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