Navigation Basics

Navigation chart – shows way around website.
Can be one chart or split for different navigation levels.
Four main types of navigation:

1. Linear
2. Non-linear
3. Hierarchical
4. Composite, or Complex

Good principles:

• No more than seven (plus/minus two) nav buttons
• “3 clicks convention” – user never more than three click from main page
• Keep it simple
• Label buttons or use text navigation
• Consistency – nav in same place on each page
• Use colour or headings/sub-headings to assist user in where they are within system