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198.175.68.36 (talkcontribs)

I have a Wiki with several pages, going down many levels.

I want to customize the sidebar so that on each page, the previous linked page is displayed here. How can I do that?

AhmadF.Cheema (talkcontribs)
198.175.68.36 (talkcontribs)

@AhmadF.Cheema thank you for this information. Would each page in the hierarchy level automatically show the breadcrumbs for the path? Or do I have to customize it for each page?

198.175.68.36 (talkcontribs)

For example, assume that I have the following pages, each one is branched as a link from the previous one. Assume that these are the page names:

A_1

B_1

C_1


In this case, how do I configure the breadcrumb?

198.175.68.36 (talkcontribs)

I am sorry if I forgot to mention, I installed BreadCrumbs2

AhmadF.Cheema (talkcontribs)

I've not used the extension so I'm not completely sure about the usage.

From what I understand, first you'll have to plan how you want the breadcrumbs to be structured. Is it going to be in the "How did I get here?" sense - this would be similar to the browser back button; or is it going to be in the "Where am I?" sense - this would be similar to the categories, sub-categories hierarchy.

Extension:BreadCrumbs2, works through the latter method. I don't think the hierarchy level will show up automatically, it will have to be first defined in the [[MediaWiki:Breadcrumbs]] page.

From what I understand of Extension:BreadCrumbs2#Navigation, the navigation setup will be of the sort of:

Main_page > Category_1 > Category_2 > Category_3 >

In the above case, if A_1 belongs to Category_3, this breadcrumbs will show up for page A_1 (and other pages in this category). I think A_1 has to be actually present only in Category_3 and not the other ones.

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