If you want to design a website for your online business, you must know the navigation of your website has a huge impact on the UX (user experience). If your website has simple and functional navigation, your viewers can find out about your online business and spend more time on your website. We, Chidma company, with more than 10 years of experience in web designing and digital marketing, are here to speak with you about the pro tips that can help you to design functional navigation for your website.  ➡ A podcast of this article has been provided for your listening pleasure:  [lwptoc] What Are Website Navigation and Its Importance? A website is like a town, when you enter it, you want to see its map and after that start to move on it, from one page to another page. it is the meaning of the website navigation. It determines the path of viewers and Google crawling robots on the web pages. If I want to define website navigation more professionally, it is a collection of various links that connect the different pages of a website and make paths for moving between the pages. Good navigation can help you to arrive at your intended page quickly and simply.   What Are The 5 Types Of Website Navigation? There are 5 different types of website navigation including: ● Horizontal Navigation Bar. This is a common type of navigation placement located at the top of the page. users usually search the menu of a website on top of the page. if you are interested to know more about this type of navigation, we write a special article about this Horizontal navigation bar. You can read it by clicking here. ● Dropdown Navigation Menu. ● Hamburger Navigation Menu. It is one of the newest types of navigation in web design. The hamburger navigation menu is more appropriate for smart cell phones. The menu is presented as three vertical lines on the right or left side of the top of the page. In this type of navigation, users can easily access the menu. Because hamburger navigation is very popular today, we write a specific article about it. you can read it by clicking here. ● Vertical Sidebar Navigation Menu. On some websites, you will find the navigation bar on the left or right side of the web page. some users believe that working with this kind of navigation is difficult but some web designers like it!!! If you want to know how you can design a vertical sidebar navigation menu, click here. ● Footer Navigation Menu. Some of our clients believe that the footer navigation is not important and has no regard for it. But our experience in the field of web designing and digital marketing shows that it is not true. Footer sites can play an important role in the navigation of a website. you can find very golden tips about the footer site and its importance in navigation by clicking here. The Pro Tips In Website Navigation Design Various factors are important in designing appropriate website navigation, some of them related to your plan and program and others are dependent on the template of your website. Since your navigation (special menu) is usually the first part of your website that users visit, you must design it very functional and simple so that viewers can easily find their path without any confusion. Now you are familiar with the importance of website navigation, let’s get going to find out golden tips that will improve the navigation of your website. the professional web designing team of the Chidma company tested all of these tips and believes the following tips help increase the UX. Think about your plan before designing a navigation first step in designing website navigation is that you determine your mind map. You must think about the content and information of your website and its hierarchy. For this purpose, we usually ask some questions our clients such as: What is your objective in designing a website and online business? Increasing your sale? Introducing your services? Attracting customers? Present educational content? Joining in a campaign? Or other things like that. What is the main subject of your online business and what are the different parts of it? based on the answer to the above question, some websites need a navigation bar with just one menu and some websites such as shopping and eCommerce websites different types of menus for classifying their products. Our professional web designers in Chidma company, ask our clients to write their answers on a piece of paper and after one or more counselling sessions with them, start to design their website navigation. If you have any questions about this issue, please click here to contact us.   ● Link The Logo To The Homepage Sometimes users find you by searching on search engines like google or clicking on an advertising link on social media networks. Hence, they enter a page on your website but they are usually interested to visit your home page too. So, there is an unofficial rule that you must place the website logo on the header of the page and it must be linked to the homepage. This policy helps users can simply come back to the homepage by clicking on the logo. All website templates that are designed by Chidma company have this ability.   ● Design A Simple Navigation As mentioned above the goal of website navigation is increasing the UX of your website by helping users to move between pages and find their interests easily. So, you must select a functional simple design for your website navigation. You can see some examples of navigation bars that were designed by the expert team of Chidma company. Please click here.   Best Practice In Designing The Menu Of A Website In this part, because of the importance of the menu in the website navigation, we will focus on the tips that improve the function of a menu. So, let’s get going.   ● Reduce