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Guideline 13. Provide clear navigation mechanisms.

Checkpoint 13.4 - Use navigation mechanisms in a consistent manner

Novice users as well as cognitively disabled and blind individuals find a site much easier to navigate if navigational elements are consistently found in the same place.

How do I do it?

Simply keep navigational elements in the same place on each page, though the actual links may change from page to page. The use of style sheets and templates can facilitate this.

How do I check that it meets the WCAG criteria?

Where the main navigational elements (left, right, top and bottom navs, next, back and home links) do not change position from page to page the site will have passed. If any of the main navigational elements have changed, the site will have failed the check.

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