Free-for-all intranets – how to discern the ‘correct’ info - kilobox communiqué
Posted by Wedge As more and more people within a company get directly involved with intranet publishing, more and more pages get published. While the content strategy should direct the quality and...
View ArticleThe 5 worst things you can do to your intranet - Content Formula
The 5 worst things you can do to your intranet Some companies see their intranets much as they do potted plants: mainly decorative, placed with the intention of cheering up the workplace. Like plants,...
View ArticleIntranet redesign, Phase 5: migration, content freeze, dual publishing - Luke...
The end is in sight Remember that migration plan from phase 2? Having decided to publish back-issues of news stories to the start of 2009, I could quantify how much content we would need to migrate....
View ArticleIntranet publishing: From bottleneck to decentralised success - J. Boye...
Managing a large group of decentralised content providers can be a real challenge. Typically, the intranet manager will run into a host of issues, such as lower quality of content, lack of editorial...
View ArticleIntranet diary: Shelf-stackers in the intranet supermarket
The job of the shelf-stacker is to fill the intranet shelves with junk. It's a fairly easy job. They don't have to think too much. It's not difficult to shove something on a shelf. They might stack it...
View ArticleIntroduction to Intranets - A New Wiki Project
Introduction to Intranets is a new project and its goal is to create a book called "Introduction to Intranets". The book will be an anthology, edited by a team and written by practitioners and experts...
View ArticleHave you modeled your content effectively? - Seth Gottlieb
This is the second installment of a series of articles on content management assessments. Nearly all content management systems have flexible repositories that allow you to control how content is...
View ArticleBitrix .NET Forge CMS - A New Content Management System with a Free Community...
ALEXANDRIA, VA. - June 14, 2011 – .NET Forge CMS is a new website CMS for web developers who know and love .NET technology. The new product includes a free Community edition and a Professional edition...
View ArticleDon't Let Internal Communications Get Lost in Translation - David Grossman
Working with global clients who need to communicate with employees around the world, I’ve been hearing a lot lately about the challenges of translation. This issue is not likely to go away any time...
View ArticleIt is time for intranet spring-cleaning! « Ellen's Digital Workplace
Perhaps some of you are doing a regular spring cleaning in your home. But it is also useful to regularly clean up your intranet, especially if there are no plans for a platform upgrade or a merger with...
View ArticleHow do I spring-clean my intranet? « Ellen's Digital Workplace
In my last post, I mentioned why it is important to review and remove your intranet content on a regular basis. This time I will share some guidelines on how to do a cleanup action, even though I...
View ArticleInstant intranet improvement | Intranet Benchmarking Forum
Every intranet manager I have met has been struggling with unused, unmanaged or outdated content on their intranet. Only a few of them have automated systems to identify and manage expired content, and...
View ArticleWho cares about the SharePoint end user?
Let’s look at who that SharePoint End User is, what they do and do they need some love. To me and End User is the person who uses SharePoint on a daily basis to do their job. But it’s not that simple....
View ArticleMaybe this is the best way to rebuild SharePoint 2010 content? « Mark Morrell...
In my last post I talked about the second of three approaches to rebuilding your content from your existing publishing tool in to SharePoint 2010. For each approach it is the conflict between...
View ArticlePlaying “Hide and Seek” in SharePoint « Ellen's Digital Workplace
After my earlier rant about people who want to secure their content for no good reason, I thought I would give some suggestions for alternative ways to hide content when it makes sense. First let me...
View ArticleNEWS RELEASE: Many major organizations have no intranet content strategy...
The Intranet Benchmarking Forum (IBF), the world’s leading authority on intranets, has released new research into best practices for managing intranet content. Managing Intranet Content: A good...
View Article7 good reasons to create a new document library. (And 3 bad ones) | Ellen's...
When talking to end users, I often notice that people think they need to spread their documents over various document libraries to create meaningful groups of documents. In general, I suggest them to...
View ArticleSharePoint Style Counsel | Ellen's Digital Workplace
Most people think that SharePoint does not look nice. So they customize the standard look and feel. They bring in a bunch of designers for every site that facilitates an important corporate initiative....
View ArticleMy View on Views | Ellen's Digital Workplace
Don’t you like a nice view? So, next time you have configured a page with a web part in default view, consider if this really the best possible way to display your content for your audience. Can you...
View ArticleHow I archive a SharePoint Team Site | Ellen's Digital Workplace
As you may know from earlier posts, I am always struggling with the amount of storage space in my site collections. So whenever I find a site that appears not to have been used for a long time, I ask...
View ArticleBreaking Is Not Hard To Do | Ellen's Digital Workplace
Do you know what the following questions all have in common? - “I see a completely different homepage menu/libraries/folders than my other team members” “I can no longer check out or edit a document”...
View ArticleSite Permissions Breaking Bad, episode 2 | Ellen's Digital Workplace
The Invisible Library. Some time ago, a Team Site Owner asked me if I could help her move some content from one site to another. Since she had Full Control in both sites, she had the right to ask and I...
View Article10 tips for Choice and Lookup columns | Ellen's Digital Workplace
In an earlier post I showed the differences between SharePoint Choice and Lookup columns. Usually it is not 100% clear which Column to select and you will need to weigh the pros and cons. I have...
View ArticleIs Your Digital Workplace Stagnant?
When it comes to internal processes and technology we’ve heard it a million times: “It’s working just fine, so why should we upgrade?”. I understand the hesitancy – if things are going smoothly, why...
View Article5 Principles of Content Management
Content management is a common struggle for organizations starting out with their first intranet and those that have had their intranet for over five years. Applying these principles, no matter the...
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