Articles tagged: navigation

CMb 2012-10

Taking care with intranet information architecture concepts

Avoid structuring the intranet to match today’s business units, and think twice about ‘my’.

OCTOBER 2011

Tree testing for effective navigation

Tree testing provides a cheap and effective way of checking draft navigation before proceeding further into a redesign.

FEBRUARY 2011

Using metadata and taxonomies to classify and filter intranet content

There are a variety of smart ways to help staff find what they need, when searching and browsing.

October 2010

Creating effective intranet “shop windows”

Intranets filled with ‘blah blah’ landing pages can make it impossible for staff to find what they need.

May 2010

How long should the intranet homepage be?

It is widely assumed that intranet homepages need to be squeezed into a single screenful, but can longer pages be made to work?

CMb 2006-14

Design intranets all the way to the bottom

It is not enough to focus an intranet redesign on just the home page, global navigation and page layout.

CMb 2006-07

Full site redesign? Start by addressing the home page

Rather than embarking on a major project at the first sign of problems, consider tactical solutions such as the redesign of the home page.