Intranets filled with ‘blah blah’ landing pages can make it impossible for staff to find what they need.
Archives for content
Structuring three types of content.
The fundamental goal of developing a new structure for an intranet is to produce something that works well for staff. As discussed in the earlier…
Structuring three types of content.
When designing and structuring intranets, it is useful to distinguish between core content, and business-unit specific information.
How to empower authors.
Intranet teams can never maintain a whole site themselves, and empowered authors will do much to deliver great content.
What intranet content should be in PDF format?.
The typical corporate intranet will consist of a mix of HTML-based web pages and a variety of PDF-based content available for download. PDFs can be…
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.
Five intranet publishing models.
Intranets can grow to be thousands, tens of thousands or millions of pages in size. With content as far as the eye can see, the…
Five intranet publishing models.
There are five fundamental publishing models for an intranet, and each has strengths and weaknesses.
Don’t try to boil the content ocean.
Too many approaches to improving intranet content are destined for heroic failure.
The "all together" rule for intranets.
Intranet content and tools should be aggregated, to help staff find required information, and to complete key tasks.