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RE: labeling audience-based navigation

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From: Kilcommons,Cath
Date: Jun 21, 2006 9:20PM

Peter Weil asked about "the best way to label audience-based navigation
links" and wrote...
>I keep receiving design comps with navigation headers that look like
this:
> Information for (or "Resources for")
>
> Current Students
> Prospective Students
> Faculty and Staff
> Donors
>
> This doesn't strike me as a particularly good approach.

I personally believe you are correct that it does matter, especially if
set up your navigation in a list or outline type of hierarchy. It is a
question I have fielded before (many folks in the university set up
their sites this way), and I generally answer that the header needs to
be able to stand alone.

Our department ended up going with "Your Resources".
Other ways I have seen this handled include:
Please select a category:
Special Interest Areas
Information for You

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Cath Stager-Kilcommons
ACCESS Project
Access Specialist
Assistive Technology Resource Center (ATRC)
Colorado State University
970-491-0788
http://www.colostate.edu/Depts/ATRC/
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