8 Principles of information architecture

8 Principles of information architecture

[Key Points from the book «Eight Principles of Information Architecture» by Dan Brown] ▪️◾️◼️

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1. Principle of objects: Treat content as a living, breathing thing with a lifecycle, behaviours, and attributes. Try Crello.
2. Principle of choices: Create pages that offer meaningful choices to users, keeping the range of choices available focused on a particular task. Try Webflow or LeadPages.
3. Principle of disclosure: Show only enough information to help people understand what kinds of information they’ll find as they dig deeper. Try Cashbox.
4. Principle of exemplars: Describe the contents of categories by showing examples of the contents.
5. Principle of front doors: Assume at least half of the website’s visitors will come through some page other than the home page. Try Funnelytics.
6. Principle of multiple classifications: Offer users several different classification schemes to browse the site’s content.
7. Principle of focused navigation: The principle of focused navigation — Don’t mix apples and oranges in your navigation scheme.
8. Principle of growth: Assume the content you have today is a small fraction of the content you will have tomorrow.

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