Last Updated: 04/01/2022 - 16:05

Breadcrumbs

A “breadcrumb” is a type of navigation scheme that reveals the user's location within a website. Breadcrumbs also offer users a way to trace their path in a site that has a lot of menu depth.

Use breadcrumb navigation for large websites and websites that have hierarchically arranged pages (i.e. two or more levels). An excellent example are department websites, in which a large variety of products are grouped into logical categories. This feature on the Web Theme should not be used for single level websites.  Breadcrumbs are a convenient feature and an improvement to the user experience that allows users to establish where they are, especially if they landed on an internal page from a search engine. 

 

breadcrumb sample


 

When using a Title Background Color, the breadcrumbs will not display. 

Benefits

Here are just some of the benefits of using a breadcrumbs on your site.

Convenient for users 

Breadcrumbs are used primarily to give users a secondary means of navigating a website. By offering a breadcrumb trail for all pages on a large multi-level website, users can navigate to higher-level categories easily.

Reduces clicks or actions to return to higher-level pages 

The goal here is to have site visitors not use the browser’s “Back” button or the website’s primary navigation to return to a higher-level page, users can now use the breadcrumbs with a fewer number of clicks.

Doesn’t consume a lot of screen space 

The breadcrumbs on the Web Theme are small in size, horizontally oriented and plainly styled so they don’t take up a lot of space on the page. The benefit is that they have little to no negative impact in terms of content overload, and they outweigh any negatives if used properly.

Reduces bounce rates 

Breadcrumb trails can be a great way to entice first-time visitors to peruse a website after having viewed the landing page. For example, say a user arrives on a page through a Google search, seeing a breadcrumb trail may tempt that user to click to higher-level pages to view related topics of interests. This, in turn, reduces the overall website bounce rate, which is a metric used in Analytics tools to represent the percentage of visitors who enter the site and then leave rather than continuing to view other pages within the same site.

Disable Breadcrumbs

If you have a small site or menus that aren't deep (2 or more), consider disabling the breadcrumb feature. Administrator roles have the ability to disable or remove:

Structure > Block layout > Top Bar region > Breadcrumbs > Disable