Abstract: An website, which may be an Internet, intranet, or extranet site, is designed to permit users to quickly navigate to a desired virtual location and then access the document or other requested material with minimum interruption and maximum speed. More specifically, the website is navigated in a conceptually similar fashion to how tasks and objects would be accessed in the physical world. For example, each web page may present a view of a different room. Each room has pictures of certain features that are selectable. These parallel the actions a user would take in the physical location to perform a function. For example, to access a document, the user opens a folder by clicking on it. Additionally, each page of the website share a number of common features. These include a help/information icon for providing a help page to the user, a site map for providing miniature map of the web site, and directional arrows for showing navigational links to other rooms.