Site Navigation

I think that the most important thing for effective navigation on a Web site is to make the navigation bars and tabs easy to locate, understand and use.

The font needs to be large enough and clear enough that readers can see and understand it at a glance. Also, the navigation bars need to be in a location that is accessible no matter what part of the page the reader is at. For example, if a reader has scrolled far down to the bottom of the page, he or she should be able to locate navigation tabs at the bottom of the page instead of having to scroll all the way back to the top.

Also, the navigation bars shouldn't contain an overwhelming amount of information. The site should be broken down into a few simple, easily recognizable categories so that the reader is not overwhelmed by choices and also so that the reader is able to easily find the page he or she would like to navigate to.

I think that all of these techniques are easy enough to remember to use for our group's Web site. Hopefully, they will make the site easier to navigate and more user-friendly.