intranet design books or sites

[telco88]

Hi All,

I'm wondering if anyone can suggest a good book or web site that covers effective Intranet design. Don't point me to Mr. Google. I've been to see him allready and nothing immediately caught my eye.

Thanks!

[lil_freak]

You may want to check out this book:

The Design of Sites: Patterns, Principles, and Processes for Crafting a Customer-Centered Web Experience

By: Douglas K. van Duyne, James A. Landay, Jason I. Hong

ISBN: 0-201-72149-X


Don't let the "Customer-Centered", part turn you off. I found that this book works well for non-customer centered stuff as well.

[kallahar]

You don't need to target search engines when creating intranet pages.

People will abandon a www site if it's too complex, but businesses are often the opposite, they can train people to use the software if the complexity gives them more/better info.

You've usually got unlimited bandwidth, unless you have to support people on the road or connecting over modems.

Sometimes you can control the browser, but that's bad design practice.

[telco88]

i think you misunderstood my question

You don't need to target search engines when creating intranet pages.

People will abandon a www site if it's too complex, but businesses are often the opposite, they can train people to use the software if the complexity gives them more/better info.

You've usually got unlimited bandwidth, unless you have to support people on the road or connecting over modems.

Sometimes you can control the browser, but that's bad design practice.

I wasn't asking anything about search engine targeting, placement or otherwise. All I was asking about is a book or a web site that covered effective intranet design. I'm in the process of creating an intranet site at work and want it to be as useful as possible.

[kallahar]

Well, I'll just assume some stuff about where you work.

1) Make sure to put porn links on the left, your employees need to know their competition.
2) Put massive amounts of mp3's online, people like their music
3) Make a link called "secret area" and have it link to goatse
4) Make an employee directory, but fill it with fake info

You work at a porno factory, right?