Hanami Design: Portfolio, Blob, & Lab of Weszt Hart, UX/UI Designer

UI Pattern: Network Menu

Though this UI pattern has a singular purpose – to promote and provide links to websites within a business network – it can take various forms.

On NetTuts, the menu was a drop-down featured prominently in the top right, more recently replaced by a promotion for Theme Forest:

Network menu on NetTuts

On sites under the Wall Street Journal umbrella, the menu runs almost the entire width of the site:

Wall Street Journal network menu

MTV uses a simple drop-down, placed near the top along with other meta content:

MTV

Gizmodo, Gawker, and their sister sites display names, photos, and even sublinks in a block at the bottom of their pages:

Gizmodo, Gawker, and sister sites (full)

Though sometimes they use a smaller version:

Gizmodo, Gawker, and sister sites (small)

I’m certain there are thousands of variations out there so don’t be shy about sharing what you find!

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