1 / 3

Breadcrumbs in Web Design: Examples and Best Practices

In this document we will explore the use of breadcrumbs on websites –

charlieperez
Download Presentation

Breadcrumbs in Web Design: Examples and Best Practices

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Breadcrumbs in Web Design: Examples and Best Practices Sometimes it is difficult for users to find their way if a website contains a lot of pages. Then the only solution designers can have is the breadcrumb navigation which can greatly enhance the user experience as it reduces the number of actions a user need to take in order to get to a higher-level page. What is a breadcrumb? What is a breadcrumb? A breadcrumb is a type of secondary navigation that indicates the location of the user within the website’s hierarchy, making it a great source of contextual information for landing pages. You can usually see breadcrumbs in websites that have a large amount of content organized in a hierarchical manner. Additionally, Breadcrumbs gives SEO opportunity and make your site more search engine friendly. You can use breadcrumb navigation for larger websites. An excellent feature for ecommerce website feature for ecommerce website, in which a large variety of products is grouped into logical categories. Keep in mind, it shouldn’t replace effective primary navigation menus In this article we will explore the use of breadcrumbs on websites – Types of Breadcrumbs Types of Breadcrumbs Location Location- -based based Location-based breadcrumbs show the user where they are in the website’s hierarchy.

  2. Attribute Attribute- -based based It It display the attributes of a particular page. Path Path- -based based Path-based breadcrumbs are dynamic in that they display the pages the user has visited before arriving on the current page. Here are the b Here are the benefits of Using Breadcrumbs enefits of Using Breadcrumbs : : Convenient Convenient for for users users Using a breadcrumb on large multi-level website, users can navigate to higher-level categories more easily. Reduces Reduces clicks clicks or or actions actions to to return return to to higher higher- -level level pages pages Instead of using the browser’s “Back” button, users can now use the breadcrumbs with a fewer number of clicks. Doesn’t Doesn’t usually usually hog hog screen screen space space

  3. Because they’re typically horizontally oriented and plainly styled, breadcrumb trails don’t take up a lot of space on the page. Reduces Reduces bounce bounce rates rates It can be a great way to attract new user to peruse a website after having viewed the landing page Hope this article help you to understand the importance of breadcrumbs for more details on web design experiences web design experiences visit here.

More Related