It has in recent years already gotten around that we will show users where they are and so a user can easily orient within a site. But as easy as it sounds, this commandment is so often ignored or is there some subtleties here that have not yet gotten around everywhere.
Active menu item to select
The standard now requires to select active menu items. Here, this selection is to make visually evident. The difference between selecting andnot selected navigation elements should be immediately recognizable at a glance. In addition, it should be noted that work is in all levels with navigation highlighting. Again and again we see sites where the main menu item is selected well, but from the second or third level of the optical chaos breaks out.
Breadcrumb Navigation integrate
Navigation. The more complex and deeper navigation structure of a website is built, the more important is a breadcrumb navigation. Thereby one can create some problems from the neck and has a global reference point created for the user. darstellen. However, a breadcrumb navigation should never be the only option. In my view, are the "bread crumbs" for quick reference in an emergency and urged users can also abuse this to navigate.
Each side of their menu
Each side should be assigned to a menu item. Especially on the front page one often sees the sub-items are displayed in the menu anywhere. This results in pages that are more or less in the "empty air" space. Classic examples include, for example, pages that link to the home page a banner, but then no menu item to be assigned. The user corresponding to clickt banner and has subsequently keinen Anhalt Punkt wo he is. At the same time, the "Home" page is only one page and should not contain numerous sub-sites.
Back button will not forget!
A classic: the site should not use the "Back" buttons work in the browser. Therefore, strictly implement back buttons in the right places. With the right places, I think that the button should appear only as where you need it. Such a link is back on the home page rather pointless. Only on the detail pages for a "read more" link, not accessible from the menu's are in my view makes sense.
Integrated Sitemaps
Another way to give the user a good overview of the side structure provide integrated sitemaps. die man in den letzten Jahren immer öfters sieht. By that I mean this global, integrated in the footer to the Sitemaps in recent years seen more often. Zwecken nutzen. Honestly I have no idea what you call those things officially, but these ichfinde pretty handy, and, incidentally, these sitemaps to use good SEO purposes.
Conclusion:
These were some tips to guide the user through the site to better and less internetafine users to run through the site without frustration. in bestehende Websites eingebaut werden sollen. Of course, the whole thing with the increasing complexity and depth of navigation more difficult and particularly tricky when it is nachträgich navigation levels in existing sites will be installed. It is better to take into account at the beginning of a project has a level more.
