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Hello, this topic is not request for help but I’m still strugling to make Fibery feel like mine. I love the logic behind fibery but cannot figure out how to organize my menu items and make it feel like wholesome system to manage my tasks, projects, clients etc. Can you share your sidebar structure for inspiration?

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Happy enough to do that.

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I’ve structured this one for employees of a sales and service business, with both B2B and B2C communications.

Key points:

  • While putting every space at the root of the default space seems logical at first, it’s often better to group like functionality into folders. Though this is dependant on your users, who might want it all at the top level (i.e., complaints about “too many clicks”).
  • The visual approach of giving each space a distinct colour allows users to associate said colours with entity types. I match each space with its most relevant or applicable database, and I avoid creating colour collisions for the most common entities.
  • Having a shortcuts section really helps users who need to access views (particularly common forms and dashboards) without traversing down a tree structure to find them. I’ve added some forms that go straight to the relevant parties (e.g., the app admin or the department manager) to allow feedback and resolve problems without email correspondence or phone calls.
  • Spaces are turned off if not accessible to the logged-in user or their groups, which hides the top-level folder if it becomes empty. This is smart design by Fibery because it prevents a bunch bloat in the sidebar.
  • Using appropriate icons, and never repeating an icon, are key strategies to get users thinking in patterns. If they see the same icon used for multiple things, it causes unnecessary confusion.
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Another tip: get users to agree on terminology before making all of the automations and triggers. Having to refactor a space because the naming is unclear (or because your users aren’t familiar in the terms you’ve chosen, without their input) is a massive task. I had to change “Contact Cards” to “Profiles” after we went live, which bricked a ton of things that I’d set up (and I had to re-do all of the docs, including screenshots and videos…).

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