Processed orders
84,216+8.4%
Product foundation
Calm software for consequential work.
Product turns the Ordering.co identity into interfaces people can trust while monitoring orders, businesses, delivery and integrations.
01 / See it in use · illustrative data
A complete operating surface.
Use the live shell as the index to Product. Try navigation, filters, menus, environment selection, keyboard search, and feedback before inspecting the individual parts.
Marketplace operationsIllustrativeproduction / Overview
Marketplace overview
Service health and order operations across connected businesses.
Success rate
99.92%30 days
Peak throughput
1.4ksample RPS
One integration requires attention
Payment webhooks are responding above the sample latency threshold.
Ordering.co API
Operational
- Latency
- 184 ms
- Requests
- 3.2M
Delivery routing
Operational
- Latency
- 221 ms
- Requests
- 784k
Payment webhooks
Attention
- Latency
- 408 ms
- Requests
- 428k
Catalog sync
Paused
- Latency
- —
- Requests
- Paused
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All interface numbers and service states are illustrative design data, not approved Ordering.co performance claims.
02 / How it works
Principles visible in the shell
Clarity before decoration
Every visual decision should make state, hierarchy or action easier to understand.
Density with breathing room
Operational interfaces stay compact without forcing scanning or shrinking touch targets.
Evidence over adjectives
Show health, throughput and consequences; do not ask copy to manufacture confidence.
Defaults that scale
Accessible behaviors and tokens live in shared wrappers, not in each application.
03 / Expression boundary
One identity. Two different jobs.
Product and Visual expression use the same Ordering.co identity. They are contexts for the work—not Light and Dark themes, and not interchangeable styling modes.
Product expression
Task-led and operational.
Denser, quieter interfaces where hierarchy, action, evidence, and actual state lead.
Visual expression
Editorial and expressive.
More spacious communication built around one large idea and one meaningful system relationship.
Review Visual expression04 / Components by job
Core components
Start with the job, then review anatomy, states, behavior, content, and accessibility. Ordering.co wrappers own the implementation underneath.
Actions
Move the current task forward with one clear primary action.
- Anatomy
- Label, optional supporting icon, visible state, and accessible focus.
- States
- Default, hover, focus, disabled, loading, and destructive when the consequence requires it.
- Behavior
- Keep destructive consequences explicit and reserve blue for the primary path.
- Content
- Use a specific verb and object: Export report, Reconnect integration, or Delete endpoint.
- Accessibility
- Use literal labels; icon-only actions require an accessible name and tooltip.
Inputs and selection
Collect, filter, and narrow operational information without ambiguity.
- Anatomy
- Visible label, field or trigger, value, help or error text, and focus state.
- States
- Empty, populated, focused, invalid, disabled, and read-only where the value cannot be changed.
- Behavior
- Preserve the entered value, explain validation, and never use placeholder text as the label.
- Content
- Labels name the data; help explains format; errors state the correction without blame.
- Accessibility
- Associate every label and message programmatically; keep targets at least 44px on touch surfaces.
Navigation
Keep location and task hierarchy stable while the workspace changes.
- Anatomy
- Destination label, optional Lucide icon, current state, and predictable ordering.
- States
- Default, hover, focus, current, and disabled only when the destination truly cannot be reached.
- Behavior
- Use one selected destination and keep primary navigation separate from row actions.
- Content
- Use stable destination nouns. Do not rename a location to describe temporary state.
- Accessibility
- Expose the current destination with aria-current and preserve logical keyboard order.
Status and feedback
Explain what happened, what it affects, and whether someone needs to act.
- Anatomy
- Indicator, text and icon, background, scope, and next action when required.
- States
- Informational, success, warning, and danger—with pending or loading expressed separately.
- Behavior
- Use success, warning, and danger only for real operational meaning.
- Content
- Name the state first, then its consequence and next useful action.
- Accessibility
- Never depend on color alone; announce only feedback that requires immediate awareness.
Overlays
Reveal bounded detail or decisions without losing the parent task.
- Anatomy
- Trigger, title, description, contained actions, and a clear dismissal path.
- States
- Closed, opening, open, resolving, and closed with focus restored to the trigger.
