Navigational Structure

Navigational Structure, also known as Website Structure, refers to how a user can navigate a website and how pages are linked together.

It should identify key points:

  • What pages exist within a website.
  • Arrows that indicate the direction of the user that:
    • Shows links between internal pages
    • Shows links to external pages

Key Points

Navigational Structure shows how a user can move between pages.

It should include the home page and internal pages.

Internal pages should show navigation with an arrow at each end.

External pages have a single arrow leading to the external page.

How to draw the Navigational Structure of a Website

Once the pages have been identified, the steps to draw the Navigational Structure of a website are as follows.

National 5 Targets

You should be able to draw a Navigational Structure of a given website.

You should be able to identify internal and external pages on a Navigational Structure.