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Navigating Your Website

Navigating Your Website

Hierarchical Navigation: the website navigation is structured from general to specific, which provides clear, easy-to-understand paths to different pages on the site.

Global Navigation: the navigation displays the top pages of the website and can be seen from every page on the site.

Local Navigation: the links to other pages of the website are included with the text of the current page.

Breadcrumb Navigation: there is a provided trail of links that display what pages a user has gone to. This makes it easier for a user to trace their steps as they progress through the site.

Features of navigation


  • Drop-down navigation: a drop-down list of pages
  • Navigation bar: a consistent list of pages and subpages
  • Page jumps: acts as a short cut to a certain section of a long page (ex. "Return to Top")
  • Search facility: allows the user to seek out specific content
  • Hyperlinks: lets the user go directly to a source or a place with similar content