I'm wondering if it's possible to create // find a script to in the top left corner of every page on my site to give the location of the page...

For exampe, homepage would read
Home

Shopping page would read
Home / Shopping

Sleeping Bags page would read
Home / Shopping / Sleeping Bags

You get the idea. It sounds kinda complicated to me as the words for the page will not be the title tag or any other tag. I would also like each word to be a link to that page if possible.

Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.

Hi Dave,
Is there any reason you wanted this to be accomplished in js?
What backend tech are you using? PHP? ASP? Or just static html?
Because it'd probably be easier (and more reliable) to produce a backend solution.

I'm sure it can be scripted using php.

Html breadcrumbs that I have seen are all hand coded to the page. The couple that I have seen in html look like a nighmare to write and worse to maintain.

Make an empty span in the top of every page, and have them all call out to a js file that runs a giant if statement, comparing the URL of the current page against a whole bunch of preset values, and when you find a match, set that span's innerHTML property.

You can do it using PHP. If you are storing the categories in a table with parent-child relationship the job is much easier for you.

Simply, make a select query to retrieve the parent category (or categories) and show it at the top with a live link to the desired page. Links will be generated on the fly.

Good luck.

I looked this up for you. There is no point in reinventing the wheel.

A public domain (GPL) php version can be found here:

http://www.mindpalette.com/tutorials...umbs/index.php
An improved version of the above can be found at http://www.slashchick.com/?p=206

And a Java version can be found here
http://www.mindpalette.com/tutorials...s_JS/index.php

I am glad I found the improved version of the php one as the first version made a live link out of the current page.

Hve fun!