A navigation bar (also known as a links bar or link bar) is a sub region of a web page that contains hypertext links in order to navigate between the pages of a website ( Wikipedia)
The main function of a website is to navigate to different pages. A navigation bar helps us do this. Navigation bars are the main source in which we find the pages/content we need. For example you could look at the MSN.com navigation bar, this contains lots of different ''links to the pagesyou are looking for.
This navigation bar gives you the different catergories that are available within the web site. This is much easier for the user and saves time.
Whilst researching navigation bars i found that the majority follow the two click principal of the web. The content is also very short as it is easier to read and therefore you can quickly choose what you want. For example if a navigation bar contained large words and sentences we wouldnt find this easy to use.
Styles
I have found that all navigation bars come in different styles depending on the design and what the content on the bars are.
Navigation bars are made by creating a html sheet whcih will determine what the content is on a website. You can then edit the style of a nav bar by creating a Cascading Style Sheet (CSS) which will allow you to change the padding, colour, hover colour and the font.
I found this design on the website
This site is very good and allows me to edit the Cascading Style Sheet where i can make the navigation bar my own design.
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