Intranet Design Suggestion

November 8, 2005 12:30 PM

Intranet design suggestions.

I'm aware of OSWD for simple web designs. Is there an equivalent for intranets? I'm trying to design a simple, small, basic one for my firm and need a good starting point to work and develop from. Any suggestions? Free is ideal (always!), but templates or design for a small fee would be okay, too.

posted by NotMyselfRightNow to computers & internet (6 comments total)

It depends on what you will be running on your intranet. Are you running an entire content management system, or different services like a wiki or knowledge base. If you could explain alittle more I think the responses would be more appropriate for you.
posted by meta87 at 1:23 PM on November 8, 2005

Ahh, the running debate!

At this point, I think we're looking for something that is centrally controlled. Not a wiki or similar. We're starting from scratch here, and I've pretty much got free reign.
posted by NotMyselfRightNow at 1:25 PM on November 8, 2005

Is there an equivalent for intranets?

Begs the question -- why do you think an intranet need to be designed in any way differently from a regular website?
posted by AmbroseChapel at 2:09 PM on November 8, 2005

CityDesk is free for smaller websites (intra/internet) (roughly up to 50 pages); an unlimited (single user) version is $299. You can download the free edition. (And no, I'm not associated in any way with the vendor.)
posted by WestCoaster at 3:57 PM on November 8, 2005

AmbroseChapel: I don't. But the designs I see as OSWD and elsewhere (with some very notable exceptions) don't have the professional image that I want.
posted by NotMyselfRightNow at 5:05 PM on November 8, 2005

How about e107 and some theme work?
www.e107.org
posted by raildr at 4:41 AM on November 9, 2005