website/INFORMATION-ARCHITECTURE.md

Information Architecture

Principles

• Keep the homepage quiet; let products and support handle depth.
• Support should be one click away from anywhere on the site.
• Chinese and English structures stay mirrored in page hierarchy, but copy and emphasis can diverge.
• Navigation should never exceed a single row on desktop.

Global Navigation

Desktop Header

• Logo (links to Home)
• Products
• Support
• About
• News
• Dealers
• APP (external link: https://www.eversolo.com/controlapp/index.html — opens in a new tab)
• Language switcher (EN / 中文)

Mobile Header

• Logo
• Menu (drawer; includes APP link)
• Language switcher

Footer

• Column 1: Products (category list)
• Column 2: Support (FAQ, Warranty, Contact, Downloads)
• Column 3: Company (About, News, Dealers)
• Column 4: Language, social, legal
• Bottom bar: copyright, privacy, terms

Page Hierarchy

Home
Products
  Product Detail
Support
  FAQ
  Warranty
  Contact
  Downloads
About
Dealers
News
  Article

Cross-linking Rules

• Product Detail links into: related products, related downloads, FAQ topic, contact.
• Support pages link into: relevant product pages, downloads.
• News articles link into: mentioned product pages, relevant support entries.
• Home is a summary surface only — it never owns unique content.

Support Priority

FAQ, Warranty, and Contact are the lead entries in the Support landing page. Downloads, Manuals, and Firmware are secondary utilities grouped beneath.

Localization Rules

• Every page is available in English and Chinese.
• Language switch preserves current page context whenever a translation exists.
• If a translation is missing, the switcher falls back to the page parent, not the homepage.
• News articles may exist in only one language; these are clearly flagged in the CMS.