I would use an array stored in the session. Use arrayprepend to add a new location, loop through the array to 'x' deep (5 locations?) and then you could add a 'cleanup' after say 6 or 7 stored locations (arraylen gt 7, arraydeleteat())
Just my 2pc on your ideas William ---------------------------------- William Seiter ColdFusion Web Developer / Consultant http://william.seiter.com Free Website Trade Publication >> Website Magazine http://www.websitemagazine.com/referrals/?id=51344&f=text2 Don't forget to answer the survey questions, it's a 10 second task , a very small request for access to this incredible resource. Have you ever read a book that changed your life? Go to: http://www.winninginthemargins.com Use PassKey: GoldenGrove You'll be glad you did. ::-----Original Message----- ::From: Rick Faircloth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ::Sent: Monday, June 09, 2008 8:54 PM ::To: CF-Talk ::Subject: One thing I've always wanted to build... breadcrumb trail... :: :: ::Not the one that represents a folder structure or ::hierarchy, but shows the exact places visited. :: ::Home > Services > Contact > Pricing > FAQ :: ::Anyone know of a tutorial on how to do this? :: ::Just store the link name representing a full url ::for the last, say, 5 or so visited pages? :: ::Update the path variables with each new page visit? :: ::In application.cfm (yes, still .cfm), upon visit to homepage... :: ::<cfset session.page_one = 'http://www.site.com/index.'> ::<cfset session.page_two = ''> ::<cfset session.page_three = ''> ::<cfset session.page_four = ''> ::<cfset session.page_five = ''> :: ::<cfoutout> ::<a href='#session.page_one#'>Home</a> ::</cfoutput> :: ::Visit to 'Services' page: :: ::<cfset session.page_two = 'http://www.site.com/cfm/services.cfm'> :: ::<cfoutput> ::<a href='#session.page_one#'>Home</a> ::> ::<a href='#session.page_two#'>Services</a> ::</cfoutput> :: ::etc... :: ::Now there would have to be a way developed to figure out the next ::empty session variable to hold the visited page and then to rotate ::pages down one rank in the history and off the history after 5 pages ::were visited. :: ::But would this concept work? :: ::Thanks for any feedback or references to tutorials! :: ::Rick :: :: :: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;192386516;25150098;k Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:307144 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
