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Related Pages

Sometimes when writing a page you want to refer to pages on related topics, but there is no good way to work them into the page's content. Yet adding the links would improve the page.

Therefore, provide links to related pages.

To preserve the page's flow, do not add links to related pages in the body of the page. Add them to a different area, such as the page's Standard Header And Footer, or a sidebar.

An example of this pattern is the "Other navigations patterns" list below.

Links to related pages should be the exception, rather than the rule. In almost all cases, prefer a link in the page's body text to a link in a separate list.


Other navigation patterns:

  • Entrances Everywhere
  • Visible Location
  • One Jump Home
  • Three Jump Maximum
  • Site Map
  • Guessable Urls

Last updated 8 July 2003
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