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Designing the navigation scheme

Another area where planning pays off is navigation. As you design your site, think about the experience you want your visitors to have. Think about how a visitor to your site will be able to move from one area to another. Consider the following points:

"You are here." Visitors should easily know where they are in your site and how to return to your top-level page.

Searching and indexes make it easy for visitors to find any information they are looking for.

Feedback provides a way for visitors to contact the webmaster (if appropriate) if something is wrong with the site, and to contact other relevant people associated with the company or the site.

Design the way your navigation will look. Navigation should be consistent throughout your site. If you place a navigation bar across the top of your home page, try to keep it there for all the linked pages.

Dreamweaver has two navigation tools that you can use to create your navigation scheme. For more information, see Linking and navigation overview.