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.