how do I create a breadcrumb to work with multiple custom taxonomies

Question

I have created several custom post types, and custom taxonomies to manage my large art portfolio. All of this is working very well. There is a post type for "art" and "design" as well as custom taxonomies for stuff like "color"

I want to add breadcrumbs that will show the taxonomy the user clicked on to arrive at a particular image. For example:

from the achive-art.php someone clicks on the custom taxonomy "color" and then the classification of purple they are taken to a taxonomy-color.php page that lists the results. When they click a thumbnail to see the full post I would like to see a breadcrumb that reads:

art > purple > title of the post

I've tried a ton of plug-ins but they only work with one taxonomy or will show:

art > title of the post.

I'm still kind of new to wordpress and trying to wrap my head around everything.

Answer 1

The easiest way you can remember which taxonomy the user arrived through to a certain post is by storing it in a cookie. This is essentially what the Smarter Navigation plugin does, except it can handle all archives, not just taxonomy archives.