Practical Intranet Development

John Colby

ISBN 10: 1590591690 / ISBN 13: 9781590591697

Editore: Apress, Apress Okt 2003, 2003

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Neuware -An intranet can be a powerful tool. A well-designed intranet becomes the key resource and communications platform for your organization, used by members of staff as their first destination for information. In contrast, a poorly designed intranet will sit unused, accumulating useless information, and eating up IT budgets. So, how do you avoid this situation, and make sure you design the most useful, and usable, intranet This book takes you through the steps you need to take to make an invaluable intranet, from identifying your users' needs and building an indispensable tool, to marketing the results. It guides you through the problems that may occur, passing on invaluable advice from people who have been through the process before. We start by setting the scene, giving an overview of what intranets are and how to justify it to your organization. We then give you a rundown of the main areas you'll need to think about when developing an intranet, covering browsers, development techniques, usability, content management, security, and internal marketing. Finally, we'll take a look at what to do when the Intranet moves beyond its original function, looking at remote access, extranets, and what to do when the Intranet gets too big.APress in Springer Science + Business Media, Heidelberger Platz 3, 14197 Berlin 372 pp. Englisch.

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• Titolo: Practical Intranet Development
• Editore: Apress, Apress Okt 2003
• Data di pubblicazione: 2003
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1590591690
• ISBN 13: 9781590591697
• Rilegatura: Taschenbuch
• Condizione: Neu

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Riassunto

You'd think that designing an intranet would be a web professional's heaven. You know exactly what browsers and operating systems your audience are using. You can easily identify users for testing. What could be easier than that? But then, few people ever get to see other companiesí intranets. How can you learn from your peers? Everyone and his dog needs to publish content on an intranet - how do you ensure that content stays current and relevant? How do you ensure that the temp who is uploading situations vacant ads doesnít break it all? Is your intranet accessible? Or do you really need an extranet, for clients and suppliers? How about security? AARGGH! This book helps you frame the questions that you need to ask, sharing best practices from people whoíve lived through the nightmare, and survived to tell you the tale. From the Publisher A well-designed intranet becomes the key resource and communications platform for your organization, used by members of staff as their first destination for information. This book guides you through the steps you need to take to make a useful and usable intranet, from identifying your users' needs and building an indispensable tool, to marketing the results. It guides you through the problems that may occur, passing on invaluable advice from people who have been through the process before.

Contenuti

Introduction to intranets
Intranet justification
Where do I start?
Knowing the browser base
Development techniques
Usability & information architecture
Controlling content
Content management syatems
The intranet as communications platform
Security & personalization
Intranet marketing
When the intranet gets too big
Remote users