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Topic: Button Navigation
Posted By: Joshua
Subject: Button Navigation
Date Posted: 16-April-2008 at 11:00pm
I would like to see the ability to use button images on the side bar navigation for categories, and so on. I have to do this manually now, but I think it would be much easier if I could do it from within the cart itself and just use the generate navigation selection that already can build the test links for the categories.



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Posted By: Greg Dinger
Date Posted: 16-April-2008 at 11:09pm

This would be an extemely difficult request to fulfill.  Imagine that the script reads any particular category structure and generates the various nested levels, using ASP string-handling techniques to truncate long names and replace the end with "...".  The deeper the levels, the narrower the button would have to be.  I think you would be better advised to design for a nice CSS treatment.

Additionally, there is the SEO question. I don't have any scientific evidence but after building sites for many years I am absolutely convinced that text navigation is indexed by spiders better than button navigation.  And since stores can be more difficult to rank than text sites, I don't think you want to do anything to make it tougher.



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