Intranet News & Articles

ColdFusion and an Intranet

Upon choosing to work for my current employer I was told, "We have a corporate intranet that many Fortune 500 companies would be envious of." I have to admit, I was a little bit skeptical. However, it wasn't long until I realized how impressive this intranet really is. (read more at Intranet Journal)

Top 10 Intranet Design Mistakes

Many corporate intranet and/or extranet sites -- the sites behind the firewalls visible only to employees and select outsiders -- look a lot like the sites in my book "Web Pages That Suck." I was initially confused as to the cause of the bad design, but I realized the corporate pressure was on the public site and there was less pressure to improve Intranets because they're hidden from public view. (read more at Intranet Journal)

Thoughts on Intranet Directory Structures

Although it might not seem like that big of a deal, how you set up your folders and tree structure for your Intranet will have more impact on things along the way than you originally suspect. (read more at Intranet Journal)

Extreme Programming (XP) Holds Promise For Intranet Development - Part II

We continue with XP's approach to coding, testing and refinement, then look at how intranet practitioners in particular can benefit from this radical new methodology. (read more at Intranet Journal)

Software Tools to Analyze Your Intranet Site, Web site and Competitors' Web sites

Online success can be measured in dollars and cents and a well-designed Web site, in terms of content and easy navigation, can lead a first-time visitor back to a site. In order to know what makes a Web site "a boom or a bust," you must gather enough information on the 'bare-bone' structure of the Internet presence of the company you are attempting to investigate. (read more at Intranet Journal)

Extreme Programming (XP) Holds Promise For Intranet Development - Part I

Problem with model-centric development, particularly for intranet sites, is that it can foster (or exacerbate) an us-versus-them culture, with IT on one side and the lines of business looking to the intranet for support on the other. (read more at Intranet Journal)

Intranet Corner: Tools you should be aware of when you build an Intranet

More and more companies are turning towards intranet technologies in order to manage their intellectual property, relay corporate information to employees, and to reduce overall duplication of effort. You have known that you needed an intranet for a while now but where do you begin? (read more at Intranet Journal)

How Can the Intranet Make its Rightful Contribution to Productivity? ...XML

Indeed, we must view the rise of the intranet as an opportunity to rethink how we conduct business and commerce. Intranets often end up as merely a slicker way to do what we have always done. (read more at Intranet Journal)

P.G.Daly's Intranet Talk: A PDF Primer (Part II)

Last time ( A PDF Primer Part I)I told you all about why you would want to use PDFs in the course of your work. I know you’ve been waiting for the how…. so without any ado, let’s cut to the chase and create some PDFs! (read more at Intranet Journal)

P.G.Daly's Intranet Talk: A PDF Primer (Part I)

In this 2 article series, I hope to give you some rules of thumb for when to use PDFs versus other types of files as well as a quick primer of the different ways available to create PDFs and when to use what. (read more at Intranet Journal)