2017/Bellingham/north-star-principles

 North Star Principles  was a session at IndieWebCamp Bellingham 2017.

Notes archived from: https://etherpad.indieweb.org/north-star-principles

IndieWebCamp Bellingham 2017

Session: North Star Principles

When: 2017-05-04 14:25

Participants

 * All attendees

Features

 * Blue
 * Photos of product
 * Pet theme
 * Testimonials from happy dogs
 * Mascot
 * Shopping cart
 * FAQ
 * Safety

Values

 * Trustworthy
 * Safety / FAQ
 * Engaging / community
 * Instagram
 * Playful
 * Blue / mascot
 * Membership (Sense of community)

Values will start to become your top-level navigation to build your content strategy, with sub-categories under each. (information architecture basics)

Navigation

 * About
 * Who we are
 * FAQ
 * Safety and legal
 * Contact
 * Join Us
 * Instagram plugin
 * Contest announcement
 * Member stories
 * Investment opportunities
 * (playful)
 * Mascot
 * Membership
 * Discussion
 * Meetup

= Design 101 =
 * Brief discussion about wireframes
 * Books Don't Fear the Whitespace and Don't Make Me Think - recommended