I’m reading Don’t make me think for the third time (It’s a book worth re-reading - I learn new things from it each time). Quoting from page 31:
There are five important things you can do to make sure your users see – and understand – as much of your site as possible:
- Create a clear visual hierarchy on each page
- Take advantage of conventions
- Break pages up into clearly defined areas
- Make it obvious what’s clickable
- Minimize noise
The dynamic menu tree (if I can just get it working!) will be THE feature to indicate the clear hierarchy of the site. At a glance you’ll be able to see how big the site is (i.e. how many pages) and how they all fit in in relation to each other.