Building an Intranet with WordPress

Building an Intranet with WordPress WordPress
John Bollwitt | sixty4media
WordCamp Fraser Valley
November 2010

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About myself
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@johnbollwitt
WordCamp 2009, San Francisco

About myself
CHUM Radio Vancouver Engineering / I.T. Technician
Broadcast Tech
Systems Admin
Network Infrastructure
Live radio broadcast from Oliver, B.C.

About myself TheBeat.com

CHUM Radio Vancouver
4 radio stations
Approximately 150-200 employees
Microsoft Windows based infrastructure

CHUM Radio Vancouver B.I. (Before the Intranet) B.I. (Before the Intranet)
Email for communication and documentation
No historical record unless saved outside of email
Important forms located on network drives
X:FORMSAccountingTime SheetsTime Sheet.xls
Photos of staff events stored in various locations
X:John SmithPhotosStaff PartyIMG00024.jpg

CHUM Radio Vancouver B.I. (Before the Intranet) B.I. (Before the Intranet)
Staff Directory spreadsheet is updated occasionally and stored somewhere on the network
Can’t update everyone’s printout
Staff Handbook and Policies also on a network drive... somewhere...

Planning What do we need from an Intranet? What do we need from an Intranet?

Planning What do we need from an Intranet? What do we need from an Intranet?
Form a committee
Set a goal
K.I.S.S
Don’t shoot for the moon

CHUM Radio Vancouver Intranet Floyd

CHUM Radio Vancouver Intranet Floyd The name

CHUM Radio Vancouver Intranet Floyd Quick links

CHUM Radio Vancouver Intranet Floyd Recent Internal News

CHUM Radio Vancouver Intranet Floyd News & Weather

CHUM Radio Vancouver Intranet Floyd Recent Tweets

CHUM Radio Vancouver Intranet Floyd Tech Notes

CHUM Radio Vancouver Intranet Floyd Classifieds

CHUM Radio Vancouver Intranet Floyd The Water Cooler

CHUM Radio Vancouver Intranet Floyd
Resources for New Staff
FAQ
HR Documentation
Station Map
Department Descriptions

CHUM Radio Vancouver Intranet Floyd Forms!

Floyd: Wiki

Floyd: Staff Directory Search, call, email, and share Search, call, email, and share

Floyd: Staff Profile Search, call, email, and share Search, call, email, and share Pods CMS Plugin

Floyd: GM Blog

Floyd: Letters to Floyd

Floyd: Plugins (16 total) (16 total)
Ad-minister
AddQuicktag
Avatars
cforms
Easy Flash Embed
FancyBox Gallery
FAQ-Tastic
Flv Player
Pods CMS
Simply Show IDs
WassUp
WordPress Database Backup
wp-forecast
WP-RSSImport
WP-UserOnline
WPaudio

Floyd: Results What we learned What we learned
Increased communication
Increased documentation
Increased community
Phased development works well
What’s next for version 1.2 and beyond?

Floyd: Results What we learned What we learned

Building an Intranet with WordPress WordPress
John Bollwitt | sixty4media
WordCamp Fraser Valley
November 2010
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