--- loncom/interface/loncommon.pm	2004/11/30 22:57:16	1.236
+++ loncom/interface/loncommon.pm	2004/12/02 00:01:34	1.238
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network with CAPA
 # a pile of common routines
 #
-# $Id: loncommon.pm,v 1.236 2004/11/30 22:57:16 albertel Exp $
+# $Id: loncommon.pm,v 1.238 2004/12/02 00:01:34 raeburn Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -2606,8 +2606,8 @@ ENDROLE
 		($ENV{'request.filename'} =~ m|^/home/([^/]+)/public_html/(.*)|);
 	    my $formaction='/priv/'.$uname.'/'.$thisdisfn;
 	    $formaction=~s/\/+/\//g;
-            unless ($customtitle) {
-                my $parentpath = $thisdisfn;
+            unless ($customtitle) {  #this is for resources; directories have customtitle, and crumbs and select recent are created in lonpubdir.pm  
+                my $parentpath = '';
                 if ($thisdisfn =~ m-(.+/)[^/]*$-) {
                     $parentpath = $1;
                 }
@@ -3887,7 +3887,7 @@ sub escape_double {
 #   Escapes the last element of a full URL.
 sub escape_url {
     my ($url)   = @_;
-    my @urlslices = split(/\//, $url);
+    my @urlslices = split(/\//, $url,-1);
     my $lastitem = &Apache::lonnet::escape(pop(@urlslices));
     return join('/',@urlslices).'/'.$lastitem;
 }