Getting hierarchyPath to work

[Jim Byrne]

on 8/10/01 12:17 pm, Bob Kemp at robert.kemp@strath.ac.uk wrote:

> Thanks to Jim, Ken and Brent.
> 
> I opted for Jim's suggestion and got hold of David Bayly's scripts (which
> look like a fantastic resource for those who are prepared to delve a little
> further into Frontier). I had a little problem getting the
> manilaExtras.breadcrumbs macro legal, but I now have working breadcrumbs -
> great!
> 
> The next thing is to get the site structure right, which now appears to be
> where the real hard work is.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Bob

Bob,

E-mail me you site structure (or a bit of it) and I'll have a look at it.

All the best,
Jim
> 
> 
> 
> At 04:45 PM 10/5/01 +0100, Jim Byrne wrote:
>> Bob,
>> 
>> I am using David Baylys 'breadcrumbs' macro along along with the
>> homePageLink() macro to get the Yahoo affect.
>> 
>> Have a look at http://www.ispn.gcal.ac.uk:81/lcil/services/training/ to see
>> if that's what you are after.
>> 
>> Here is the code I have in my template:
>> 
>> <P align="left"><strong>You are here:</strong> {homePageLink ("Home")} |
>> {manilaExtras.breadcrumbs()}</p>
>> 
>> Download a root with all of David's useful scripts from here:
>> http://www.udena.ch/dbayly/Frontier6/ Scroll to the bottom of the page and
>> download the 'public domain guest database'.
>> 
>> I have also used the hierarchyPaths macro without any problems - for what
>> it's worth. Do you have the syntax correct:
>> {hierarchyPath}
>> 
>> Jim
>> 
>> on 5/10/01 3:04 pm, Bob Kemp at robert.kemp@strath.ac.uk wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi all,
>>> 
>>> I'm trying to persuade the hierarchyPath macro to work with my site
>>> structure to give a breadcrumbs feature a la Yahoo. I've changed
>>> #hierarchy.prefs.flHierarchyPath
>>> to true, and I've built a site structure in Prefs: Advanced.
>>> 
>>> I tried putting the macro into the template, it didn't work, so I searched
>>> the Userland site and found something from Ken Dow to the effect that the
>>> macro has to be pasted into each page
>>> (http://manilanewbies.userland.com/discuss/msgReader$1478#1483). Tried
>>> that, and it didn't work.
>>> 
>>> Any pointers as to where I might be going wrong? The macro appears to be
>>> legal. I thought I might have screwed up the site structure syntax, but I'm
>>> not even getting the "" that would indicate the macro is working but is on
>>> a page that isn't yet included in the site structure.
>>> 
>>> Thanks in anticipation,
>>> 
>>> Bob
>>> 
>>> 
>> 
>> 
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>> University, Glasgow G4 OBA, 0141 331 3893
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