{"id":3222,"date":"2014-04-25T14:39:24","date_gmt":"2014-04-25T14:39:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/2014\/04\/25\/text-separator\/"},"modified":"2023-06-08T09:36:42","modified_gmt":"2023-06-08T13:36:42","slug":"text-separator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/joomla\/joomla-3\/text-separator\/","title":{"rendered":"Text Separator &#8211; Joomla 3 Breadcrumb settings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Be default, individual items in your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/joomla\/joomla-3\/text-for-home-entry\/\">Joomla 3 breadcrumbs<\/a> are separated by an orange arrow. You actually have the option to use a different separator in your breadcrumbs, and you can change the separator using the <strong>Text Separator<\/strong> breadcrumb setting.<\/p>\n<p>Joomla doesn\u2019t say much about the <em>Text Separator<\/em> setting. The <em>help<\/em> information they provide in the dashboard is as follows:<\/p>\n<p class=\"white_box\"><strong>Text Separator<\/strong><br>\nA text separator<\/p>\n<p>What they meant to say was:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>If you don\u2019t want the orange arrow to show, enter a new separator here.<\/li>\n<li>You cannot use html in this setting, such as an image, only text is valid.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Below, we\u2019ll show you how to change the <em>Text Separator<\/em>.<\/p>\n<ol class=\"article_list\">\n<li><a href=\"\/support\/edu\/joomla\/how-to-log-in-to-administrative-dashboard\/\">Log into your Joomla 3 dashboard<\/a><\/li>\n<li>In the top menu, click <strong>Extensions<\/strong> and then click <strong>Module Manager<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Find and click on your <em>breadcrumbs<\/em> module<\/li>\n<li>Find the <em>Text Separator<\/em> setting. Depending on your Joomla version, it should be under either the <em>Module<\/em> tab or the <em>Basic Settings<\/em> tab.\n<p>Enter a value here, such as a forward slash. Then save the change by clicking <strong>Save<\/strong> in the top menu.<\/p>\n<p>Below are screenshots showing how the change we made affected our breadcrumbs:<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"padding-right: 15px;\">Text Separator left blank<\/th>\n<td><a href=\"\/support\/images\/stories\/edu\/joomla-3\/breadcrumbs\/blank-separator.png\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"std_ss\" src=\"\/support\/images\/stories\/edu\/joomla-3\/breadcrumbs\/blank-separator.png\" alt=\"Blank Text Separator\"><\/a>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Text Separator set as \/<\/th>\n<td><a href=\"\/support\/images\/stories\/edu\/joomla-3\/breadcrumbs\/slash-separator.png\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"std_ss\" src=\"\/support\/images\/stories\/edu\/joomla-3\/breadcrumbs\/slash-separator.png\" alt=\"Slash Text Separator\"><\/a>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Be default, individual items in your Joomla 3 breadcrumbs are separated by an orange arrow. You actually have the option to use a different separator in your breadcrumbs, and you can change the separator using the Text Separator breadcrumb setting. Joomla doesn\u2019t say much about the Text Separator setting. The help information they provide in<a class=\"moretag\" href=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/joomla\/joomla-3\/text-separator\/\"> Read More ><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4403,94],"tags":[4404],"class_list":["post-3222","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-joomla","category-joomla-3","tag-joomla-v3"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Text Separator - Joomla 3 Breadcrumb settings | InMotion Hosting<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The text separator setting allows you to separate items in your Joomla 3 breadcrumbs using something other than the default orange arrow.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/joomla\/joomla-3\/text-separator\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Text Separator - Joomla 3 Breadcrumb settings | InMotion Hosting\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The text separator setting allows you to separate items in your Joomla 3 breadcrumbs using something other than the default orange arrow.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/joomla\/joomla-3\/text-separator\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"InMotion Hosting Support Center\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/inmotionhosting\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2014-04-25T14:39:24+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-06-08T13:36:42+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Brad Markle\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@InMotionHosting\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@InMotionHosting\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Brad Markle\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/joomla\/joomla-3\/text-separator\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/joomla\/joomla-3\/text-separator\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Brad Markle\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/#\/schema\/person\/5ae05d1210b0ef63c437ccedce2799bf\"},\"headline\":\"Text Separator &#8211; 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