Navigation Types
Index blocks can be used to create many different types of navigation. It all depends on the options selected when creating the index block and the stylesheet used to filter and format the results.
This section will demonstrate some of the more common types of navigation and how to achieve them.
- Menu
A menu is typically the main navigational feature of a website. - Breadcrumbs
By showing a backwards pathway from the current page back to the home page, breadcrumbs are valuable in keeping visitors oriented on your site. - Previous/Next
Previous/next navigation buttons are an easy way to allow visitors to browse through sibling pages without having to keep clicking back to a directory. - Recent Pages
There is often a need for a listing and summary of recent pages. Time sensitive content such as press releases, newsletters, or announcements in particular lend themselves to this type of dynamic indexing. - Site Map
A site map is basically a comprehensive outline of all pages on the site. - Site Index
A site index is an alphabetical listing of all pages on a site.
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