- It follows suite of the rest of the 1Cademy platform
- It will make it easier for user's to learn how to use the platform if they are using a similar style of the platform
- it will give a cohesive appearance
- it will create a matched aesthetic through colors and geometric shape

Node: Pros

- Each topic would have to be a branch of something else
- Individual topic matters would be floating alone, ruining the branch aesthetic
- It may be complicated to learn about the platform by jumping into the unique design

Nodes: Con

- It could adhere more to more established website's consistency of standards
- It would allow for a more clean-non image background that could make the important information more readable
- It would allow for different pages within help without ruining the branch design

Non-node: Pro

- It could disrupt the aesthetic of the page
- It will make the regular, node pages look like they're NOT adhering to other website's consistency of standards
- It will make the node's color background appear disorganized against a help pages blank background

Non-node: Con

The options of format may be node, like the rest of the 1Cademy platform or no-node, using a more standard interface design

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Within UI, a page's format will determine the aesthetic, functionality, readability, accessibility, and overall helpfulness of a page.

Design Format

Options: nodes or non-node?

One paragraph block of information or not is a second question options for pages. The inspiration comes from Github's help page.

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