps back from the current page that the breadcrumb line produces, set that number here.

To preview the results this widget would produce, click “Widget preview”.

The widget syntax will display in a box labeled “Widget syntax”. If you do not wish to save this widget for later use, the syntax can be copied and pasted into your page. If you wish to save this widget with a name, enter the name at the top of the page, select whether to make this widget available to all LiveWhale users or only members of your group, and click the “Save this widget” button. (See “Adding a widget to a web page” for more information.)

When done, you may insert the widget into your page and, once saved, your widget will begin displaying results.

For information about formatting widgets in a custom way, please see “Using the format arg in widgets”.