[Skip to main content](#vessel-content) # Inconsistent breadcrumbs ## - **[iedwards](/forum/user/12400-iedwards "View iedwards's Profile")** - [![iedwards's Avatar](https://www.hikashop.com/media/kunena/core/svg/person.svg)](/forum/user/12400-iedwards "View iedwards's Profile") Topic Author - [ Offline](/forum/user/12400-iedwards) Less More - Posts: 250 - Thank you received: 7 - [](http://www.estm.co.uk) - 12 years 9 months ago [\#138515](#138515) by [iedwards](/forum/user/12400-iedwards "View iedwards's Profile") *[Inconsistent breadcrumbs](/forum/26-product-category-display/864700-inconsistent-breadcrumbs#138515 "-- url of the page with the problem -- :currently ofline -- HikaShop version -- :HikaShop Business: 2.2.3 -- Joomla version -- : 3.2.1 -- PHP version -- : 5.3.1 -- Browser(s) name and version -- : Firefox 26 -- Error-message(debug-mod must be tuned on) -- : none Hi, I have the shop categories displayed under a main men item and when I browse through the categories to a product the breadcrumbs display the path to the product as I would expect... However I also have a module on the home page to display "Best Sellers", if I click on the same product from the home page the breadcrumbs don't show the categories ... How can I get the second breadcrumb to look like the first? I have configured the home page module with the shop menu item and set the canonical URL for the product. Thanks, Ian")* was created by *[iedwards](/forum/user/12400-iedwards "View iedwards's Profile")* -- url of the page with the problem -- :currently ofline -- HikaShop version -- :HikaShop Business: 2.2.3 -- Joomla version -- : 3.2.1 -- PHP version -- : 5.3.1 -- Browser(s) name and version -- : Firefox 26 -- Error-message(debug-mod must be tuned on) -- : none Hi, I have the shop categories displayed under a main men item and when I browse through the categories to a product the breadcrumbs display the path to the product as I would expect... [ ![h60b0800.JPG](/forum/attachment/14532) ](/forum/attachment/14532 "h60b0800.JPG") However I also have a module on the home page to display "Best Sellers", if I click on the same product from the home page the breadcrumbs don't show the categories ... [ ![hecd3981.JPG](/forum/attachment/14533) ](/forum/attachment/14533 "hecd3981.JPG") How can I get the second breadcrumb to look like the first? I have configured the home page module with the shop menu item and set the canonical URL for the product. Thanks, Ian --- [ Ian Edwards Film Sound Recording](https://estm.co.uk) [ Alveley Mining Heritage](https://alveleyminingheritage.org) [ Mary Edwards-Porter - Author](https://www.mary-edwards-porter.co.uk) - [ ![h60b0800.JPG](/forum/attachment/14532) ](/forum/attachment/14532 "h60b0800.JPG") [ ](/forum/attachment/14532?download=1 "h60b0800.JPG") - [ ![hecd3981.JPG](/forum/attachment/14533) ](/forum/attachment/14533 "hecd3981.JPG") [ ](/forum/attachment/14533?download=1 "hecd3981.JPG") Please [Log in](/login?return=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaGlrYXNob3AuY29tL2ZvcnVtLzI2LXByb2R1Y3QtY2F0ZWdvcnktZGlzcGxheS84NjQ3MDAtaW5jb25zaXN0ZW50LWJyZWFkY3J1bWJzP3RtcGw9bWFya2Rvd24=) or [Create an account](/component/users/registration?Itemid=101) to join the conversation. - **[Mohamed Thelji](/forum/user/6861-mohamed-thelji "View Mohamed Thelji's Profile")** - [![Mohamed Thelji's Avatar](https://www.hikashop.com/media/kunena/avatars/resized/size144/users/avatar6861.png)](/forum/user/6861-mohamed-thelji "View Mohamed Thelji's Profile") - [ Offline](/forum/user/6861-mohamed-thelji) Less More - Posts: 12953 - Thank you received: 1778 - - - 12 years 9 months ago - 12 years 9 months ago [\#138674](#138674) by [Mohamed Thelji](/forum/user/6861-mohamed-thelji "View Mohamed Thelji's Profile") Replied by *[Mohamed Thelji](/forum/user/6861-mohamed-thelji "View Mohamed Thelji's Profile")* on topic *[Inconsistent breadcrumbs](/forum/26-product-category-display/864700-inconsistent-breadcrumbs#138674 "-- url of the page with the problem -- :currently ofline -- HikaShop version -- :HikaShop Business: 2.2.3 -- Joomla version -- : 3.2.1 -- PHP version -- : 5.3.1 -- Browser(s) name and version -- : Firefox 26 -- Error-message(debug-mod must be tuned on) -- : none Hi, I have the shop