The Stump the Panel forum has some real gems buried within the hundreds of questions. I was looking at some of the responses a few days back and saw an interesting thread on fixed navigation. EvilGenius started the discussion, answered his own question and then proceeded to document his solution.
In the meantime, the Avatar site will have to do. When I saw the navigation menu for the content, I immediately tweeted about it. Here’s the flow of the discussion.
During the last 12 months Twynham has moved beyond using SharePoint as an intranet and extranet to developing Internet facing websites in SharePoint.
During the last 12 months Twynham has moved beyond using SharePoint as an intranet and extranet to developing Internet facing websites in SharePoint.
During the last 12 months Twynham has moved beyond using SharePoint as an intranet and extranet to developing Internet facing websites in SharePoint.
During the last 12 months Twynham has moved beyond using SharePoint as an intranet and extranet to developing Internet facing websites in SharePoint.
During the last 12 months Twynham has moved beyond using SharePoint as an intranet and extranet to developing Internet facing websites in SharePoint.
EndUserSharePoint.com started less than two years ago as a simple way for me to keep track of ideas I came across while working with SharePoint. Over that time, it has grown way beyond what I originally anticipated. As a result of publishing over 900 articles and hundreds of screencasts, the site has gotten a little more complicated to navigate. In this short screencast, I’ll demonstrate the easiest ways to find content on the site and for you to participate in the generation of content for the site.
Organic growth is great and is something that you should allow within your SharePoint environment. However, providing some guardrails around what site administrators can or should do with regards to navigation will help to ensure that everyone has an enjoyable SharePoint navigation experience.
Information Architecture (IA) is an important concept for End Users of SharePoint. End Users who have been asked to manage sites usually do not have any formal training in how to manage or classify large amounts of documents or how to structure information so that it can be easily accessed and managed..
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