UPM explores the one page website
October 20th, 2011 by Janus Boye
1 Comment| case, user experience
Microsites tend to be everything but smart little websites. They are overcrowded with information, complex to navigate, outdated shortly after launch and impossible to maintain. One page websites aim to change all of this by providing the user with enough information on a single page to make a decision and act on it. Think of …
Best practices for selecting a CMS
October 6th, 2011 by Janus Boye
No Comments| cms selection
Do you need a new content management system, but don’t know where to start? Are you thinking that there must be some shared know-how available when going through the CMS selection process? This free of charge best practice document has been written for the project manager tasked with selecting a CMS and lead analysts Peter …
Semantic Technologies: What is in it for the (unhappy) CMS customer?
October 3rd, 2011 by Janus Boye
2 Comments| cms, iks, semantic web
Today there are probably 1,000+ content management systems in use in the European Union. Very few of these are using semantics-based technologies, which holds the promise to substantially improve employee productivity and how we use our skills online. Today most of us are simply managing content, and not really involved in managing organisational knowledge. From …
Navigation is for losers!
September 16th, 2011 by Janus Boye
12 Comments| navigation, user experience
The game is changing and there’s a major shift happening in the way we design websites. I’ve been in endless meetings with heated discussions over website or intranet navigation and information architecture. Should the navigation be aligned following departmental structures, product lines or copied from the competitors? Once the navigation has been decided, the actual implementation often turns out to be complex …
7 CMS features nobody asks for, but everyone needs
September 8th, 2011 by Janus Boye
8 Comments| cms, cms selection, wcm
Selecting the right CMS is in many ways a fascinating process, where you make decisions that will have tremendous impact on your digital presence and productivity over the coming years. I’ve previously covered 8 CMS features customers want but never use and received several insightful comments. Interestingly, there are almost just as many CMS features …
Are industry top level domains attractive?
September 7th, 2011 by Boris Kraft
6 Comments| cms, communication, online marketing, strategy
In the past, the generic Top Level Domains (also known as gTLD’s) have been limited to the well known .com, .net, .org and about 20 more. In addition to these generic TLD’s there are about 250 country-specific top level domains like .us, .ch or .tv (which stands for Tuvalu, a small Polynesian island nation located …
Everything you need to know about FatWire Content Server
September 1st, 2011 by Janus Boye
2 Comments| fatwire, oracle
The recent acquisition by Oracle served as a useful reminder for several of our FatWire User Group members, that all the good Content Server knowledge is spread on different groups, mailing lists and blogs. This posting has pointers to where you can find answers to your Content Server questions and stay up-to-date. The listing is …
Governments have too many websites
August 15th, 2011 by Brian Bentzen
4 Comments| egov, governance, government, maturity, strategy
Today most countries are drowning in central government websites. In a small, but highly digital country like Denmark with just over 5 million inhabitants there are currently 1000+ government websites and in the US the number is 24.000 websites. There are certainly more government websites out there than necessary. To put it another way – …
Stop wasting money on SharePoint projects
August 9th, 2011 by Peter Sejersen
4 Comments| SharePoint
Earlier this year, I argued that Microsoft SharePoint is a great product, which I still believe it is. Yet, we often encounter problematic projects where customers waste large amounts of time and money on SharePoint. Microsoft themselves expect that around $6.2 billion will be spent on services related to SharePoint in 2011, so how do …
How to waste your time on networking
August 8th, 2011 by Janus Boye
1 Comment| networking
“Become a good networker and you will be successful”. This has been a popular mantra for years as managers have almost religiously preached that networking is good and more networking is even better. In reality, many web and intranet professionals have found that starting networking right away can be difficult. At worst, and as you …
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