Breadcrumb NavXT 3.5.0

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Holy customizable widgets Batman! With Breadcrumb NavXT 3.5.0 not only can you have multiple widgets (WordPress 2.8 Widget API), but you can also specify the options normally exposed to bcn_display();. Other changes to note are the addition of two filters, bcn_before_fill and bcn_after_fill, to bcn_breadcrumb_trail::fill(). These should allow for easier extension of Breadcrumb NavXT (though, with custom post type support coming in 3.6.0 this may be redundant). Finally, the settings page code has been rewritten and modularized, in the process, several outstanding bugs should have been squashed (no settings on first install).

Please note that this release requires WordPress 2.8 or newer.

Many thanks to Karin Sequen, Patrik Spathon, and Luca Camellini for submitting updated Spanish, Sweedish and Italian translations. Sadly, the French, German, Russian, and Dutch translations have fallen out of date. If you want to pick up translation of any of these, or want to submit a translation in your language, send me an email. For 3.6.0, I’d really like to get all of the translations up on the same page again.

You can grab the latest version of Breadcrumb NavXT from the Breadcrumb NavXT page.

-John Havlik

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15 thoughts on “Breadcrumb NavXT 3.5.0”

  1. Hi

    I’ve noticed an issue whereby on the home page “/”, the breadcrumbs show Home > Home where both link to “/”.

    I would look at patching the code to simply never show duplicate links, rather than adjusting the link logic in any way, but I wouldn’t want to write it if you wouldn’t want to include it.

    Let me know what you reckon…

    Cheers
    Leo

    • Leo,

      Are you using a static front page? Is there anything else you’re doing that is out of the “norm” for WordPress blogs? There was a time, almost two years ago, that this could happen under normal circumstances. After everything was rewritten for Breadcrumb NavXT 3.0, it is impossible (barring plugin conflicts or WordPress bugs) for this to happen unexpectedly (basically you’d have to be doing something on purpose to make that happen).

      Also, if it is a bug, I will not fix via the method you suggested as that only “fixes” the symptom not the root cause.

      -John Havlik

      • Hi,

        Yes, I’m using a static front page (Settings, Reading, Front Page is set to Static, Home), and BNXT is set to “Place the home breadcrumb in the trail”. Hitting “/” gives breadcrumbs Blog > Home, where both are links to “/”.

        Cheers
        Leo

        NB. Email me for WP access.

        • Leo,

          I’ve sent you an e-mail regarding this, but haven’t received word on the situation. Have you tried disabling all plugins other than Breadcrumb NavXT? If the problem persists when only Breadcrumb NavXT is enabled then that removes plugin conflicts from the possible cause list.

          -John Havlik

  2. Hi,
    I have updated to 3.5.0 (WP2.9.2).
    I can not saved “Archive by Date Suffix” of Date Archives.
    Is this a personal issue?

    nero-8

        • nero-8,

          Ok, I found the problem, and it is now fixed in the Breadcrumb NavXT SVN trunk. The option was represented twice on the settings page by accident. In the process I discovered another bug relating to custom taxonomy settings not saving. That is fixed in the SVN trunk as well.

          Thanks for reporting the bug.

          -John Havlik

          • John,

            I confirmed correct operation of “Latest Testing Release”.
            I wish sincerely to express my gratitude for your prompt correspondence.
            Thank you.

            nero-8

  3. When I select the Link Current Item on the Current Page settings the bottom level link in the breadcrumb does not seem to work on IE8. It works ok on Chrome and Firefox. The website above is currently in test mode so it still secured access. I do not really need to use this setting on my website but you may want to check this anyway.

    • John,

      I’ve heard of something similar in the past, but it wasn’t a problem with IE or Breadcrumb NavXT (IIRC the bug happened when the user is not logged in, and it was a bug in another plugin causing the issue). I just checked my testbed with the Link Current Item option set to true, and it appears to work (the breadcrumb trail) as expected in Firefox and IE8.

      -John Havlik

  4. Hi there, first off, thanks for the plugin.
    Maybe I’m not aware of how this should work, but none of my breadcrumbs link. They’re just plain text. Do I need to edit settings somewhere to make them link? Any help would be much appreciated!

    • Roy,

      They should automatically link, except for the breadcrumb for the current page. Check to make sure your anchor templates are populated (if they are blank, deactivate the plugin and then reactivate it).

      Also, make sure you call to bcn_display(); is not turning the links off (e.g. if you are passing parameters into it, make sure the second one is set to true, by default this is done for you if you do not pass any parameters into it).

      -John Havlik

  5. Hi,

    I have wp 3.0 and I using breadcrumb navXT
    Error: display blog title twice

    Any idea?
    Thanks!
    Links

    • If you are using Breadcrumb NavXT 3.5.0 please note that it is no longer supported, and please migrate to either 3.8.1 or 3.9.0.

      -John Havlik

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