Creating a Sitemap Breadcrumb Trail

Prerequisite

Determine which topics should appear on a Sitemap Breadcrumb trail for content in a folder. A trail typically consists of topics that introduce a folder's content, but you can create any sequence that makes sense. For example, on a university website, content that describes the women's swimming team has this trail: Home > Athletics > Women's Athletics > Swimming.

1. Go to the folder for which you want to add the breadcrumbs.
2. Choose View > Properties.
3. Select the language of the breadcrumbs. You must set up a separate breadcrumb path for every language for which you want to support breadcrumbs.
4. Click Edit Properties.
5. Click the Breadcrumb tab. The Edit Breadcrumbs screen appears.
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6. If desired, uncheck the Inherit from parent folder box.

   A folder can inherit a sitemap breadcrumb path from its parent, or you can break inheritance and assign it a unique path.

7. Add the following information.
   • Title—the breadcrumb name as you want it to appear in the breadcrumb trail
   • URL Link—the URL path to the breadcrumb’s destination, typically an Ektron content item.
     • If you are not sure of the file path, click Select quicklink () and select the breadcrumb's content item. Only content in the language selected in Step 3 is available. Alternatively, you can enter a URL, for example, www.example.com.
       
     • You typically enter items in the sequence in which you want them to appear in the breadcrumb trail. If you do not, you can easily change the sequence of items on this screen. See Also: Reordering Sitemap Breadcrumb Items
       
   • Description—add a description for the breadcrumb.
8. Click Add. The item in the breadcrumb path appears.
9. Repeat steps 7 and 8 for each item in the breadcrumb path.
10. Click Update.

Reordering Sitemap Breadcrumb Items

1. Go to the folder for which you want to reorder breadcrumbs.
2. On the View Contents of Folder screen, choose View > Properties.
3. Click Edit Properties.
4. Click the Breadcrumb tab. The Edit Breadcrumbs screen appears.
5. Click a breadcrumb item.

   WARNING! Clicking the Remove button deletes the breadcrumb item. See Also: Removing a Sitemap Breadcrumb Item

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6. Click up and down arrows to move the item.
7. Click Save.
8. Click Update.

Editing a Sitemap Breadcrumb Item

1. Navigate to the folder for which you want to edit breadcrumbs.
2. On the View Contents of Folder screen, choose View > Properties.
3. Click Edit Properties.
4. Click the Breadcrumb tab. The Edit Breadcrumbs screen appears.
5. Click a breadcrumb item.
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7. Edit the Title, URL Link, and Description information.
8. Click Save.
9. Click Update.

Removing a Sitemap Breadcrumb Item

1. Navigate to the folder for which you want to remove a breadcrumb.
2. On the View Contents of Folder screen, choose View > Properties.
3. Click Edit Properties.
4. Click the Breadcrumb tab. The Edit Breadcrumbs screen appears.
5. Click Remove () next to the breadcrumb item you want to remove. (You can do this only if the breadcrumb item does not have Inherit from the parent folder checked.)
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6. Click Update.