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[mentalic]

Hello,
I would like to ask for your opinions about product categories in an ecommerce solution. I have seen the product categories menu both on the top of a webpage and on the left of a webpage. Which is more correct do you think?

[m00min]

I would say it depends on how many categories you've got, same with any navigation. My rule of thumb is if you have more than you can accommodate in a single line it's time to look at vertical navigation.

Neither solution is any more correct, it's just about using the right tools for the job.

[zoomhee]

It all depends on number levels of menu to reach the category page... But I would prefer Horizontal menu for main category such as a (Men, Women,Kids etc..) no dropdown menu pls and then subcategories such as a (Cloths, watch, Bags etc..) and I would prefer to reach "add to shopping cart button " not more than 4 clicks from the homepage.

[surinder]

Hi all,
Horizontal or vertical, does not matter a lot. But the space below the masthead where horizontal navigation is placed is most visited space in the page, so I would preffer to have a horizontal menu as a primary navigation and have left navigation as a secondary navigation.

In case you have huge categories/subcategories, then a proper information architecture should be done so that you can arrive at a compact navigation. If it still comes out to be a huge list, then there are ways to tackle with it, try using mega menus. This solution will help you to show more options to user in a compact form, please see the image below.


http://www.actionenvelope.com/ This site uses the mega menu. It has a lot of categories and subcategories.

And believe me, number of clicks to your destination does not matter now a days, What matters more is how hard those clicks are