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Metadata fundamentals for intranets and websites

By: James Robertson Posted: October 19, 2008

While basic metadata is routinely captured by most publishing tools, there is still widespread confusion about its uses and limits.

Don’t forget external collaborators

By: James Robertson Posted: October 19, 2008

While collaboration tools are spreading rapidly, what has often been overlooked is the frequent need to include external collaborators.

Three ways to update the staff directory

By: James Robertson Posted: October 19, 2008

There are three main ways of keeping a staff directory up to date: centralised updates, self-service updating and via integration.

Naming the intranet

By: Amanda Broomhall Posted: September 11, 2008

Giving the intranet a name helps to build its identity, and may even give it a personality within the organisation.

Close team spaces when projects end

By: James Robertson Posted: August 28, 2008

Establishing team spaces for projects can be one of the most productive uses of collaboration tools, but they must be closed when the projects end.

How intranet teams should spend their time

By: Catherine Grenfell Posted: August 5, 2008

Intranet teams need to carefully manage their time, to ensure that progress is always being made.

ABCD for intranets

By: Catherine Grenfell Posted: June 16, 2008

ABCD for intranets is a step-by-step tool that can be applied at any time and then used for the continual refinement and improvement of the intranet.

Don’t try to boil the content ocean

By: James Robertson Posted: May 11, 2008

Too many approaches to improving intranet content are destined for heroic failure.

Intranet (re)design wrap-up

By: Patrick Kennedy Posted: May 11, 2008

Over the years, we have published a vast amount of information on intranets. In this article, we attempt to wrap up all the activities that form part of an intranet …

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.