Navigation tabs are used to improve the contextual navigation deep within a section of the site. While the navigation in the left column allows access to parent and peer links, contextual navigation tabs provide access to content deeper within the same site area that does not appear in the left navigation.
Use navigation tabs only if:
- The pages or content on the tabs do not need to be accessible, searched or counted in the metrics used to measure traffic to the site.
- The individual labels remains on one line across the center column. The column width cannot exceed 492 which is the maximum width for the center column. The page layout will break if you exceed the maximum page width, so think about the labels carefully.
- The labels are short and concise. This conserves space and keeps the labels simple. The text in the label can run to two lines.
The following links are examples that meet these criteria. Use tabs only in these instances.
- When displaying a long list of related articles that are clearly organized by date, month or some other easily distinguishable method.
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/learning/le3/learning_recent_article09186a00800b6bbd.html
- When displaying different, clearly identifiable views of the same data.
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/learning/le21/le22/learning_events_calendar_tool_launch.html
Before using tabs, send an email to ask-ue@cisco.com for guidance.
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