How to design a navigation bar (navbar)

The navigation bar — usually the row of links at the top of your site — is how visitors move around. A clear, well-designed navbar makes your site feel effortless; a cluttered one makes people work to find things.

Navbar best practices

• •Keep it to a short list of clear, important links.
• •Use plain labels, not clever names.
• •Include your main call to action (like 'Get a quote').
• •Make it collapse cleanly into a mobile menu.

Less is more

Resist the urge to cram every page into the navbar. Feature the essentials, and let the footer and internal links handle the rest. A focused navbar guides visitors toward what matters.