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Widgets: Breadcrumbs

The Breadcrumbs widget can be added to a site so the site visitor can easily understand their location in a page's hierarchy and explore the site effectively, and as a result improve the site's SEO.

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The Breadcrumbs widget displays the site hierarchy on a trail based on the page the user is currently on. Breadcrumbs should not be used on sites with flat hierarchies (only 1 or 2 levels deep). In this case, the navigation bar can clearly indicates what section a page lives within.

For information on adding widgets, see Add Widgets.

Tip

Fore more information on widgets and the widgets library, see Widgets: Library and Overview.

Breadcrumbs displays the names of the following:

  • Pages and sub-pages

  • Folders

  • Store pages (for native store)

  • Dynamic pages

Note

For the Breadcrumbs widget to display dynamic pages, you need to enable the Show on all setting:

  1. In the side panel, click Pages.

  1. Click the gear icon next to the dynamic page.

  1. Click Hide/Show in navigation, and select Show on all.

Note

The blog tool isn’t currently supported, so the main blog page will not appear as the parent. Instead, the homepage will be displayed as the parent for blog posts.

Content Editor

To access the content editor, right click the widget and select Edit Content. Or, if you are in flex mode or Editor 2.0, the option to access the content editor is available in the floating menu.

  • Select the items you want visible on the breadcrumbs. You have the following options:

    • Home Page. Always show the home page in the breadcrumbs.

    • Current Page. Show the current page in the breadcrumbs.

    • Hide the breadcrumbs when there isn't a parent page. Enables breadcrumbs for all pages except the homepage or pages on the first level of navigation.

Design Editor

To access the design editor, right-click the element, and click Edit Design. Or if you are in flex mode or Editor 2.0, select Edit Design from the floating menu to open the design panel.

Use the design editor to change the link style, configure the divider between the listed pages, and adjust the spacing.

For information about design options that are not specific to this widget (for example, layout, style, or spacing), see Widget Design.

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