This technique is very useful as you plan out your content and design your web site navigation. Before prototyping is demonstrated, more detail about navigation will be presented. HTML stands for Hyper Text Markup Language. It is this Hyper Text that gives a web page its unique advantage over printed material. Text that contains a link is typically underlined or is color that is different from the main text.
Internal links are the heart of a good site navigation system.
How these links are organized and created can make the difference between a site that is enjoyable and useful or site that is downright frustrating to find information. You will notice that these pages have many links to other areas within this Instructional Technology web site. At the very top of the page are general links to other Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana web pages and their associate distance education partners. Below that are links within this site. Finally in each of the major areas of the site, there are further links that allow the user to quickly navigate within an area without having to return to the main page.