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7 principles for decentralized publishing
Jane McConnell writes about 7 principles for decentralised publishing on the intranet.
“If you are a large, global organization, you will have many different types of content with varying degrees of ownership depending on the source: business unit, country, function, etc. Ask the different business units and functions to define their own guidelines for what type of content require approval by what level or role.”
intranets, content strategy, content management Add tag Permalink | Saturday, October 10, 2009
Large documents: PDF it?
Ginny Redish explores when to PDF large documents, and more importantly when not to.
“However, realize that, with most PDF files, you are providing a paper document on the web rather than web-based information. If the document looks like a paper document or if it is large, people are likely to print it rather than read it on the screen. You have distributed the document; you have saved the printing and shipping cost; you have shifted the cost and effort of printing to your audiences – but have you really met their needs?”
information architecture, content strategy, content management Add tag Permalink | Wednesday, September 30, 2009
DITA 101
The Rockley Group has published DITA 101, a guide for authors and managers to understand and use DITA (Darwin Information Typing Architecture). I’m reading it now and so far its been simple and easy to understand.
“DITA 101 is designed for authors and managers. We’ve taken our years’ of experience helping organizations to move to DITA and training our clients in creating DITA content and distilled it into an easy to read and understand format. Combined with our expertise in developing effective reuse strategies and adopting content management, this book covers everything you need to know to understand DITA from an authors or managers viewpoint.”
information architecture, content strategy, content management Add tag Permalink | Sunday, September 06, 2009
Content Strategy for the Web: Why You Must Do a Content Audit
This is a sample chapter from Kristina Halvorson's upcoming book, Content Strategy. In this chapter Kristina discusses the value of doing an content audit."Do not—repeat, DO NOT—skip the content audit. This process is not just about listing URLs and page titles. It can provide an extraordinary amount of useful, enlightening information that’s surprisingly valuable, especially when you’re fighting for project support and funding."
content strategy, content management Add tag Permalink | Sunday, August 23, 2009
Who should be on your CMS shortlist?
J.Boye has published an article that lists “[CMS] vendors you should examine closer and potentially send your RFP to? Interestingly J.Boye is a vendor neutral consulting firm, so this list might turn out to be quite influential.
content management Add tag Permalink | Thursday, August 20, 2009
Three types of web content management projects
Jeff Cram has written about 3 types of content management system projects.
- The technical migration
- The visual design
- The strategic redesign
I think this captures a lot of projects I've done over the years. However, I'd like to add 'The politically motivated' to the list. These are projects that make you wonder why they are "on" in the first place.
[Via ColumnTwo]
content management, web content Add tag Permalink | Tuesday, August 18, 2009
State of Enterprise Content Management
Interesting presentation on the state of ECM by AIIM. Check out the stats on Sharepoint.
content management Add tag Permalink | Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Choosing a Content Management System for your web project
Short and sweet article on selecting a CMS from BlueFlavor:
"Types of content you may find managed in a CMS include news stories, blog posts, photos, videos, events, and more — or, in many cases, some combination of several different types. While it’s important to understand that content management is a people process, not a technological one, there are many CMS tools available that can help. Which one is right for your website?"
content management Add tag Permalink | Friday, November 23, 2007
Redefining content management
Keith Robinson has written a nice article outlining the problems with the current crop of offerings:
"For a technological solution (CMS or otherwise) to work it needs to be tailored to the specific content management problems you’re facing. Simply picking and adding a CMS will not usually do it and can end up in lots of wasted time, effort and money. Sorry, folks, it’s more complicated than that."
content management Add tag Permalink | Friday, October 06, 2006
Component Content Management in Practice
This paper from the Gilbane Report describes examples of high reuse content management. This is on similar grounds to what Ann Rockley has been pursuing with her "unified content" strategy.
content management Add tag Permalink | Tuesday, March 22, 2005
Getting the Most from Content Management
A short article outlining the importance of creating a taxonomy: "Creating a taxonomy should be central to any enterprise content strategy. Without that framework, even the best technology may not meet expectations because of the numerous intranet sites and discrete pieces of information it has no way of interconnecting."content strategy, content management Add tag Permalink | Tuesday, June 01, 2004
Content management: design for rule, not exception
Sound advice from Gerry McGovern: "People move around your website as if were driving down a motorway. If you want to communicate with them you need to be very clear and concise. That means making difficult choices. That means designing for the rule, not the exception. Give the exception an email address or phone number where they can make their special request."content management Add tag Permalink | Monday, May 24, 2004
Boxes and Arrows: Managing the Complexity of Content Management
Boxes and Arrows: Managing the Complexity of Content Management
"Where's the disconnect between what's possible and the too-often failure of CMS?" Content management systems suck. Or so you would think from the strife heard from analysts and practitioners alike. And yet, many websites regularly publish vast amounts of information with superior control and ease compared to manually editing pages. So where's the disconnect between what's possible and the too-often failure of CMS?
content management Add tag Permalink | Tuesday, February 10, 2004
Intranet Journal: Content Management and Collaboration Converge
Intranet Journal: Content Management and Collaboration Converge on E-Learning"there are three broad categories of learning content based on the urgency of the information that needs to be learned: a) develop skills and competencies; b) critical knowledge transfer; and c) information broadcast. Critical knowledge transfer and information broadcasts involve rapid e-learning, which needs they are high-volume applications and need some type of content management to facilitate their use..."
content management Add tag Permalink | Wednesday, December 17, 2003
Gerry McGovern: Avoid Santa Claus approach to content management
Gerry McGovern: Avoid Santa Claus approach to content management"Often the only software that meets everything on the wish list is big, expensive, cumbersome, and really difficult to use. Content management software should begin with the needs of the editor and writer, not with the demands of the IT manager."
content management Add tag Permalink | Monday, December 15, 2003
Gerry McGovern: Content management: critical skill of modern manager
Gerry McGovern: Content management: critical skill of modern managerContent is a driver of value. How well you manage your content—create, edit and publish it—will increasingly be a measure of how good a manager you are.
content management Add tag Permalink | Tuesday, July 01, 2003
D-Lib: Developing a Content Management System-based Web Site
D-Lib: Developing a Content Management System-based Web SiteThis article describes the development of a content management system(CMS)-based web site for the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC), a UK strategic advisory body. It gives a nice overview of the development process.
content management Add tag Permalink | Wednesday, June 04, 2003
StepTwo: e is the knowledge in a content management system?
StepTwo: Where is the knowledge in a content management system?"The knowledge in a content management system is not the words on the page. Instead, the knowledge is gained via the processes and opportunities used to capture organisational knowledge. This is further enhanced via the CMS's ability to support knowledge discovery, via the use of metadata, and deployment of effective navigation."
content management Add tag Permalink | Tuesday, May 06, 2003
Gerry McGovern: Why content management software hasn’t worked
Gerry McGovern: Why content management software hasn't worked"Content management software hasn't worked because it was badly designed and massively over-hyped. Software companies lied about their products, charging criminal prices for crap software. It hasn't worked because organizations didn't understand content. They wanted a quick fix. They issued specifications that bore little relation to what they actually needed."
content management Add tag Permalink | Monday, March 03, 2003
elearnspace: Content Management: Our Organized Future
elearnspace: Content Management: Our Organized Future"New technologies/concepts have two potential impacts: a completely new way of doing things, or an improved way of doing what is already happening. Managing content with technology falls into the latter category, but is unfortunately marketed in the former. The "new thing" is the rapid growth of digital resources...improving organization with technology is only an improvement of existing practices of libraries and information architects."
content management Add tag Permalink | Monday, February 03, 2003