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Start with the essentials

A small, deliberate structure is often the best place to begin.

A new site does not need dozens of sections before it becomes useful. Start with the few things people need to understand, then let the structure grow alongside the work.

Give every page a job

A clear homepage, a place to explain who you are, and somewhere to publish ongoing work are enough for many sites to begin. Adding more should solve a real problem rather than fill a menu.

A smaller structure is easier to understand, easier to maintain and easier to change.

Let shared parts do the repetitive work

Headers, footers and navigation should stay consistent without being copied into every document. Keep ordinary writing in ordinary content and reserve shared Resources for the things that genuinely need to be reused.

Change it when the site earns the complexity

The right starting structure is not the final structure. Treat it as a stable base you can revise when new content or new audiences create a reason to do so.