Skip to content
  • Subsite Home
  • Blogging
  • Contact Us
UC Berkeley Student Affairs Template UC Berkeley Student Affairs Logo
  • Website Components
    • Page Templates
      • Hero Featured Image with Sidebar
      • Hero Featured Image Full Width
      • Subpage with Sidebar – No Image
      • Subpage Full Width – No Image
      • Subpage with Sidebar – Featured Image
    • Posts
      • Staff List
      • Thumbnail List
    • Webpage Components
      • Fonts
      • Images
      • User Interface Elements
      • Accordions & Tables
      • Inserts
      • Testimonials & Tabbed Lists
      • Embedding
    • Features
      • Carousel
      • Photo and Text Cards
      • Website Search
      • Sidebar Widget
      • Photo Gallery
      • Instagram Feed and Logo Lists
      • Language Translation
      • Filtered Search
      • Faceted Search
  • Secondary Menu
  • Menu Structure
    • Secondary Page 1
      • Tertiary Page 1a
        • Quaternary 1 (use with caution)
      • Tertiary Page 1b
    • Secondary Page 2
      • Tertiary Page 2a
      • Tertiary Page 2b

Primary Navigation

  • Website Components
    • Page Templates
      • Hero Featured Image with Sidebar
      • Hero Featured Image Full Width
      • Subpage with Sidebar – No Image
      • Subpage Full Width – No Image
      • Subpage with Sidebar – Featured Image
    • Posts
      • Staff List
      • Thumbnail List
    • Webpage Components
      • Fonts
      • Images
      • User Interface Elements
      • Accordions & Tables
      • Inserts
      • Testimonials & Tabbed Lists
      • Embedding
    • Features
      • Carousel
      • Photo and Text Cards
      • Website Search
      • Sidebar Widget
      • Photo Gallery
      • Instagram Feed and Logo Lists
      • Language Translation
      • Filtered Search
      • Faceted Search
  • Secondary Menu
  • Menu Structure
    • Secondary Page 1
      • Tertiary Page 1a
        • Quaternary 1 (use with caution)
      • Tertiary Page 1b
    • Secondary Page 2
      • Tertiary Page 2a
      • Tertiary Page 2b

Secondary Navigation

  • Subsite Home
  • Blogging
  • Contact Us
  1. Home
  2. Information Architecture

Category: Information Architecture

January 21, 2026

Architecture: Why “Less is More”

Architecture: Why “Less is More”

When teams get excited, they create dozens of Categories. Months later, many of those categories only have one or two posts. This makes the site look sparse and poorly planned. A well-managed blog should have 3–5 broad categories that can hold hundreds of posts over time. Lesson: Don’t create a category for a one-time event. […]


  • Blog
      • Admissions (1)
      • Best Practices (1)
      • Content Strategy (1)
      • Financial Aid (2)
      • Governance (2)
      • Homepage Photo Cards (3)
      • Housing (1)
      • Information Architecture (1)
      • Maintenance (1)
      • Management (1)
      • Navigate (3)
      • Strategy (3)
      • Technical (1)
      • Academics (2)
      • Accessibility (1)
      • Accuracy (1)
      • Admissions (2)
      • Advice (1)
      • Analytics (1)
      • Author Profiles (1)
      • AVCDOS (1)
      • background (1)
      • Bears That Care (1)
      • Brand Reputation (1)
      • Campus Life (1)
      • Capacity (1)
      • Engagement (1)
      • Featured Images (1)
      • Formatting (1)
      • Governance (1)
      • KPIs (1)
      • Labor (1)
      • Legacy Content (1)
      • Organization (1)
      • Planning (1)
      • SEO (1)
      • Staffing (1)
      • Student Success (1)
      • Sunsetting (1)
      • User Experience (1)
      • UX (1)
      • Dean Poblete (10)
      • Michelle Fredricks (3)
      • Ozkar Alvarez (6)
  • Instagram
  • TikTok
  • YouTube

Division of Student Affairs Logo

2610 Channing Way
4th Floor
Berkeley, CA 94720
  • Contact Us
  • Berkeley Life Blog
  • Report Site Problems
  • Resources and Trainings
  • Submit a Request
University Logo
  • Accessibility
  • Privacy Policy
  • Nondiscrimination

© 2026 REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA