Navigation Structure - important element in creating accessible and usable

Have you ever found yourself lost in any scrambled website? Most often, the webmasters present their sites in a beautiful logical manner to make the navigation easier and interesting. Therefore, it is very important for a site owner to develop their pages with a particular navigation structure.

People often wander aimlessly around various sites, if the information or the structure is not well maintained. To make the process easier, the navigation structures are classified into three main classes. They are categorized as one-tier, two-tier and three tier sites.

The one tier site includes all the relevant information on a single page. However, in the two tier system, the main page directs links to all the important items. In the three-tier system, the main page directs the users to a page with categories. The categories have links to another page with descriptions of various items.

The one tier system does not contain any internal links and navigation is not necessary with the one tier system. However, the system is beneficial only if the site has very little details to provide on. The two-tier system may be useful if the site owners have a bit more details to provide but the best solution with a proper navigation structure is the three-tier system. For a site with many links and lot of information, the three tiers is the perfect choice.

Navigation Structure Classifications:

For easy application and use, the navigation structures are further classified into two. They are bottom heavy structure and top-heavy structure.

The bottom heavy structure includes the second tier and the third tier. Here the link to the categories and various items are supplied from the main page. The choice is ideal, if you needs to include numerous categories, but with a very little content.

The top-heavy structure can be more useful with a site that carries more information under each category. The main page provides links to all the categories, but is arranged with tiers on the main page. The main page includes just a few links, but gives a correct idea with proper organization to navigate to the other hidden information.

To sum up, if you are planning to design a website, a two tier system will be ideal unless you have a gigantic site building. To balance the mess between the pages and to help the traffic navigate properly, use the top or bottom heavy navigation structures.

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