Steps Toward a SharePoint Reference Information Architecture – by Seth Early

Posted by Bob Mixon on 24 April 2012, 3:31 am

Seth Early, from Early & Associates, wrote an interesting article about the purpose and use of a Reference Information Architecture. He then describes, in part, additional information architecture steps required to ultimately derive a physical SharePoint implementation model; content model, site structures and navigation elements. One area Seth touches on this article is the need …

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DocRead – Reading Compliance for SharePoint

Posted by Bob Mixon on 24 February 2012, 10:00 pm

Have you ever had the need for employees to confirm they have read a document? Such as an employee handbook or corporate policy? In the conventional paper model, this would be accomplished by printing the document or acknowledgement form, asking the employee to sign it then storing that signed document for future reference. In the …

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Using sub-sites to manage files instead of library folders – a contract management solution

Posted by Bob Mixon on 13 June 2011, 7:42 pm

Recently I wrote an article about why I don’t like the use of folders in SharePoint Document Libraries. Some comments left on that article prompted me to describe one approach to using sub-sites instead of folders for managing documents. The specific comment I am referring to indicated they were managing thousands of clients documents, categorized …

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Using Folders in SharePoint Document Libraries

Posted by Bob Mixon on 12 June 2011, 1:05 pm

06-13-2011 – Updated based on post comments. I am asked on a regular basis how I feel about the use of Document Library folders. To be honest, I always tell people “avoid them”. This response always stirs up controversy so I though I would write this article to help you better understand my thinking. Before …

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Steps Toward a SharePoint Reference Information Architecture – by Seth Early

DocRead – Reading Compliance for SharePoint

Using sub-sites to manage files instead of library folders – a contract management solution

Using Folders in SharePoint Document Libraries