Navigation is the most important thing in your website, if your site is beautifully design but your navigation design is poor, your client more likely to go away in few seconds, so dont take navigation just a part of your website design, it is the most important factor of your website, while designing your navigation follow these steps, 

1.     Write Down Pages Titles On Words Document.

First of all write down your entire website pages in word document.

2.     Make Hierarchy of Pages.

Now check, can you make any kind of hierarchy of pages, like any of your page can comes under any other page, like projects can come under portfolio, or you can categories link by section, like main links, resources  etc, pay close attention to your needs and than make good list of pages.

3.     Make Your Navigation As Simple As You Can.

Make Categories of your website pages in simple manner, always remember, make you navigation as simple as you can, it will make your website more user friendly.

4.     2 Important places for Navigation links.

You usually have four places to put your links, top header links, left links, right links and footer links, Use top and left place to put your important links then repeat your links in footer, people are more comfortable with left and top as compare to right links.

 

5.     Don’t Use Hard To Read Or Technical Wording in Links

Try to make your links wording more lively, don’t make it hard to read or use technical wording, just make links which can understand by any layman.

6.     Use Bold Colors Links As Compare To Text On Website.

Navigation links colors are very important, use more bold colors in your  links than text on your website.

7.     Drop Down Menu Is A Good Idea.

Drop down menu is very good idea to use, there are many drop down menu scripts available for free, use them, it will give your site a class, I don’t know why but people usually impress with drop down menu, they think drop down menus are expensive to built, take this advantage and impress people J. With drop down menus, your links will take less place and you can put more links on one page.

These are few points to use  to  make your navigation more appealing and meaningful.