navigation:

... the faculty of knowing where you are in relationship to where you are going; a process of planning and undertaking a course to a destination by determining one's present position and location while being alert to distance traveled and often distance to be traveled.

To navigate means following a course through an environment, such as across a body of water or on the land, while coping with obstructions so as to reach the destination as planned.

To navigate online means working one's way through a computer network or the Web. For example, the pages of our (who we are) websites makeup an online network. You and other users navigate through three websites as well as many others to which The Network is linked in order to arrive at where resources of interest are located. Navigation is facilitated by links. Linked .network graphics and text elements, such as words and phrases, are useful tools for navigating as well as expanding informational content.

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Examples of file folder graphics linked to help you navigate The Network:

A file folder graphic is a type of graphical user interface (GUI).

The first three file folders shown together are linked to Introduction to The Network. Each folder shown separately is linked to a .network website. Use the pull-down menu next to a folder for access to points of interest within the website. The folders shown on the navigation bar are linked to the same websites. To see more .network GUIs, CLICK HERE

	Access Site Location Assistance.com Inside SLA [GO] http://www.sitelocationassistance.com/default.htm#about : about Site Location Assistance website : enterprise development : site selection : economic development : SEARCH
	Access Find Me Here.com Inside FMH [GO] : about FMH search resources : about resource and service providers : Global Registry of Contacts : about area development : about business development : about community development : about community economic development : about economic development : about enterprise development : about industrial development : about improvement initiatives : about site selection : SEARCH
	Access Economic Development.net Inside EDN [GO] : economic development : locations seeking economic development : international resources : national resources : area economic development : community economic development

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Examples of linked buttons to help you navigate The Network:

The button graphics shown below are not always linked but when they are they serve as navigation tools. A linked button is a graphical user interface (GUI). Unlinked button graphics are used by The Network as markers, for example, to draw your attention.

move back and forth through pages in series (not linked here)

	linked to search tool for Global Registry of Contacts
	linked to search tool for .network glossary
	linked to selection of .network and Web search resources
	marker (not linked here)
	pushpin image (not linked here)
	plain dot marker (not linked here)
	radio button (not activated here) / (example of use)
	logo button linked here to Introduction to The Network

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navigation bar:

A row of computer graphics linked for .network navigation. The example shown the basic bar that is not linked. You will see the bar used in various older documents of The Network where there are generally graphic elements representing websites attached to it. Page up for an example. The bar is now being phased out at a .network navigation tool.

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