Unless you are an expert in websites, Shopify, and IT, in most cases, finding ideas is always the first step you should take when starting with Navi+. Check out how other websites are using Navi+, what aligns with your goals, and which types of menus you want to implement on your website.
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- Some Shopify websites have been using Navi+ successfully and creatively.
- Experience it firsthand without needing to install Navi+.
- Navi+ on various theme styles.
Alright! Try to answer the following questions:
1. Which platform do you want to use the menu on: Desktop or mobile?
Always remember that Mobile First is the present and future of websites. Everyone around the world, regardless of region or country, uses smartphones to browse, shop, and surf the web every day. Statistics show that mobile accounts for 80% of the traffic to all Shopify websites, and the same applies to you. Therefore, work smart: start by designing navigation for mobile first.
However, desktop is also important, especially for websites targeting office workers who are accustomed to using desktops for 8 hours a day. Desktops also offer more space for presenting content, which makes it easier to close deals.
Navi+’s advice: Start with mobile, then move to desktop.
2. After choosing a platform, for example, mobile, what types of menus would you like to use?
After you’ve chosen the platform/device to start designing navigation for, begin with deeper questions. Below are some examples of questions about mobile navigation tools:
- Bottom bar? Tab bar? The menu closest to the fingers and easiest to interact with.
- Float button? To support tasks like customer service, sharing, or other important CTAs?
- Which sections? A catalog menu like a grid on the homepage or internal pages?
Navi+’s advice: For mobile, don’t forget to use a bottom bar, as this is a major improvement for your website. Mobile navigation is excellent—close to the user’s thumb, easy to operate, and looks very professional. Don’t overlook the bottom bar.
3. Which pages will display the menu? All pages or just specific ones?
This may seem like a small question, but you should pay close attention to it because it is very important. Read carefully, and you won’t waste time on it.
For menus that are sticky on the screen (meaning they always remain visible when scrolling up or down), such as a Bottom Bar, Float Button, etc., you can consider displaying them on all pages or specific ones. Navi+ supports many tools that allow you to decide whether to display them on all pages or only certain special pages.
- Navi+ supports displaying a menu on either desktop, mobile, or both.
- Navi+ supports displaying menus on a group of pages based on the common definitions used by Shopify and e-commerce websites in general: Home, catalog, product detail, blog, etc.
- Navi+ supports displaying or hiding menus based on a keyword in the page’s URL. This is a very powerful and unique feature that allows you to show menus on specific individual pages.
For section-type menus, you can embed them into individual pages, and they will scroll away as the screen scrolls. This type of menu is highly effective in many cases and allows you to change many things:
- Navi+ supports creating a grid menu, often used on the homepage, so you can have a very professional and complete category display.
- Navi+ supports creating header sections, in case you want to completely replace the default theme header with a fully functional header, along with Navi+’s mega menu and rich, multi-layer dropdowns.
- Navi+ supports creating banners, info boxes, etc., to help with easier navigation. For example, if you want a feature cluster to share an article via social media icons directly below the product image, you can use Navi+. If you want additional links or submenus, you can use Navi+.
- In the future, Navi+ will support advanced features such as ‘Add to cart’ for product info pages.
4. What will the style be? What is the primary color of your website and brand?
Will you use the primary color for the entire menu or just for the main buttons? What is the website’s font, and would you like to use a different font? What size will it be? If you’re not a designer, you’ll find concepts like: Color? Primary color? Font? Size? … quite challenging. It’s a whole different world. But there’s one thing you can trust: Navi+ allows you to fully customize the menu to make it both suitable and visually appealing, no matter what your theme is. You can easily change the entire menu interface, which is crucial because navigation will be the centerpiece of the user experience, and an attractive interface is of utmost importance.
Navi+’s advice: Start with a pre-made theme created by Navi+. We—the creators of Navi+—are experienced and talented designers with many years of working in user experience design. We’ve prepared some templates for you, and you can modify those templates to fit your website. Some Shopify websites have been using Navi+ successfully and creatively.
5. And more.
Try to answer these questions and make a note of them. Keep in mind that all of these questions can be handled and supported by Navi+. The complexity of Navi+ allows you to solve any problem or idea you may think of. In fact, no other application can achieve that.