Desktop Mega Menu Slide Menu Tab Bar

Heater — replacing the main header with Navi+ to fold a large website into easy, consistent navigation across mobile and desktop

How a large repair chain in Hong Kong replaced its entire default header with Navi+ — turning hundreds of brand × model × issue × store pages into one consistent navigation system across both mobile and desktop.

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Heater
heaterhk.net
Phone & tablet repair Shopify Large website
At a glance
Industry
Phone & tablet repair (Hong Kong)
Platform
Shopify
Challenge
A very large website; the default header couldn't carry it; mobile and desktop disconnected
Navi+ menus
Desktop Mega Menu · Slide Menu · Tab Bar (replacing the main header)
Focus
Replacing the header, unifying mobile + desktop navigation

The customer's problem

Heater is a large website: more than 13 brands, each with many models, each model with many types of issues (screen, battery, charging port, camera, water damage…), plus 5 stores and a booking / quote flow. The structure is essentially a very wide and deep tree: brand × model × issue × store.

The theme's default header couldn't carry that tree. On desktop it was a flat menu bar; on mobile it was a separately built hamburger drawer. Two different experiences, two different logics — customers familiar with desktop had to relearn from scratch on mobile. On a large website, a weak header makes the entire site hard to navigate, and customers in a hurry because their device is broken are even more likely to leave.

What Navi+ solves

The proposed direction wasn't "add a menu" but replacing the role of the main header with one unified Navi+ system — the same structure source for every device, so mobile and desktop speak the same navigation language.

Desktop Mega Menu — replacing the desktop header, folding the whole site into one place

The Mega Menu replaces the default menu bar on desktop: every brand × issue type is gathered into one structure with clear columns and imagery. A large website becomes easy to scan in a single hover — customers immediately see which brands and which issues the store can fix, instead of clicking through each brand page to find out.

Slide Menu — replacing the mobile menu, same structure as desktop

On mobile, the Slide Menu replaces the default hamburger and uses the exact structure of the mega menu: customers slide through the levels brand → model → issue. Because it's the same source, mobile and desktop are consistent — no need to build and maintain two separate menus, and customers don't have to relearn when they switch devices.

Tab Bar — completing the new header with actions always within reach

The Tab Bar is fixed at the bottom of the mobile screen, keeping the important actions always available: Book, Stores, Call, Menu. Together with the Slide Menu, it replaces the rest of the default header — customers get a compact navigation bar right within thumb's reach, instead of having to scroll back up to the top of the page.

The intended outcome

When the main header is replaced with one unified Navi+ system, a very large website becomes easy to navigate, and more importantly — the experience on mobile and desktop becomes one. Customers learn once, use it anywhere.

  • The default header is replaced with one single Navi+ navigation system.
  • The large site tree (brand × model × issue) is folded down into a few clear steps.
  • Mobile and desktop are consistent because they share a single structure source.
  • Less maintenance work: no more two separate menus for two devices — no theme swap needed.

Key principles

Points that apply to most large, multi-level websites — not just Heater.

  • The header is the backbone of a large site: the bigger the site, the stronger the header must be — Navi+ can take on that role.
  • One structure source for every device: mobile and desktop draw from the same category tree to stay consistent.
  • Fold a large site into a few steps: mega menu + slide menu turn hundreds of pages into one short path.
  • Replace the header, not the theme: upgrade navigation without rebuilding the store or dropping any app you're running.

Have a similar store and want to try Navi+? Check out the menu types or read the documentation.

K
Khoi — Founder, Navi+
Builds Navi+ and personally advises Shopify stores with large catalogs on their navigation.

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