Navigation
Site navigation is a very important aspect when designing a website. This is because it determines if the visitor in the site will continue navigating the site or will navigate away. The navigation should be easy and not complex. One aspect that determines the success of a given website is the way its navigation has been designed.
Types of navigation structures
There are three categories of navigation structures, which are linear, hierarchical and web navigation (See Figure 1).
Linear
Navigation
Hierarchical Navigation
Web Navigation
Figure 1: Three types of navigation structures
A website should use a navigation structure that fits the purpose and the size ...