Extension:JSBreadCrumbs

The JSBreadCrumbs extension is a simple extension that adds a jQuery-based Javascript file and a CSS file to your wiki's output that will add a trail of navigation breadcrumbs below the navigation tabs. The idea is for a simpler history than your back button that only tracks navigation inside of the wiki. Unlike the browser's back button, it will only track GET requests, not POSTs, and will remove duplicate entries from the list.

Supports multiple MediaWiki skins including Vector and Foreground.

Configuration
Like most MediaWiki configuration, you can set these options by adding changes to the bottom of LocalSettings.php.

Defaults shown below:

Using as a Gadget instead of as an extension
Since this extension simply adds a Javascript and CSS file, it can easily be added as a gadget, if your wiki is using the Extension:Gadgets extension. To do so, take the, and add it as a gadget; then take the and add it to MediaWiki:Vector.css.

Changelog

 * 0.6.1
 * Added capability to support additional skins
 * Added capability to specify additional skin -> CSS mappings in code and LocalSettings.php
 * Added dynamic "lookup" of user's current skin and will apply skin->CSS mapping dynamically
 * Added capability for sidebar view vice topbar view
 * Added support for SemanticTitle (does not require SemanticTitle to be present)
 * Removed seperate jquery.cookie library
 * Added ResourceLoader code to load mediawiki.cookie
 * Fixed random === critques
 * Set "show crumbs" to true by default
 * Updated variable usage to use mw.config due to deprication
 * Added variable for "pervasive wiki farm" linking
 * Changed "cookie link" storage and checking for duplicates to prevent issue when using query parameters causing duplicate crumbs
 * Changed way extension passes JavaScript config parameters to BreadCrumbs.js as we were experiencing a situation where parameters were not being passed to some instances of Mediawiki


 * 0.6
 * I18n migrated to json


 * 0.5
 * Changed the display of site names to (sitename) from sitename: to make a visual difference between project namespace, and site name


 * 0.4
 * Added different site name support (when breadcrumbs are enabled on wiki farma, and they share the same cookie path)
 * Added support for preferences
 * Users can enable/disable bread crumbs
 * Users can enable/disable prepending sitename on titles
 * Users can set the number of bread crumbs to display
 * Delete cookies on log out
 * Removed some global preferences (replaced with default user options)
 * Fixed localization issue with namespaces
 * Only output Javascript/CSS when using the Vector skin


 * 0.3
 * Display wgTitle instead of wgPage to avoid url encoded titles
 * Fix issue where wgJSBreadCrumbsMaxCrumbs + 1 number of bread crumbs were shown instead wgJSBreadCrumbsMaxCrumbs
 * Strip empty title and url when it exists
 * Change the output of the leading description to look like "Leading description:" instead of "Leading description " + wgJSBreadCrumbsSeparator, to make it more clear that it isn't part of the history.
 * Change the character used to split and join in cookies to '|' since it is illegal in urls and page titles, and therefore is guaranteed to work, unlike using the user overridable separator
 * Make addResources in JSBreadCrumbs.hooks.php public and static to get rid of php warning


 * 0.2
 * Allow the separator character to be localized
 * Add preceding string to the breadcrumbs to describe their purpose on initial page load


 * 0.1
 * Initial commit