A Brief Introduction
Navigation in regards to a website, is referred to how users get from point A to point B. Every website has a navigation system that helps users find what they’re looking for.
In fact, the navigation system is the single most important component of the structure to any site. Because the easier it is for people to navigate, the more likely they are to stay long enough to give money or volunteer and come back to do it again.
Below are the 6 Navigation Tools
1. Navigation bar
2. Footer
3. Search tool
4. Quick links
5. Site map
6. Drop down menus
1. A navigation bar
This can often be found on a website either in or right under the header and should include no more than five to eight sections. Navigation bars may also have drop-down menus that appear when a section is hovered over or clicked on and contain a list of that section’s sub-pages.
2. The footer
On a web page this is the section at the bottom, and it can be used for several purposes, one of which is navigation. Some footers contain only one rectangular line of text spanning the width of the website, while others are split into sections. You can include media content, social media links, interactive content and, of course, navigation links to other pages on your nonprofit’s website.
3. A search tool
This helps users look for something specific on your website. Google offers a custom search engine (CSE) specifically for nonprofits. For a fee, you can get Google Site Search, a customized option that offers technical support and a more tailored look and feel. Google branding is optional, and no ads appear next to the search results.
4. Quick links
These are basically shortcuts on your homepage that take users to popular sections of your website. Donate Now, Sign Up, Log In, Email Us—these are all common quick links that will help users get right to where they want to be.
5. Site maps
Graphical representations of the web are useful because many people have used road maps at some point in their lives. This help users to identify a particular direction or inquire for direction while on the site.
A site map is also a list of pages of a web site within a domain. There are three primary kinds of site map: Site maps used during the planning of a Web site by its designers. Human-visible listings, typically hierarchical, of the pages on a site. Structured listings intended for web crawlers such as search engines
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