The design of Web navigation is closely related to user behavior

Article Description: The design of navigation is closely related to user behavior and can provide different navigation in different contexts. However, some websites have a great amount of information, classification complex, such as large-scale electric business site may appear multiple classification dimensions and classification and label with the use of the scene, resulting in a variety of navigation information, plus navigation and interactive logic and visual style has a great relationship, so

How important is navigation? Does it simply refer to the signpost? Of course not. Navigation occupies an important position in the site architecture, which determines the information scope, classification and access path of the website. Good navigation design will directly enhance the usability of the site, thereby enhancing the brand image and credibility of the site. So how to allow users to enter the site smoothly or even unknowingly "business into its path" has been our constant search for the goal.

Many kinds of navigation, the role played by nature will be slightly different, some can expand information, and some do information, the author of the initial common navigation function divided into the following three categories:

1. Overall structure laying, show the global website:

There are several types of navigation is the use of information in the station classification, and the level of display to the user, so that users of the site to understand the overall situation quickly and quickly locate the information they want to find, this is a tile-guided process, the user perception of the site shape is very important. This kind of navigation mainly includes: Global navigation, local navigation, site map, utility navigation and footer navigation, etc.

Global Navigation : is the highest weight of the site structure of the navigation, leading the information architecture of the entire website, determines the site shape and the overall classification of information, usually using a fixed mode.

Local navigation : A navigation that is used to access a subordinate structure under global navigation, often as a tiled boot to the next branch of the global navigation. There are many mechanisms to form local navigation, such as tree navigation, vertical menu, dynamic menu and so on.

Sitemap: Provides the global information of the website, the use experience is worse than the combination of global navigation and local navigation, but it is very helpful to the user overview website structure.

utility navigation and footer navigation : These two types of navigation are usually made up of global action links, such as exiting the system, directing the user to the Help system, or switching between the various Web services of the same company.

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