NAVIGATION DESIGN
Information chunking
Dividing the site content into logical units of information
Hierarchy of importance
Establishment levels of importance among units.
Navigational structure
Identifies the paths available to a visitor, the way in which the user moves through the site.
Information architecture
It is the process of determining the presentation of information in the most meaningful and easy to understand format.
Bandwith
The speed content is loaded and delivered to the user.
Footer
Usually a text copyright statement, the date of updation and an email like the web to master.
User centered design
A goal of web site designers to provide for the needs of all potential users
Dead-end pages
A page buried deep in the hierarchy of the web site with no way to return to the homepage and/or global or local navigation menus.
Breadcrumb links
A trail of links that allow the visitor to trace the path and access any node along that path.
Navigation
Interaction between web pages on a site.
Global navigation
Links that are available on all pages.
Local navigation
Links that are specific to a particular page or section of the site.
Hypertext/media
Refers top text or image links embedded within the web page.
Splash Page
The objective of the splash page is to attract rather than inform the user
Home page
This is the root of the website.