If you want to put breadcrumbs in your rails application, please have a look "Crummy" Plugin. This is a simple breadcrumbs, and no javascript library required. You can install it by type : ruby script/plugin install git://github.com/zachinglis/crummy.git How to use : 1. In your controller you may add_crumb either like a before_filter or within a method. Example : class ApplicationController add_crumb "Home", '/' end class BusinessController < ApplicationController add_crumb("Businesses") { |instance| instance.send :businesses_path } add_crumb("Comments", :only => "comments") {|instance| instance.send :businesses_comments_path} before_filter :load_comment, :only => "show" add_crumb :comment, :only => "show" def show add_crumb @business.display_name, @business end def load_comment @comment = Comment.find(params[:id]) end end 2. Then in your view (you can put it in \layout\application.html.erb) : <%= render_crumbs %> 3. Finally, in your website you could see the breadcrumbs like this : Home >> Businesses You can change the separator text : <%= render_crumbs :seperator => ' | ' %> For more detail please have a look : http://github.com/zachinglis/crummy/tree/master