Breadcrumbs

This is a popular term for an extra aspect to your website as well as your standard navigational bar down one side of the page. Named after the children’s story of Hansel & Gretel, from when they walked through the woods and left a trail behind them to prevent their getting lost, breadcrumbs provide another, alternative way for someone to quickly navigate your site without using the  menu bar or pressing the ‘Back’ button. To see the breadcrumbs on this page, look above this article. It reads:

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When teamed with our ‘concertina-style’ menu down the left hand of the page, which opens to reveal the different areas of the site and collapses back down to size when not required, and our Site Map page too, we have covered all bases and ensured that visitors will not get lost in our website.