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• EndUserSharePoint.com: Weekly Newsletter - Downloadable Poster of Default Content Types

  For the past few weeks, the EndUserSharePoint.com Weekly Newsletter has been taking a look at Site Columns and Content Types. This week’s installment includes two downloads: an expandable/collapsible map examining inheritance and hierarchy in Content... Posted May 08 2008, 10:03 PM by End User SharePoint Filed under: Sharepoint, Content Type, End User, training, Information Architecture, newsletter, weekly newsletter, poster, map

• EndUserSharePoint.com: When do I create a new Site Collection vs create a new site?

  Bob Mixon has posted a thought provoking article on when you might consider creating a new site collection vs when to create a new site. His theory is that there is a “controlled area” for enterprise managed content and a “wild, wild... Posted Apr 23 2008, 03:53 PM by End User SharePoint Filed under: Sharepoint, End User, External Links, training, Information Architecture, bob mix

• EndUserSharePoint.com: Weekly Newsletter - Site Collection Project Management

  This week’s newsletter, Site Collection Project Management, describes how to setup a management area for a site collection. It includes multiple downloads, screenshots and pointers to free software. For those who received the newsletter, please... Posted Apr 16 2008, 04:30 PM by End User SharePoint Filed under: Sharepoint, Administrator, End User, Latest Projects, Tips and Tricks, training, sites, Information Architecture, workshops, site collection, sharepoint 101, weekly newsletter

• EndUserSharePoint.com: Five Ways to Manage a SharePoint Site Collection with SharePoint

  Site Collection Management - Contracted View :While reading an article by Andrea Kalli titled 20 Ways to Use SharePoint Effectively, it triggered a thought process on how SharePoint can be used to manage itself. Following are five suggestions on how a... Posted Apr 06 2008, 10:13 PM by End User SharePoint Filed under: Sharepoint, Content Type, End User, External Links, Tips and Tricks, wiki, bob mixon, training, blog, Site Administration, kpi, Information Architecture, site collection, adminstration, theory of lockdown, customized list

• EndUserSharePoint.com: Why has my content type stopped inheriting changes?

  The question of the day comes from Liz: I’m having trouble with a content type at the library level that seems to have stopped inheriting changes made at the site collection level. I defined a content type at site collection level, added site columns... Posted Mar 19 2008, 12:00 PM by End User SharePoint Filed under: Sharepoint, Content Type, End User, Libraries and Lists, training, Information Architecture

• EndUserSharePoint.com: A series of articles worth following…

  The AutoSponge site is working on documenting, in real time, the six month process of creating a document management system. The initial post is up, describing the planning process and laying out the committments for the next six months. Too many people... Posted Mar 17 2008, 04:17 PM by End User SharePoint Filed under: Sharepoint, End User, External Links, training, Information Architecture, autosponge, recommendation

• EndUserSharePoint.com: How can I display a source library in multiple sites?

  The question of the day comes from Fredric in Sweden: I have one library with a lot of documents regarding different companies. I want them all in the same folder. I also want to display the content under a site called Customers where I can have one document... Posted Feb 12 2008, 07:46 AM by End User SharePoint Filed under: Sharepoint, Web Parts, End User, cqwp, web part, training, Information Architecture, filter, multiple sites

• EndUserSharePoint.com: Tricks and Traps 2008-01-30

  The major topic in the EndUserSharePoint.com Shanghai workshops this week has been structuring information. The tip of the week is this: Consider creating “buckets” (libraries) for each of your major content areas and utilize views... Posted Jan 30 2008, 05:11 PM by End User SharePoint Filed under: Sharepoint, Web Parts, End User, General Observations, Document Management, Views, Libraries and Lists, Tips and Tricks, document libraries, training, Information Architecture

• EndUserSharePoint.com”: Project based libraries vs master libraries

  The question of the day comes from Sasha: I have a parent “Clients” site and then multiple (>20) client sites under it. Some docs are unique to each client, some are shared across clients. All documents change frequently. I don’t... Posted Jan 22 2008, 07:51 PM by End User SharePoint Filed under: Sharepoint, End User, General Observations, Document Management, Libraries and Lists, library, Information Architecture, master

• EndUserSharePoint.com: How do a get End Users to actually use SharePoint?

  Question of the day from Shawn: How do you get users to accept/actually use SharePoint? “I’ve been doing X for 10 years, why now do I have to do it through SharePoint?” Part of implementing SharePoint [for] my customer was to prevent... Posted Jan 21 2008, 07:36 PM by End User SharePoint Filed under: Sharepoint, End User, General Observations, Information Architecture, buy in, user interface

• Information Architecture vs. Taxonomy

  Having worked with SharePoint technologies for some time now, one gray area for customers and consultants is relationship between Information Architecture and Taxonomy. Some core Information Architecture deliverable documents show how we classify data... Posted Jan 09 2008, 02:59 AM by Jason Parks SharePoint & More Filed under: Information Architecture

• When is using SharePoint like washing windows?

  I was doing some spring cleaning today (Yes, it’s the middle of November. Don’t ask…). My wife set me up with a bucket of ammonia water and another bucket of clear water. The task for me: get done as fast as possible putting in just... Posted Nov 26 2007, 06:13 AM by End User SharePoint Filed under: General Observations, Information Architecture, project planning

• What’s the best way to coordinate and manage ideas for SharePoint site creation?

  Chris Quick has mentioned MindManager to me several times as a possible tool for managing thoughts and coordinating ideas for SharePoint site creation. I subscribe to the Assistive Technology blog and today they had a post pointing to a video describing... Posted Nov 23 2007, 11:04 AM by End User SharePoint Filed under: Sharepoint, End User, Resources, General Observations, External Links, Information Architecture, mindmanager, site creation, site management

• Updated SharePoint 2007 - Information Gathering Worksheets For Site Planning

  I have updated the Information Gathering Worksheets that help coordinate the discovery process for the creation of a new SharePoint site. These worksheets have been used multiple times in my workshops and have been updated with the latest feedback from... Posted Nov 21 2007, 10:26 PM by End User SharePoint Filed under: Sharepoint, Screencast, End User, Tips and Tricks, Site Administration, worksheets, Information Architecture