Food Banks Website Structure Guide

Quick answer

A well-structured site for food banks organizes around eligibility explainer pages, distribution site and schedule pages, what-to-bring pages, volunteer and donation pages — with clear navigation to each, not buried behind a generic "Services" menu.

What the top-level navigation should include

Each of these deserves its own clear place in navigation, not a sub-menu three clicks deep:

  • eligibility explainer pages
  • distribution site and schedule pages
  • what-to-bring pages
  • volunteer and donation pages

Where most sites get the hierarchy wrong

No plain-language eligibility content, leaving people in need unsure whether they qualify before showing up in person.

URL structure

Keep URLs short, descriptive, and matched to the page's actual content — a URL that matches the page's real topic (rather than an internal project code or generic ID) helps both visitors and search engines understand the page before they even click.

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