title: Zend_Navigation vs Zend Layout
body: <p>Hi I am new to Zend Framework and using version 1.12 to start with.  I am trying to build my first site and dont know which direction to take.  </p>
  
  <p>I have an HTML template that I set as my Zend Layout and the navigation menu has link structured in a </p>
  
  <p>Should I just create my site structure by assigning links in the layout or use Zend Navigation.</p>
  
  <p>What are the benefits of using Zend Navigation?  At this point it seems much simpler to adapt the HTML to go to the controller/action than trying to format the menu created from zend navigation with css. </p>