Navigation

"Real-world navigation is a combination of knowing where you are,
where you're going, and how and when you'll get there."

 

Layout

The place in which primary route navigation appears is critical to the maintenance of site structure, consistency and clarity. There are four standard places for Web navigation: left, right, top and bottom.

Left-Margin Navigation

To accomplish a left or right margin navigation sheme, layout includes using tables or frames.

  • Tables-allow you to lay out left or right margin navigation by dividing a page into colums. You could check here for an example.

  • Frames-provide a static section. In the next example, the left section
    will be static, and the information will be loaded into the right area. It takes a minimum of three unique HTML-coded documents to make up a single viewable page if you're using frames. Frames-based pages always require a frameset, and then each frame area requires a separate HTML document to dcall up the information in that area.

Right-Margin Navigation

Right-margin navigation is comonly used, but less so than left-based options. It makes an interesting choice for designers who wish to give a familiar navigation system to their audience, but want to stray away from the more commonly seen left-based systems.

Top-Margin Navigation

The lay out navigation along the top of a page, you can once again use tables or frames. Top navigation is advantageous because it leaves plenty of room for design and content. But it should always be designed with care, because the part of a page is one of the first places the eye will fall.

Bottom-Margin

The most standard type of navigation, bottom-margin navigation can be as simple as placing text links along the bottom of a page to more complex by using a table to control placement, or a frames-based layout to include a static navigation option.

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