Archives for content management

Create information clusters, not pigeon holes

By: Steve Byrne Posted: June 27, 2014

When structuring a site, take a bottom-up approach to identify the right clusters

Designing intranet role pages

By: Catherine Grenfell Posted: November 27, 2013

Intranets serve many different audiences, and role-specific pages can help to meet these diverse needs.

Signposting within documents

By: Steve Byrne Posted: November 27, 2013

Finding the right document is only half the task: is the document structured in a useful way?

Beyond the standard content audit

By: James Robertson Posted: April 26, 2013

Content is at the heart of all intranets. Pages, documents, and files populate the architecture with varying degrees of elegance and are managed under different authoring and publishing regimes. Over …

Use your CMS to improve intranet content

By: James Robertson Posted: October 31, 2012

We have written a number of articles on how to improve intranet content including Improving intranet content and Helping intranet authors write quality content. Most of these activities focus on …

Beware of simplistic rules and strategies

By: James Robertson Posted: October 13, 2010

When it comes to intranets (and information management in general), there is always a temptation to put in place simplistic rules, or to pursue simplistic strategies. Facing a complex situation? …

Content migration: options and strategies

By: James Robertson Posted: July 21, 2008

Explores the options for migrating content as part of a site redesign, giving tips and suggestions.

Clean up your Active Directory first!

By: James Robertson Posted: April 7, 2008

Before personalisation can be implemented, underlying LDAP or Active Directory implementations need to be cleaned up.

Automating three types of forms

By: James Robertson Posted: February 9, 2007

There is a ‘rule of thirds’ that can be used to categorise the main types of forms that exist on an intranet.

Not all content needs to be of equal quality

By: James Robertson Posted: September 5, 2005

Efforts should be targeted at improving the quality of key information, while applying lower standards to the majority of intranet content.