Hello Jaq,
allow me clarify a litte more ...
Users will not have the ability to customise portlets on our web site. All users will be considered "anonymous" without any customisation priviledges.
We would define a bread crumb navigation portlet that is displayed on each page, hence the navigation portlet would always be displayed.
We would have a main (aka. home) page with category and sub-category pages.
The bread crumb portlet would be used in conjunction with the main menu and side menu (when required).
We are hoping to avoid an explicit site/structure file, instead deriving the page location from implicit or explicit meta data associated with PSML documents.
We are still learning our way around Jetspeed 1, so any pointers are welcome.
I am also curious as the correct keywords to use when describing this problem to others within this mail group and other portlet developers.
Does bread crumb navigation have another more common or generalised name ?
Tim.
Jaq Marit wrote:
>A bread crumb in the entire portal is not much of use since the portlets,
>panes,
>and other components are already organized (and can be customized) in such a
>way that navigation is already made very convenient. Besides, you can't expect
>that all users will have the same profiles/preferences with regards to the
>content of their pages. I guess, this is one of the major distinctions between
>a web site (same content for all users) and a portal (customized content for
>every user).
>
>Ifever you need a bread crumb, that should already be associated directly to a
>particular portlet.
>
>Just a thought...
>
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>>Hello Peoples,
>>
>>we are looking to implement a "bread crumb" (path) style navigation
>>portlet within Jetspeed 1.5 (and then Jetspeed 1.6 with the JSR 168
>>adapter when available).
>>
>>...
>>
>>This feature is quite common for many web sites with a single view.
>>
>>Does this style of navigation have a general name ?
>>
>>Has anybody seen or worked on a general approach (or pattern) for this
>>type of problem ?
>>
>>It would seem this type of portlet could be used for many web sites
>>requiring a particular kind of navigation.
>>
>>Comments and thoughts welcome.
>>
>>
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