Background
T2themes is a theme and template shop that specializes in creating website built on the Ghost CMS blogging platform.
The Challenge
To create a light-weight, feature-focused documentation site that runs on the Ghost Theme platform.
Deliverables
User Research
We had discovered that there were not many low touch offerings for documentation sites that did not require a large amount of time to setup and create. We wanted to piggy-back off of Ghost because of it's agility and free open-source setup. So we setup to define the skeleton of a good, simple documentation knowledgebase site.
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Solution
Challenges
Sketches
We did some exploration on existing templates and best selling themes and alternative solutions.
Wireframes
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Flowchart
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Branding & Visual Standards
Using a classic, left sidebar navigation layout, we designed a compact, minimal site that allows you to load the theme into Ghost and immediately start populating it with your documentation and knowledge based content.
Mockup
Using a classic, left sidebar navigation layout, we designed a compact, minimal site that allows you to load the theme into Ghost and immediately start populating it with your documentation and knowledge based content.
Light Design, topic cards
I noticed that most people were scrolling down and then scrolling back up within finding what they were looking for. I turn each post into a contained card and the data showed a 25% increase in clicks and more time spent engaging with articles.
Dark design, Contact form
There was a large number of requests for a dark design mostly from programers and by adding this option we increased downloads by 45%
Prototype
I created an interactive prototype for each iteration, which we testing with our participants and customers to gain feedback and insight