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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: Steve Byrne Posted: April 26, 2013

Using Excel in more powerful ways can bring further insights beyond a typical content audit

How to make this your last big intranet redesign

By: James Robertson Posted: June 25, 2012

Intranet redesigns involve a huge amount of work, so how do we make this the last big redesign that’s needed?

Creating effective intranet "shop windows"

By: James Robertson Posted: October 26, 2010

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

Structuring three types of content

By: James Robertson Posted: March 30, 2010

When designing and structuring intranets, it is useful to distinguish between core content, and business-unit specific information.

How to empower authors

By: Catherine Grenfell Posted: December 17, 2009

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?

By: Alex Manchester Posted: June 30, 2009

The different uses for PDFs and web-based content on intranets is a common source of confusion.

Five intranet publishing models

By: James Robertson Posted: May 28, 2009

There are five fundamental publishing models for an intranet, and each has strengths and weaknesses.