Navigation is a crucial aspect of any website. It is important to know how to find your way around a website, so that you can easily find the information you are looking for and feel confident in your site’s navigation. There are various guides that can give you ideas on how to create effective navigation menus. Our blog discusses these topics and gives examples of different styles of navigation menus in order to help you brainstorm ideas for your own site or app.
Examples of different styles of navigation menus
1. Menu with text only
This style of menu has no icons, just text. This is useful when you don’t want to distract visitors or make it hard for them to understand what the page is about. If a visitor knows exactly where they are going, they may prefer this style of menu. Some websites that use this style include Forbes and Google’s home page.
2. Simple Icon Menu
This is a common type of menu seen on many sites including all social media outlets like Facebook and Twitter, but also in other websites like Google Maps and Yelp. These menus have an icon for each main website category which can be quickly identified by visitors depending on their goals.
3. Gallery Style Navigation
This type of navigation has a large picture on the left, while text and links are on the right. It is a popular design because it avoids the need for users to click through a lot of different pages in order to find what they are looking for.
4. Information Page
This type of menu is similar to what we refer to as “generic” navigation menu because it offers up information about the page. The difference between these two menus is that generic navigation offers up content about the page while information page offers up specific information about a particular service or product.
Conclusion
In conclusion, navigation can be a tricky subject when you first think about creating it for your website. There are many different types of menus available to you and some are more effective than others depending on the type of site you are creating. Navigation is a very important aspect of any website, and if your website does not have an easily accessible navigation menu, it could be very frustrating for a visitor and cause them to leave the site.
