Site Navigation for larger sites

[Izi]

I need to design a navgiation for a site with several sections (Blogs/Forums/News etc etc). Each section will have sub sections, so will need sub nav.

I am thinking of horizonal navigation, with a sub navigation when hovering over a parent section.

e.g:
http://www.sohtanaka.com/web-design/examples/horizontal-subnav/
http://www.duoh.com/csstutorials/2levelmenu/index.html

Anyone else have any opinions on navigation for larger sites?

 

[Izi]

Big fan of the top one. But i'd consider having the blue permanently there instead of a drop down fixture.

This is what i was thinking, to have the blue always visible for the section you are in.

I don't link the idea of hiding nav items - what is everyone else's thoughts on 'hidden' items?