Service 03
Developer Portal Design Services
Information architecture, navigation and search, a docs site that still makes sense after fifty more pages land on it.
Paperkraft's developer portal design services cover information architecture, navigation, search, and page templates -built so your docs site still makes sense after fifty more pages land on it, on the stack you already use.
docs / structure
One map, four audiences
- Get started
- Guides
- API reference
- Troubleshooting
What we deliver
A structure that survives the next fifty pages
Information architecture
A map built from what readers actually come to do, so new pages have an obvious home instead of a miscellaneous folder.
Navigation & search
Sidebar, breadcrumbs, on-page contents and search tuned so people land on the paragraph, not the homepage.
Page templates
A layout per page type, guide, reference, concept, troubleshooting, so every writer produces the same shape.
Built for agents too
A portal an assistant can crawl as cleanly as a person can browse.
Predictable URLs, stable anchors and one page per question are what make your docs quotable, by search engines and by AI tools alike.
“Where do I find your webhook docs?”
Under API reference → Webhooks, with payload shapes, retries and signature checks on one page.
→ from docs.yourproduct.com/api/webhooks
Works with your stack
We write into what you already run.
No migration required. If you have no setup yet, we pick one and stand it up.
What’s included
Every project ships with all three
Clear structure
We map the pages before we write them, so readers find things fast instead of hunting. This is where most docs go wrong.
Clear, accurate writing
Short sentences. One idea per page. Written by people who have shipped software, then checked against your product. So it is correct, not just readable.
Design & UX
A portal that looks like your product and works on a phone. Clean navigation, real search, nothing to fight with.
Stays current
Built to be handed over
A portal is only as good as what happens after launch. We leave your team a structure and a set of rules they can add to without asking us.
01 · Audit
Every existing page mapped, duplicates and orphans listed.
02 · Restructure
A new map agreed before anything moves.
03 · Build
Templates, navigation and search wired up on your stack.
04 · Handover
A short style guide and rules for where new pages go.
Questions
Before you ask
- 01
We already have a docs site. Do we need to rebuild it?
Usually not. Most portals fail on structure and search, not on the platform, so we restructure what you have and only rebuild when the tool is genuinely blocking you.
- 02
Do you design the site as well?
Yes, layout, navigation, page templates and code-sample presentation. Visual design that follows your existing brand rather than fighting it.
- 03
Who maintains it afterwards?
Your team can, with the templates and rules we hand over. If you would rather not, we stay on a monthly retainer.
- 04
Can it host both guides and API reference?
That is the usual setup: narrative guides and generated reference in one navigation, so a reader never has to know which is which.
Further reading
Other services
Show us your current docs site.
A 30-minute call. We tell you whether it needs a restructure or a rebuild, and what the first month would look like.
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