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Plain English for corporate intranet content

…e asking me to do is part of their ongoing process. And apologies to my non-English-writing readers, but there is a Z where there shouldn’t be. Content rewrite Instructions for how to download and install an update, including how to shut down your PC are already available elsewhere on the intranet. Assuming that the IT department can’t automate the updates, here’s how I would rewrite the announcement: Important Windows XP and Office updates for yo…

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GovIntranet

GovIntranet Club September 2016

…ng big savings for the council compared to the monthly fees for typical out-of-the-box, cloud sites for schools. The session ended with a preview of what’s bubbling away in development, and a “bloopers” section highlighting intranet naughties reported by the intranet police. I’m already seeing results of advice and tips that people have taken away and started to implement. Some nice progress bars showing people survey response rates. Some neat Boo…

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CMS Redesign

Intranet redesign, Phase 4: visual design, HTML and CMS build

…t size and line-spacing and improved text flow on the page. We used a three-column approach, left-hand menu, body content, right-hand for document downloads, related pages and external sites, adverts and contact information. News stories On individual news story pages the developers came up trumps allowing us to display popup images, scrolling photo galleries and video. A big plus for engagement. And we managed to get voting on stories into the mi…

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Analytics and evaluation How to

How to track documents as pages in Google Analytics

…are some example folders: Example 1 /docs/annual-leave-policy.doc /docs/eye-test-voucher.pdf /docs/staff-magazine-2012-09.pdf Example 2 /hr/leave/policy/downloads/annual-leave-policy.doc /health/dse/downloads/eye-test-voucher.pdf /news/downloads/staff-magazine-2012-09.pdf In example 1, the common path is /docs/ since all documents are stored in this folder. In example 2, the common path is /anything/downloads/ since all documents are stored in a d…