: How can I make this sidebar menu clearer? I have created a sidebar for a client as requested: The top bar - where on other pages menu items are shown - is left empty as requested and

@LarsenBagley460

Your best bet is to add a background color to the menu so it is distinguishable from the rest of the page. However, I would explain to your client that it is important to maintain structured navigation throughout their site, otherwise visitors will be confused by a sudden change. (That is, if some pages use the horizontal navigation and others use the vertical navigation.)

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@Steve758

Hmm I guess he means that it is not to obvious that is a sidebar.
For me as I am looking at your design looking like a paper with the shadows and everything, you can make some similar effect at the background of the sidebar. Something small like a bevel or a shadow. I do not belive a whole change of the golor will look that greate. As I sad something small and elegant or try to go crazy with a piece of paper with a folded edge or something. In the end it's a matter of taste.

I don't know if I was helpfull but still hope you will make ti.

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