- Behavior
- Use popovers for lightweight context and dialogs for decisions that interrupt the flow.
- Content
- The title names the decision; supporting copy explains consequence, not generic confirmation.
- Accessibility
- Escape closes, focus is trapped when modal, and focus returns to the trigger.
Data display
Make state, comparison, and consequence scannable under operational density.
- Anatomy
- Named columns or terms, stable alignment, explicit status, and row-level actions.
- States
- Loading, populated, filtered, empty, partial, and failed without collapsing the surrounding structure.
- Behavior
- Reflow before compressing; use tabular numerals when values change in place.
- Content
- Headers use concise nouns; values retain units, definitions, and illustrative labels where applicable.
- Accessibility
- Keep headers semantic and provide a named scroll region when a wide table is unavoidable.
Actions
Inputs and preferences
Status and feedback
OperationalAttentionUnavailableDraft
Configuration saved
The next sync will use the updated settings.
Overlays
Destructive confirmation
Consequences are stated before confirmation. Destructive color is reserved for the final action.
System states
Loading
Empty
No webhooks yet.
Connection failed
Explain the failure and provide a direct recovery action.
05 / Workflows, not screenshots
Operational patterns
Use each action. The specimen must move from cause through feedback to a stable result while preserving the operator’s context.
Inspect a healthy result
Order synced
Catalog and payment events are current for this illustrative business.
Operational
Recover without losing context
Integration disconnected
New events remain paused until the connection is restored.
Unavailable
Move from empty to configured
No webhooks yet
Create the first endpoint to receive illustrative order events.
Preserve structure while loading
Service activity
Load illustrative activity without replacing the surrounding panel.
06 / Use & avoid
Preserve the operating context.
A useful Product response identifies the affected object, current state, consequence, and next action. Generic interruptions create urgency without helping someone recover.
Use
Operational exception
Payment needs attention
The last webhook failed. Review the response before retrying delivery.
Name the state, consequence, and next action. Keep the relevant context in place.
Avoid
Ambiguous interruption
Something went wrong
Please try again.
Do not remove context, hide the affected object, or use a generic action that cannot resolve the problem.
07 / Adaptation
Density & accessibility
Product UI
Product content
Sidebar item
Control
Table row
Touch minimum
Compact visual controls may sit inside a minimum 44px interactive target on touch surfaces. Focus uses a 2px blue outline with a 2px offset and is never replaced by a border-only state.
08 / Technical reference
Implementation contract
Open this only when implementing the behavior demonstrated above.
React web interfaces use shadcn/ui on Base UI, Tailwind CSS, and governed Ordering.co wrappers. This requirement applies to Product and Visual expression, including marketing controls.
1. Reuse
Start with the Ordering.co registry or your managed shared UI package. Import its wrappers and use semantic tokens for both color modes.
2. Extend
Compose existing components or add a shared variant. If a component is missing, adapt the compatible shadcn component in the governed source and distribute it through a reviewed update.
3. Verify
Trace a rendered control to its wrapper, registry item or package, and installed revision. Check parity, keyboard behavior, focus, states, and mobile and desktop layouts.
Adoption evidence and framework boundariesWhat to record, how to extend the system, and when a native adapter applies.
Record the source registry item or package, pinned revision, managed-file checksums where available, and the application import. A folder named components/ui, a Base UI dependency, or a similar appearance is insufficient evidence. Missing evidence means needs-changes.
Projects using the shadcn CLI maintain components.json, aliases, and theme mapping. A managed package or generator may provide equivalent provenance and parity evidence. Review updates before replacing managed files; never use shadcn add --overwrite on them.
Authored CSS may handle editorial composition and framework integration while consuming semantic tokens. Controls and theme behavior belong in shared wrappers. Specialized controls without a suitable shadcn equivalent need a documented gap and a governed wrapper with keyboard, focus, state, and responsive verification.
Native mobile, non-React runtimes, and existing framework-owned surfaces such as Docusaurus/Infima keep their native token adapter. Document that boundary without claiming shadcn adoption or replacing the framework shell as a side effect.
Next.js and TypeScript are the reference implementation. Database, authentication, hosting, and application architecture remain decisions of the consuming project.