Top & Bottom Navigation Controls

Should a webpage have Navigation both at the top and bottom of a page?

I have a page which lists summaries of news articles, and want to keep things as clean as possible.

While slightly more accessible, I am wondering if having a navigation control at the top of the page is really necessary?

Here is a mockup of what I mean…

My thinking is this…

A user is more likely to need to navigate to the next page after he/she has scrolled down to the end of the page.

I guess it is a matter of perspective…

What do you think?

Sincerely,

Debbie

It’s also a matter of personal preference I guess. I myself prefer having it at the top as well. I hate having to scroll to the bottom of the page if I already know I want/need to browse 2 pages back or forth.

Where I am ultimately going with my OP is this…

If I also add in Filtering and Sorting, then is it too much to have all three at the top of the page?

Here is a sample…

(BTW, I would not put Filtering and Sorting at the page bottom.)

Sincerely,

Debbie

Not for me

Nor me.

(I think I’d be taken aback to find Filtering and Sorting at the top but not a page navigation option alongside them.)

So do I understand you - and Guido - in that have Filtering, Sorting and Navigation at the Page Top and then just Navigation at the Page Bottom would be an acceptable combination?

Sincerely,

Debbie

Yes. :slight_smile:

Okay, thanks TechnoBear and Guido!

Debbie