Navigator element type examples
You can use navigator elements to display different sections of a site framework in different ways.
Breadcrumb navigators
If a website is large and complex, a user can easily lose orientation. A breadcrumb allows the user to see the position of the current web page within the website and the logical path back to the highest level of the site framework. A breadcrumb does not provide the actual path that the user has traversed in the website; the Back button in the browser provides this. A breadcrumb is the orientation device that shows a user where the displayed web page fits within the site framework.
You use the following configuration settings to create a breadcrumb navigator:
Parameter | Setting |
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Start Type | Current site area |
Include Start | Yes |
Ancestor Level | All |
Descendant Level | None |
Preceding siblings Level | None |
Next Siblings Level | None |
Show Top | No |
Show Content | Yes |
Expand navigator to display current site area | No |
Expand current navigator branch one level | No |
Highlight current site area or content using final navigator result design | No |
Site map navigators
A site map provides, at a glance, the framework of your site. A site map is a navigator component that displays that part of the site framework that you define.
To create a site map, the navigator is configured as follows:
Parameter | Setting |
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Start Type | Current Top Level Site Area |
Include Start | Yes |
Ancestor Level | None |
Descendant Level | 2 Levels |
Preceding siblings Level | None |
Next Siblings Level | None |
Show Top | No |
Show Content | No |
Expand navigator to display current site area | No |
Expand current navigator branch one level | No |
Highlight current site area or content using final navigator result design | No |