Breadcrumbs are not clickable

[groesbeckl]

Somewhere in the editing of my Joomla site, the breadcrumbs stopped being clickable. They show up where they are suppose to but when you drag the mouse over them they do not show the hand and if you click nothing happens. I did get one to work. It was the only name besides Home that I did not change.

If you look at the HTML that is generated for the page is looks like it should work fine:

<div id="pathway">
<span class="breadcrumbs pathway">
<a href="http://sandbox/cte/" class="pathway">Home</a>
<img src="/cte/templates/rhuk_milkyway/images/arrow.png" alt="" />
<a href="/cte/index.php?option=com_content&view=section&id=7&Itemid=57" class="pathway">Articles About Joomla</a>
<img src="/cte/templates/rhuk_milkyway/images/arrow.png" alt="" />
<a href="/cte/index.php?view=category&id=29%3Athe-cms&option=com_content&Itemid=57" class="pathway">The CMS</a>
<img src="/cte/templates/rhuk_milkyway/images/arrow.png" alt="" />
Example Pages and Menu Links
</span>
</div>

On this page with the above code, "The CMS" link works but the others do not.

Any ideas?

Lance

[Flashwood59]

I have a similar problem, I have checked the includes/pathway.php page with a fresh install and nothing has changed. However, NONE of my breadcrumbs link. I did make some changes to four CSS sheets in the black template of milkyway, but can't find where I corrupted the module. I can't recall if they even worked to begin with.

I know this is very generic but any direction would be appreciated.


Jeff

[GameDaddy]

If your site menus are only two levels deep you are only going to get a link back to the Home page.

This index.php needs to have a php command that calls the breadcrumbs. Looks like this:

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<jdoc:include type="module" name="breadcrumbs" />

Is this included somewhere in your index.php?

Are you actively using mod_apache to control the page links?

[Flashwood59]

The site menus are at times four levels deep. Even so when only two levels are open the home breadcrumb is only text not an active link.

In viewing index.php in dreamweaver, I don't find the above code. I modified milkyway black, could I have corrupted index.php by adjusting the css? I am not sure how, but I may have. You can view the live site at www.futuresfest.com.

Thanks

Jeff

[GameDaddy]

Well, the sitemenu is not that deep at futuresfest, still you should be able to click on the Home link in the breadcrumbs trail.

Try adding the code I listed above in your index.php right under your breadcrumbs pathway like this:

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<span class="breadcrumbs pathway">
<jdoc:include type="module" name="breadcrumbs" />

finally from the admin control panel in:

Extensions > Module manager > Breadcrumbs

Make sure your module is enabled!
click on the Breadcrumbs Module to edit it
Make sure it's published to a position your new template uses.
and make sure that the Menu Assignment includes the pages your visitors are viewing. Generally by default, this is set to ALL, however sometimes it's tweaked by one or more admins.

[bwtharp]

I'm experiencing the same issue, however, both in 1.5x and 1.6 it only happens if I have a Vertical Menu activated. If I deactivate the menus the breadcrumbs work.

[nnpstv]

Same thing here. Joomla 1.6; Comaxium template. Breadcrumbs appear but are not links. I noticed that if I have a module published in a top spot above the breadcrumbs, then they are clickable. If there is no module at the top, then the breadcrumbs are not clickable.

Also, in the Home section, the Word "Home" appears twice in the breadcrumbs.

I have been looking for a solution and finding nothing. If you look at the page source, the HTML has the correct links...I don't know why it doesn't work.

[nnpstv]

I had to get a new file from the people who made my template to get the breadcrumbs to link. But I still have 2 "Home"s in that directory.

[molsonbubba]

Even though this thread is old...I experienced similar issue in 2.5.8. It was my fault. When creating root menu item(s) you need to make sure you select Menu Item Alias. This fixed the issue for me. Hope this helps some1 else. Cheers.

[paulwi]

Solution:
I had some articles, which weren't menu items, not showing with links in breadcrumbs.
You need to attach an ItemID parameter to the URL link to the article. The ItemID parameter should point to a hidden menu item.

This article Explained it:
http://docs.joomla.org/How_to_control_m ... _menu_item