I’m building a documentation-style website with Elements, and one of the sections I’m working on is a Geometry Dash Windows guide. The site isn’t very design-heavy, but it does have a growing number of pages covering different topics, FAQs, and troubleshooting articles.
As the content expands, I’m trying to keep navigation simple without making visitors click through too many menus. I’m considering a combination of a sidebar, breadcrumb navigation, and a searchable index, but I’m not sure what works best for larger documentation sites.
For those of you who have built knowledge bases or guide-style websites with Elements, how did you organize your page structure? Did you rely on nested navigation, reusable components, or another approach to keep everything easy to maintain?
I’d appreciate any tips or examples of workflows that have worked well for larger content-driven websites. Thanks!
This might not answer your question about menus directly, but it will help you find the right answer.
When you build a big website for guides and articles, you should not start with the layout. Instead, ask yourself this simple, two-part question: How will people find your website, and what do you want them to do when they get there?
Here is why?
How do they arrive? Most people looking for a Geometry Dash Windows fix will come from a search engine or an AI tool. They will land directly on an article page, not your homepage. For these users, breadcrumbs (the trail showing where the page sits) and a search bar are very important. It helps them see exactly where they are.
What is your main goal? What do you want them to do next? Do you want them to stay and read more? If you want them to explore, a sidebar menu with categories that open and close works best. It shows them how much helpful content you have without cluttering the screen.
Put yourself in the visitor’s shoes: When someone opens your page for the first time, where do they look? If they just want to fix a game error, they want to scan the headings quickly. They do not want to read a wall of text.
If you design the website based on how users enter and what they need, the menus will design themselves. Elements lets you build these menus one time and reuse them across the whole site.
It takes some practice, but you can definitely do this!