Information Architecture
Prior to even beginning to plan the navigation of your site, you need to define your site's information architecture. This is the structure of your Web site. Some common elements in the structure, or taxonomy, of a business or corporate Web page are:

• What products or services does the company offer for sale?
• An about page sharing information on the company.
• Investor relations page that offers information that is specific to investors.
• Customer support page to assist customers.

Common structure elements for a personal Web page are:

• An About Me page giving information about the author of the page.
• A section on Favorite Links sharing links that the author enjoys.
• Many sites also include a Friends and Family page with information about the family and friends of the author.

Organization
When you have decided on the architecture of your site, the next step is organizing it. You can choose to have it all live in one directory while linking it to major pages from your front page. Or you can have all of the sub-pages separated into their own directories.

While pondering the right direction your organization should take, consider how your readers might wander through it. The use of flow charts and storyboards can assist you in mapping out just how you want to help your viewers use your site. You can even map out more than one path for your viewers to take. Navigation Design
When you have decided what the architecture and organization of your site should be, you can begin to think about the miami web design. In deciding on this, there are a few things you should keep in mind.

• Make sure that the navigation of your site is as accessible as possible. Since navigation is the most important part of your Web site, keep it simple as well. Stay away from special effects such as Flash, JavaScript, or Java and certainly do not use any of these as your only method of navigation.
• Your navigation needs to be meaningful. Keep the links clear without getting too cute or using terms that only your organization will understand. Any visitor who has been to your site before should instantly know where a link will lead.
• If you choose to use images for your navigation, be sure there is some text associated with them to make them understandable. Using non-descriptive images for navigating is much more common than you know. There is even a term for it: Mystery Meat Navigation.
• Make sure the navigation shows up on each page of your Web site. You do not need identical navigation, but the basic structure should be uniform through the site. The only changes used should be to indicate location within the hierarchy.

When you have designed your navigation, you can start using it. Remember that it will be really tempting to change the structure while you are in the middle of putting it into use. Try to fight this but if you cannot resist, make sure you are changing it globally and that your new design fits with the goals you originally had for your taxonomy and information architecture. Try implementing the design and see what happens during the first week or so. After that, if you still want to change it, then go ahead. Just be sure that the change will work. As you are making your changes, you may find that all of your planning was right the first time and decide not to change it after all