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A very common tactic is to combine some of these schemes as first- and second-level headings. For example, you we may use audiences as your our primary navigation, then topics within each of the audience sections:
| For parents | |
|---|---|
| Primary schooling | |
| Secondary schooling | |
| Post-secondary | |
| For teachers | |
| Primary schooling | |
| Secondary schooling | |
| Post-secondary |
You We may then decide to try replacing topics with, say, activities:
| For parents | |
|---|---|
| Choosing a school | |
| School transport | |
| Home schooling | |
| For teachers | |
| National curriculum | |
| Training & upskilling | |
| Employment & pay |
Flipping schemes
Another common tactic is to flip the primary and secondary navigation, to see if it fits the content better.
For example, the audience/topic tree that we tried earlier…
| For parents | |
|---|---|
| Primary schooling | |
| Secondary schooling | |
| Post-secondary | |
| For teachers | |
| Primary schooling | |
| Secondary schooling | |
| Post-secondary |
…could be flipped to become an topic>audience tree:
| Primary schools | |
|---|---|
| For parents | |
| For teachers | |
| For administrators | |
| Secondary schools | |
| For parents | |
| For teachers | |
| For administrators |
We may do the flip, think about it, and decide that it won’t work for our purposes (perhaps the content doesn’t fit as well, or we’re sure that it will be confusing for users).
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