categories displayed under a main men item and when I browse through the categories to a product the breadcrumbs display the path to the product as I would expect... However I also have a module on the home page to display "Best Sellers", if I click on the same product from the home page the breadcrumbs don't show the categories ... How can I get the second breadcrumb to look like the first? I have configured the home page module with the shop menu item and set the canonical URL for the product. Thanks, Ian")* Hi, The solution will probably be to configured your module's "menu" option to **Drawing and Illustration** for example, ut note that you'll probably find more information through this [ thread ](http://www.hikashop.com/forum/4-how-to/8607-related-products-breadcrumbs-pathway.html?start=20): > You won't be able to get the category tree in the breadcrumb from a module (that is not without modifying core files of hikashop). The breadcrumb principle is to display the path the user followed to come to a page. Since a module is directly on the template, there is no navigation information which is why it just display the "previous\_page" in the breadcrumb. Last edit: 12 years 9 months ago by [Mohamed Thelji](/forum/user/6861-mohamed-thelji "View Mohamed Thelji's Profile"). 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However I also have a module on the home page to display "Best Sellers", if I click on the same product from the home page the breadcrumbs don't show the categories ... How can I get the second breadcrumb to look like the first? I have configured the home page module with the shop menu item and set the canonical URL for the product. Thanks, Ian")* Thanks for the reply Mohamed but that wouldn't work as the "Best Sellers" module can show products from any category so no one menu option would work. I've looked at the thread you've directed me to but there's nothing there that helps me. I understand the logic that breadcrumbs show the route the user takes to a product, so if you click on a product on the home page the breadcrumbs would show home->product or if I change the menu option in the module to "shop" I can get as far as shop->product but I think user expectation is that the breadcrumb would show the category hierarchy ->shop->category->sub-category->product Here is an example from ebuyer where I've clicked on a product featured on the home page ... [ ![hca8d3d1.JPG](/forum/attachment/14543) ](/forum/attachment/14543 "hca8d3d1.JPG") and another from tesco, the route to the product was via their special offers page but when I clicked on the product itself the breadcrumbs changes to show the category heirachy [ ![h58e0d4a.JPG](/forum/attachment/14544) ](/forum/attachment/14544 "h58e0d4a.JPG") The big advantage to this from a shopping point of view is that if the user clicks on a featured product from the home page but it's not quite what they want they can use the breadcrumbs to step back up to the category and browse other products. The way breadcrumbs work in Hikashop at the moment makes this impossible. I hope the Hikashop approach to this can be changed to match user expectations. I am forming a "love / hate" relationship with Hikashp. Most things I really love about it but there are odd things in the logic of how it's constructed that have me tearing my hair out and have cost me a lot of time, so I hope you can help on this one! Many thanks, Ian --- [ Ian Edwards Film Sound Recording](https://estm.co.uk) [ Alveley Mining Heritage](https://alveleyminingheritage.org) [ Mary Edwards-Porter - Author](https://www.mary-edwards-porter.co.uk) - [ ![hca8d3d1.JPG](/forum/attachment/14543) ](/forum/attachment/14543 "hca8d3d1.JPG") [ ](/forum/attachment/14543?download=1 "hca8d3d1.JPG") - [ ![h58e0d4a.JPG](/forum/attachment/14544) ](/forum/attachment/14544 "h58e0d4a.JPG") [ ](/forum/attachment/14544?download=1 "h58e0d4a.JPG") Please [Log in](/login?return=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaGlrYXNob3AuY29tL2ZvcnVtLzI2LXByb2R1Y3QtY2F0ZWdvcnktZGlzcGxheS84NjQ3MDAtaW5jb25zaXN0ZW50LWJyZWFkY3J1bWJzP3RtcGw9bWFya2Rvd24=) or [Create an account](/component/users/registration?Itemid=101) to join the conversation. - **[Mohamed Thelji](/forum/user/6861-mohamed-thelji "View Mohamed Thelji's Profile")** - [![Mohamed Thelji's Avatar](https://www.hikashop.com/media/kunena/avatars/resized/size144/users/avatar6861.png)](/forum/user/6861-mohamed-thelji "View Mohamed Thelji's Profile") - [ Offline](/forum/user/6861-mohamed-thelji) Less More - Posts: 12953 - Thank you received: 1778 - - - 12 years 9 months ago [\#139202](#139202) by [Mohamed Thelji](/forum/user/6861-mohamed-thelji "View Mohamed Thelji's Profile") Replied by *[Mohamed Thelji](/forum/user/6861-mohamed-thelji "View Mohamed Thelji's Profile")* on topic *[Inconsistent breadcrumbs](/forum/26-product-category-display/864700-inconsistent-breadcrumbs#139202 "-- url of the page with the problem -- :currently ofline -- HikaShop version -- :HikaShop Business: 2.2.3 -- Joomla version -- : 3.2.1 -- PHP version -- : 5.3.1 -- Browser(s) name and version -- : Firefox 26 -- Error-message(debug-mod must be tuned on) -- : none Hi, I have the shop categories displayed under a main men item and when I browse through the categories to a product the breadcrumbs display the path to the product as I would expect... However I also have a module on the home page to display "Best Sellers", if I click on the same product from the home page the breadcrumbs don't show the categories ... How can I get the second breadcrumb to look like the first? I have configured the home page module with the shop menu item and set the canonical URL for the product. Thanks, Ian")* Hi, I don't think that you'll be able to do that without some code customization,Hikashop use the Joomla breadcrumb module which allows you to only keep track of your location, so you won't be able to do that without some code customization which will require some development skills. Note that you can also use the section "[ commercial jobs](http://www.hikashop.com/forum/9-commercial-jobs.html)" in this forum in order to be contacted by external developers. Please [Log in](/login?return=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaGlrYXNob3AuY29tL2ZvcnVtLzI2LXByb2R1Y3QtY2F0ZWdvcnktZGlzcGxheS84NjQ3MDAtaW5jb25zaXN0ZW50LWJyZWFkY3J1bWJzP3RtcGw9bWFya2Rvd24=) or [Create an account](/component/users/registration?Itemid=101) to join the conversation. - **[Poub](/forum/user/31066-poub "View Poub's Profile")** - [![Poub's Avatar](https://www.hikashop.com/media/kunena/core/svg/person.svg)](/forum/user/31066-poub "View Poub's Profile") - [ Offline](/forum/user/31066-poub) Less More - Posts: 8 - Thank you received: 1 - - 12 years 8 months ago [\#143272](#143272) by [Poub](/forum/user/31066-poub "View Poub's Profile") Replied by *[Poub](/forum/user/31066-poub "View Poub's Profile")* on topic *[Inconsistent breadcrumbs](/forum/26-product-category-display/864700-inconsistent-breadcrumbs#143272 "-- url of the page with the problem -- :currently ofline -- HikaShop version -- :HikaShop Business: 2.2.3 -- Joomla version -- : 3.2.1 -- PHP version -- : 5.3.1 -- Browser(s) name and version -- : Firefox 26 -- Error-message(debug-mod must be tuned on) -- : none Hi, I have the shop categories displayed under a main men item and when I browse through the categories to a product the breadcrumbs display the path to the product as I would expect... However I also have a module on the home page to display "Best Sellers", if I click on the same product from the home page the breadcrumbs don't show the categories ... How can I get the second breadcrumb to look like the first? I have configured the home page module with the shop menu item and set the canonical URL for the product. Thanks, Ian")* Hello, In fact it's already developped (in the latest hikashop at this date) In the module hikashop option, you can make a like with the menu and the sub catagories etc ... And restore your breadcrumbs with the sub categories, it also works with joomla's {loadposition} option. It's only a question of menu and link after that. Best regards Please [Log in](/login?return=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaGlrYXNob3AuY29tL2ZvcnVtLzI2LXByb2R1Y3QtY2F0ZWdvcnktZGlzcGxheS84NjQ3MDAtaW5jb25zaXN0ZW50LWJyZWFkY3J1bWJzP3RtcGw9bWFya2Rvd24=) or [Create an account](/component/users/registration?Itemid=101) to join the conversation. 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