Re: [IxDA Discuss] Items appearing more than once in a navigation

2009-01-29 Thread Paul Eisen
I can't reference research to support this - and I'm not a guru - but I am a strong proponent of the principal that content should live in only one location, as represented in the breadcrumbs and other primary navigational mechanisms. Convenient links can and should be located wherever this content

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Items appearing more than once in a navigation

2009-01-26 Thread Alina Barbuceanu
I had the same problem. The gurus say there's no wrong or right doing in this case. It all depends on how much does it make sense for your users In my case, the "where am I?" question fails to have an answer. Users that land on that area from google organic pages will ask that question. I do not k

[IxDA Discuss] Items appearing more than once in a navigation

2009-01-26 Thread Chris Wright
How do people feel about this? I have sections of a site that could appear equally in several of my bigger sections. Where do they go? I can see two options: - But them in one location, and provide 'cross linking' in other areas to inform users where to find them - But them in both, in the naviga