Wrecker
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3/30/2006 at 18:10 |
So I have this pie in the sky idea to set up a company intranet here at work. Problem is, I have no idea where to begin.
I was wondering if Microsoft SharePoint Portal server could be used for this project. The only reason I'm thinking about using that is because the company bought and Action Pack subscription and SharePoint Portal came with. They have already bought it, so I might as well use it.
If I am completely in left field on this, please let me know.
If anyone has set up an intranet from scratch, what did you use to build it, and how did you go about it.
I would like to get this done now while the company has less than 20 employees so the project will grow with the company.
The goal is to have a central repository for basically everything so information can be shared more effectively.
Any help you can provide is greatly appreciated.
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vasudeva
Bad Taste in your Mouth  SSHOLEPosts: 4529 Registered: 3/8/2002 Offline
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3/30/2006 at 18:25 |
I wouldn't recommend Sharepoint. I haven't used it, but I've had to look into a number of Content/Document Management Systems, and I've run into lots of bad things about Sharepoint.
This wiki article has a couple of insightful bits about Sharepoint. In general, the consensus seems to be that it's free and fun to set up, then you find that it's a shitty feeble web overlay for a bunch of proprietary MS stuff.
Depending on what your angle is... I'd play with Postnuke or Drupal if you want to set up collaborative spaces like news items and forums and such. If it's more document-centric, try out Knowledge Tree. They've got a demo up so you can see if it's what you're looking for. I maintain an instance of this at work and for the most part it's working out pretty well.
All of those products are free and overlap -- KT has discussion spaces for each document (and built-in revisioning, I'll note), and the two CMSs probably have document plug-ins.
Whatever you decide, be sure you've given it thought. Your choice will either fail or flourish, and if it flourishes and then turns out to suck in a year's time, you'll hate life and your entire company will be locked into a product that sucks with a hard job ahead trying to convert out of it into something that makes more sense.
There are tons of good, free CMS/DMS products available; these are just the ones that leap to mind as relatively easy to setup for a small organization. I'm sure some other nigers have some good recommendations too.
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Wrecker
Misanthrope SSHOLEPosts: 460 Registered: 1/25/2006 Offline
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3/30/2006 at 18:33 |
Thanks Vas.
I am looking into the alternatives you recommended.
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mundhra
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3/30/2006 at 18:41 |
i've heard wikis mentioned in slashdot threads. i can see how they'd alternately be simple and useful or a goddamn nightmare.
i'm not involved with any of our intraweb stuff here (EARLY 90'S STYLE FRONTPAGE BULLSHIT), thankfully.
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jwalker
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3/30/2006 at 21:40 |
Do you already have a web server set up?
What operating system are you using?
I would start it simple first, and then grow it one project at a time, as needed.
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Wrecker
Misanthrope SSHOLEPosts: 460 Registered: 1/25/2006 Offline
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3/31/2006 at 01:54 |
I have an Apache webserver running on a Win2K box. All it is running is a hardware/software inventory suite (OCS-NG) and MySQL.
I have access to just about any OS I want to use and hardware isn't really an issue.
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