Website Navigation

Website Navigation is important to the success of your website visitor's experience to your website. The website's navigation system is like a roadmap to all the different areas and information contained within the website.

Using a constant navigation schema from page to page helps the website visitor learn your website navigation system.

Out of different types of navigation systems few of them are

• Hierarchial Website Navigation
• Global Website Navigation
• Local Website Navigation

Website Navigation System can follow number of styles:

• Text Links
• Bread Crumbs
• Navigation Bar
• Tab navigation
• Sitemap
• Dropdown Menu
• Flyout Menu
• Named Anchors

Tips to develop effective website navigation system:

• To be consistent throughout the website. Any visitor to website learns through repitition.
• Needs the main navigation links kept together
• Needs reduced clutter by grouping links into sections.
• If the number of clicks to the web page the visitor wishes to visit in minimal clicks,
• this leads to a better experience.

Creating a website navigation system at planning stage of website will effect overall
design of webpage layout and help develop overall plan for the website.