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Joomla 1.5
VirtueMart 1.1

Adding the Virtuemart Breadcrumbs to your Browse pages is not native to Virtuemart.
Here are the steps and files needed to achieve this.

Even though the $navigation_pathway is shown as Browse Template variable the code to render it is missing from the shop.browse.php file as of VirtueMart 1.1.3.

The first step is to open file administrator/components/com_virtuemart/html/shop.browse.php and look for the the following code -

 
// Set up the CMS pathway
  $category_list = array_reverse( $ps_product_category->get_navigation_list($category_id) );
  $pathway = $ps_product_category->getPathway( $category_list );
  $vm_mainframe->vmAppendPathway( $pathway );

and then add below it -

 
// Set the pathway for our template - 
 
  $tpl->set( 'pathway', $pathway );
 
  $navigation_pathway = $tpl->fetch( 'common/pathway.tpl.php');
 
  $tpl->set( "navigation_pathway", $navigation_pathway );//add navigation_pathway to template

Now we just need to add the variable call in our browse template so open components/com_virtuemart/themes/default/templates/browse/includes/browse_header_category.tpl.php and add the following snippet directly under the mm_showMyFileName(__FILE__);?>

 
<?php
if( $this->get_cfg( 'showPathway' )) {
  echo "<div class=\"pathway\">$navigation_pathway</div>";
}
?>

Now the VirtueMart Breadcrumbs appear on your Browse (Category) pages. You can see it here www.gjcwebdesign.com/outdoor-tools/view-all-products.

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Good post! TQVM
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Does it work for VM 1.1.8 cause i seem to have some troubles with it..??

Hi, this solution worked fine on virtuemart 1.1.3. I have recently dan update on version 1.1.9. and I heve problem with Breadcrums. Have anyone some suggestion where is the problem? Thanks.

Thanks for this post .. saved my time!!

DUUUDE!!!

this works !!!!!!!

also tryit with flypage Smile

cheers from MX!

thx for this hack!

Perfect!

This works great, Thank you for sharing.

Thank you verry much!!!

very nice man

is it possible to add a "home"(shop index page) link before the first category in the breadcrumbs?

I just didn't have the breadcrumbs module activated in the joomla module manager. Thanks!

Hi,
I followed these tips by adding the code you provided but my breadcrumbs are still not appearing. Do I need to add any adress etc inside the pathway area?

Thanks so much!

Hi,
Would have to check your site.
Email me thru the contact page..

I made the changes like you explained, but i still have problems with the breadcrumbs.
I figured out that i miss the index.php in the path. See below the example.

Working link.
http://www.mysite.nl/vm/index.php/products?page=shop.browse&category_id=32

Non working link
http://www.mysite.nl/vm/products?page=shop.browse&category_id=32

How can i solve this??

Thanks in advance.

Virtuemart doesn't have it's own breadcrumb system. It has "Page Navigation" which simply allows you to jump to the next product.

This is a fix to make VM send Joomla's Breadcrumb module the correct info on the product flypage details.

Thank you for this great fix, it works exactly as described!!

is it possible to add a "home" link before the first category in the bread crumbs?

Email me thru the contact page with your details.

Thanks so much for this resource! I followed the steps, but I still don't see Breadcrumbs -- all I have for navigation are arrows for flipping through the preexisting product order -- not the path the user took. Do I need to do something else?

Great! This help was much appreciated!

that was exactly what I was looking for. thank you so much!! Smile

Well done. Saved me lots of pain.

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