There are a range of practical ways to help content authors produce better intranet pages.
Articles tagged: content
NOVEMBER 2010
Intranet Innovations 2010: key themes from this year’s awards
The 2010 Intranet Innovation Awards have shown that content is no longer king on intranets, and that social media has becomes standard.
CMb 2010–04
Structuring three types of content
When designing and structuring intranets, it is useful to distinguish between core content, and business-unit specific information.
DECEMBER 2009
How to empower authors
Intranet teams can never maintain a whole site themselves, and empowered authors will do much to deliver great content.
CMb 2009–10
What intranet content should be in PDF format?
The different uses for PDFs and web-based content on intranets is a common source of confusion.
MAY 2009
Five intranet publishing models
There are five fundamental publishing models for an intranet, and each has strengths and weaknesses.
CMb 2008-06
Don’t try to boil the content ocean
Too many approaches to improving intranet content are destined for heroic failure.
DECEMBER 2005
The “all together” rule for intranets
Intranet content and tools should be aggregated, to help staff find required information, and to complete key tasks.
CMb 2005-15
Not all content needs to be of equal quality
Efforts should be targeted at improving the quality of key information, while applying lower standards to the majority of intranet content.
CMb 2005-12
Intranets: losing the language of enforcement
All too often, centralised intranet teams find themselves battling with decentralised authors to enforce consistency and quality standards.
APRIL 2002
Centralised or decentralised authoring?
There is no ‘correct’ answer to this question. To get the best business outcomes, you must understand the strengths and weaknesses of both approaches.
MARCH 2002
Losing sight of the content in a CMS
Why spend millions on managing content that no-one understands or needs? This article provides tips for getting the best value out of your business content.