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Creating a Navigation Framework at a glance

Pattern group b

One of the difficulties of Web design is that, on the Web, customers come to a site in many ways — and not only to the homepage. Their goals and tasks are often disparate. This pattern group discusses how to satisfy your customers’ experiences by supporting these differences in navigation, browsing, and search strategies.

b1Multiple ways to navigate

Customers navigate Web sites in many ways. Learn how to design a site with multiple, and sometimes redundant, ways of navigating.

b2Browsable content

Organizing your information in a clear, consistent, and useful manner can greatly simplify the customer?????s task of finding information. Learn how to organize the information on your site so that customers can easily find what they need.

b3Hierarchical organization

Customers need help when sifting through large amounts of information. Learn how to organize information into a hierarchy to make this task easier.

b4Task-based organization

To assist customers in locating the information they need, learn how to use customer tasks for grouping and linking related information together.

b5Alphabetical organization

To help people locate the information they need, learn the pros and cons of organizing information alphabetically.

b6Chronological organization

To assist customers in locating the information they need, learn when organizing information chronologically is most useful and how best to implement chronological organization.

b7Popularity-based organization

Customers want to know what other customers like best on a Web site. Learn how to use popularity as the basis for organizing information.

b8Category pages

Web sites need to present sections of information in distinct ways to differentiate them, but these sections must also retain some similarity so that customers know they?????re still on the same site. Learn how to use category pages to keep your customers oriented.

b9Site accessibility

Your customers may include people with disabilities, but not if those people find it difficult to use your site. In addition, many people now use small, Internetenabled devices to access the Web. Learn how to help both of these audiences by designing for accessibility.