March 28, 2024

A Showcase of Website Navigations with Serious Click Appeal

A while back we posted an article showcasing great website navigations. Consider this the sequel.

The website navigations is meant to be clicked. It doesn’t need to blend in or be hard to find. It’s important that it stands out from the rest of the elements on the page, but yet still matches the overall style of the design. Here is a showcase of websites that achieve this in a very stylish way. These navs look amazing, have serious click appeal, and are guaranteed to inspire you.

Clicking on the images will take you to each site.

Vegas Uncork’s

website navigation

Lots of unique features with easy to use navigations.

SYNTHVIEW

website navigation

The bar is easy to read and easy to follow

Electric Pulp

website navigation

Sleek navigation design that stands out form the rest of the page.

The House Media

website navigation

The navigation is big and bold, you see it right away.

Curious Generation Group

website navigation

Creative, different and well designed, the content engages you.

Chirp

website navigation

This site utilized its color scheme well the white and blue are vibrant, the navigation
bar stands out.

Delibar

website navigation

The navigation stands out with it’s uniquely designed shapes and color.

Narwhal Co.

website navigation

Narwhal creatively used simple images to shape their navigation bar instead
of the basic bland way of doing things.

Yellow Bird Project

website navigation

This nav bar interacts with your mouse to change shapes.

Ugmonk

website navigation

Bold colors will attract your viewers gaze and stand out form the rest.

Intuitive Designs

website navigation

It’s always a good idea to have good fonts.

Neutron Creations

website navigation

Color coded, easy to read navigation

TheOldState

website navigation

Again, font, color, placement…

Digital Podge 2009

website navigation

This site is interactive with the % of visitors, giving a since of direction.

Arbutus

website navigation

The nav bar complements the rest of the page with it’s effects.

Sower of Seeds

website navigation

This bold nav bar grasps your attention and tells you exactly where to go.

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Henry Jones is a web developer, designer, and entrepreneur with over 14 years of experience. He is the founder of WDL and ThemeTrust.

34 Comments

  1. Alan Reply

    Great examples here, love them all.

    People are really starting to embrace custom menus as they are drifting away from using drop-down menus.

  2. Andy Sowards Reply

    These are fantastic – Really like the simple appeal of some of them – Will definitely keep these in mind for inspiration while doing my redesign 🙂 Thanks Henry!

  3. Sandie Reply

    Nice ressource… I also think the visitors want more userenhanced experience when the visit webpages today.

    I’ve also made som interesting animated buttons on this site: http://www.lineofbeauty.dk.
    It’s in danish, but I think you can guess the site-contens by hovering over the button-links…

  4. hamzamalick Reply

    heyyy nice post han i really find it usefull for my web designs i got a lot of idea about the navigation in this post…! cheers 🙂

  5. Aaron Reply

    I would have to say the inspiring layout of the sites give a boost the navigation. I tend to like the navigation most when I like the entire design.

  6. Tim Reply

    I would agree with Aaron. These navigations are not impressive when removed from the sites that contain them. The overall sites are nice. The navigation is just…there. Nothing too special about them except that they help you get from point A to B, which is what navigation is supposed to do.
    I’ve seen a lot of sites copying Apple’s navigation and I honestly do not know why. It is completely separate from the rest of the design and does not fit the design at all. It is also very poor at getting you to what you are looking for. Their old navigation was far superior, with a secondary navbar to guide you to the exact page you want to go. Just try to find QuickTime Movie Trailers on there new site.

  7. hermes kelly bag Reply

    I would agree with Aaron. These navigations are not impressive when removed from the sites that contain them. The overall sites are nice. The navigation is just…there. Nothing too special about them except that they help you get from point A to B, which is what navigation is supposed to do.
    I’ve seen a lot of sites copying Apple’s navigation and I honestly do not know why. It is completely separate from the rest of the design and does not fit the design at all. It is also very poor at getting you to what you are looking for. Their old navigation was far superior, with a secondary navbar to guide you to the exact page you want to go. Just try to find QuickTime Movie Trailers on there new site.

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