Product name: Navigation

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Product reference number

337

Marketing Classification

Site navigation

System Main Classification

Publications

System Sub Classification

Website

General introduction

User-friendly and intuitive navigation structure is the essential part of a well-featured website. Without some kind of navigation, the website can lose its organisation, clarity and the access to the rest of the site can be significantly hampered. Any website larger than one page requires such a component. The ContentForces Navigation component helps your website visitors find information easily by simply presenting pre-defined information. Your website visitor can quickly look at the Navigation and right away know what is offered, what he definitely wants to see and explore a little bit.
The ContentForces Navigation component helps your website visitors in finding information easily and it simply presents pre-defined information. Your website visitor can quickly look at the Navigation, and at once will know what is on offer, what definitely want to see and explore a little bit.

Key benefits

Prevents your website visitor from getting lost. The Navigation is like a road map of your website which helps your website visitor move around the whole website easily.
  • Ensures that your website visitor can get from each subpage to another by clicking on the appropriate link or button.
  • The simple and intuitive navigation helps the website visitor in finding the information he is looking for.
  • Creating search engine friendly navigation is crucial in a website's success.
  • It increases customers' satisfaction so they want to return.

    • Website visitor perspective

    • The website visitor enters your website and glances at its content and the Navigation structure.
    • The website visitor wants to read something, thus he can click on the navigation button or link at the top (optionally, on the left) of the page and is redirected to the appropriate subpage.
    • After reviewing the subpage, your website visitor can switch to another subpage by clicking once again on the navigation button or link.
    • The website visitor will not get frustrated while browsing through your website because he can quickly familiarize himself with the structure of the navigation. This significantly increases the probability of his return to your website.

    Website manager perspective

    • At the beginning of the implementation process, the website manager can make some suggestions regarding the structure and design of the Navigation.
    • The website manager can choose an appropriate Navigation from the wide range of variants.
    • In addition, the website manager can expand or minimize the navigation structure.

    Features

    • 1 Level Navigation can be displayed as: I. the horizontal row of navigation items in the top section of a page, II. the vertical row of navigation items in the left section of a page , III. the vertical row of navigation items in the right section of a page.
    • 2 Level Navigation can have: I. first top level and second left level, II. first top level and second right level, III. only the dropdown.
    • 3 Level Navigation can be visible as: I. first top level and remaining left levels, II. first top level and the rest of the right levels, III. first top level and two dropdown levels, IV. first top level, the second dropline level and the third dropdown level.

    Related components

    • Automatic sitemap
    • Breadcrumbs
    • External Links in Navigation

    Other requirements

    • It is possible to have navigation items as text only (friendly for search engines).
    • Background of navigation items can be defined as a color and additionally as an image. It is also possible to add small graphical elements (arrows, bullets, etc.) to the left (or right of each item – name of the navigation item).
    • The width of the entire bar of first level navigation items is limited to max. 800px.
    • The name of each navigation item should consist of one or two words (recommended maximum is approximately 20 characters).
    • Each name of a navigation item will be displayed in one line, therefore it is not possible to have a navigation item with its names (made up of multiple words) divided into multiple lines of text underneath each other.
    • In order to use the Navigation component and have it integrated into a website, an Internet connection is required.

    Status

    ready for delivery