- Use your navigation system on all your pages, with few exceptions. Exceptions should make sense and usually involve processes that follow from step to step.
- Provide an indicator to let people know where they are in your navigation system. This can involve changing the color of the link for the current page and disabling the link for the current page.
- For larger sites, consider using bread crums, which are a set of links for all the pages the user has visited.
Friday, July 17, 2009
Consistent Navigation
Most web sites are not very big, so this isn't usually an issue. Once people understand how to get around your web site, don't confuse them.
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Can you navigate around Quillcards OK?
I would be interested in any feedback on problems you have navigating the site.
I read Steve Krug's book 'Don't Make Me Think' several times and I used site usability tests like 5secondtest.com
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Two comments regarding your navigation.
1) on your home page, do not show the home link (like you are doing) but do leave the space for it. That will keep your other links from shifting right.
2) Move the blog link off the main navigation since it is not part of your actual site. Or better integrate the blog into your site by adding the full nav bar to the blog.
Thank you. The blog is on a page of the main site, so I looked at your answer from a slightly different perspective and added a full set of tabs to the blog page.
Many, many thanks for the insight.
superb info.
clear and precise :)
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