The Config Pod
six courses that take a platform from installed to operational
Your platform is built — now you make it work. Settings locked, tools talking, payments processing, and visitors finding what they need without friction.
You don't have an install problem.
You have a configuration problem.
Skip the configuration — or do it out of order — and a platform that's technically installed still works against you at every turn.
You're running on defaults. The platform was never initialized for your model — settings optimized for someone else quietly shape every member experience.
Your tools are separate islands. No data flows between them automatically — you're the manual bridge, copying information by hand every week.
Payments are untested. Wired on assumption — you won't know what's broken until a real transaction fails on a real customer.
Your nav reflects how you think. Menus mirror your internal structure, not how your audience navigates — so visitors land and can't tell where to go.
Six courses, built to be taken in order
The six courses, up close
Settings
"Which settings actually matter, and how do I configure them so nothing breaks later?"
- Settings Landscape Map
- Functions Test Suite
- Settings Maintenance Calendar
Integrate
"How do I connect my tools so data flows automatically instead of requiring manual work?"
- Integration Dependency Chart
- Integration Method Matrix
- End-to-End Data Flow Test
Payment
"How do I set up payments so money moves from buyer to bank reliably and without errors?"
- Payment Processor Comparison
- Payment System Smoke Test
- Payment Health Dashboard
Navigation
"How do I design a site structure that guides visitors without confusion or dead ends?"
- Page Architecture Map
- Navigation Usability Test
- Navigation Health Dashboard
Menus
"How do I build menus that help visitors find what they need instead of overwhelming them?"
- Menu Tier Assignment
- Mental Model Clustering
- Terminology Guide
Banners
"How do I use banners to communicate clearly and drive action without cluttering the experience?"
- Banner Message Framework
- Visual Hierarchy
- Banner Placement Strategy
What all six deliver together
No single course gives you the whole picture. The pod does.
"Your platform is installed but running on defaults that may not match your model. Your tools are separate islands, payments are untested, visitors can't tell where to go, and your banners are decoration."
"Every setting is configured for your model and verified; your tools are integrated and data flows automatically; payments are live and tested; your site guides visitors along clear paths; menus are trimmed and labeled in visitor language; every banner has a message, an action, and a home."
You move from a platform that's technically installed to one that's operationally ready — configured, connected, paid-up, and navigable, so everything you build on top of it actually works.
72
real artifacts — not certificates
Working documents — your whole operational layer — grouped into five outcomes.
Settings, verified
- Settings Landscape Map
- Functions Test Suite
- Settings Maintenance Calendar
Tools, connected
- Integration Dependency Chart
- Integration Method Matrix
- End-to-End Data Flow Test
Payments, live & tested
- Payment Processor Comparison
- Payment System Smoke Test
- Payment Health Dashboard
Paths, mapped
- Page Architecture Map
- Directory Navigation System
- Navigation Usability Test
Menus & banners that work
- Menu Tier Assignment
- Terminology Guide
- Banner Message Framework
…and 57 more
- Every lesson produces a real artifact
- Directory + niche bonus tracks included
- Yours to keep and reuse
Is this pod your right next step?
This pod is for you if…
- You have a platform installed and need to configure it properly before building further.
- You're running multiple tools that don't communicate and want automated data flow.
- You want payments live and tested before any real customer tries to buy.
- Your navigation feels confusing to visitors and you want a clear structure, and every surface working purposefully.
This pod is NOT for you if…
- You haven't completed the Architecture and Identity pods yet — Config requires a working platform with a defined brand.
- You're looking for design aesthetics — this group covers functional configuration, not visual design.
- You want quick wins without the underlying work — configuration done wrong compounds into bigger problems at launch.
- Your settings, integrations, payments, and navigation are already configured, tested, and documented.
One pod. One price.
$2,770 value when complete
All 6 Config courses — for a fraction of the parts.
- All 6 courses · ~90 lessons · 72 artifacts you keep
- Every platform feature — AI Chat, transcripts, highlights, notes
- Ebooks, Checklists, Journals & Workbooks ship as built
- Workshop + Sprint + Challenge access for all 6
- Certificates on completion · Clinics included as a bonus
The price goes up as content ships — the founding price never comes back.
Not ready to commit? Attend our live workshops, sprints, and challenges for free — just show up. No signup, no credit card. If you like what you experience, the founding price locks in everything permanently.
What ships when?+
- Week 1: Workshop Part A (courses 1–3) + Ebooks ship.
- Week 2: Workshop Part B (courses 4–6) + video lessons go live + Checklists ship.
- Week 3: Sprint recordings + Journals ship.
- Week 4: Challenge recordings + Workbooks ship.
- Week 15: Intensive + Bootcamp complete the pillar.
Or go bigger — the same deal at every scope:
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All 6 Config courses
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$960University
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The sequence is the point
Settings comes first because every integration, payment connection, and navigation structure depends on a correctly initialized platform. Integrate follows because tools that don't communicate force manual work that compounds across every future process. Payment comes third because a site that can't take money isn't a business yet. Navigation, Menus, and Banners follow in that order because you design the macro structure (sitemap) before the micro structure (menus), and you add directional surface elements (banners) only after the paths they point toward are clear. Each course creates the stable layer the next one builds on.
The third pod of the Framework pillar
Config is where a built platform becomes operational: settings locked, tools talking, payments processing, and visitors finding what they need. It picks up after Identity — your locked brand — and feeds into Structure, where you organize the content the platform holds.
Pod questions
Can I take just one course?+
Yes — each course stands on its own and links to its own site. But they're designed to build on each other, so most people start at Settings and work through in order. The bundle is the better value if you're configuring the whole platform.
What order should I go in?+
The numbered order: Settings → Integrate → Payment → Navigation → Menus → Banners. Each course assumes the layer configured in the ones before it.
How long does the full pod take?+
It's self-paced — roughly 48–72 hours of work across 6–8 weeks. Each course is real configuration work with deliberate gaps for testing and verification; the spacing is part of how it works.
Do I need anything before starting?+
Ideally you've done the Architecture and Identity pods — Config requires a working platform with a defined brand to configure. If you have both already, you're ready.
Is the bundle cheaper than buying separately?+
Yes — the Config pod is priced below the total of the six courses bought individually, and you get lifetime access to all of them in one purchase.
What do I actually walk away with?+
72 working artifacts across the six courses — a verified settings configuration, an integration architecture, a tested payment system, a navigation spec, a tiered menu, and a measured banner operation. Documents you use, not certificates.
Make your platform actually work. Six courses, from settings locked to every surface earning its place.