Edit Your Web: The EditMe Blog

2.5 Minute Video: Blogging with EditMe

Friday, November 20, 2009

EditMe's blog module allows your site to host multiple blogs with multiple contributors. The blog capability is essentially some glue that combines several features of EditMe to create a chronological list of related pages that always shows the most recent "posts". This video shows you how to install and get started using EditMe's Blog Module.

Intranet Organization: Focus on Tasks, Not Departments

Thursday, November 19, 2009

The goal of an intranet site is to centralize knowledge within an organization and let employees find the information they need quickly. Traditional intranets tend to be organized by department. Here are some reasons to organize your intranet around tasks and projects - not the organizational chart.

Upgrade Your Obsolete Layout and Style Sheets

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

As I provide customer support for some of the older EditMe sites, I find a surprising number still using the long ago replaced XSL layouts and style sheet mechanisms. Yes, it was over two years ago! Even if your using one of the new JavaScript-based Layouts, you might consider upgrading or reapplying your skin if you haven't done so for a long time.

Wiki Tools Are Not All the Same: Six Key Differentiators

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

While wikis have become commonplace - almost ubiquitous - wiki software has hardly adopted a cookie cutter set of features. Here's where EditMe stands, philosophically and feature-wise, on six key areas of differentiation among wiki tools.

Trend Micro is Blocking All Mail from Amazon's Cloud... Just 'Cause

Monday, November 16, 2009

Internet security and spam blocker Trend-Micro has decided, for no apparent reason, to block all mail from Amazon's massive EC2 cloud hosting service. As a result, some EditMe users aren't getting mail from their sites. Read on for the whole absurd story.

Disqus Comments for your EditMe Site

Monday, November 16, 2009

If you're using EditMe as a blog and invite public commentary, you might consider Disqus integration. Disqus is a centralized commenting service that provides several benefits over a single-site commenting system.

Ways to Wiki: Business Process Documentation

Friday, November 13, 2009

The key to every successful business is identification and communication of the repeatable processes that make the business go. Using a wiki to document and improve business process can drastically reduce the effort involved and increase the value provided to your business.

1 Minute Video: Limit the Number of Levels in EditMe's Menu

Thursday, November 12, 2009

The third and final installment of 1 minute videos covering EditMe's navigation features shows how to limit the number of levels in the multi-level navigation menu and move deep navigation into the page content where needed.

Open Space Technology & BarCamp - The Wiki of Meetings

Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Open Space Technology and BarCamp provide a decentralized wiki-style meeting format. Here's the low-down on how to run one.

Why You Shouldn't Generate Your Wiki Content

Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Two articles last week illustrated perfectly a lesser-known wiki aphorism: don't generate wiki content. Many a wiki concept has started off with a large existing data set. The idea is that if the data set is converted into a wiki, users will build upon the data set and add value, transforming commodity data into something more valuable. But does it work?

Tip: Create a Single Navigation Hierarchy for Your Entire Site

Monday, November 9, 2009

This tip shows how to connect the horizontal navigation bar to the multi-level navigation menu on the left. Using this method, your site can use a single hierarchy of pages, and the menu on the left can act as a continuation of the selected item in the horizontal menu.

An Anomaly, Not an Archetype - How Your Business Wiki will Differ from Wikipedia

Friday, November 6, 2009

Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia that anyone can edit and the one wiki almost everybody knows about, is often considered an archetype for all wikis. If you're considering implementing a wiki within your business or organization, you'll need to know how and why it will likely differ from Wikipedia.

Product Release: Photo Gallery Module

Thursday, November 5, 2009

EditMe released a new module today that displays a gallery of thumbnails for all the images attached to an EditMe page. If you frequently attach images to your pages, this is a great way to make them accessible quickly. Clicking the thumbnails provides a larger view with navigation and slide show capabilities.

Five Reasons Why EditMe Isn't Free

Wednesday, November 4, 2009

One of the themes of Web 2.0 has been the expectation of Free. EditMe has always bucked this trend and, while offering what is certainly an inexpensive product, it has never been free. Here are some thoughts as to why.

Tip: How To Test Style Sheet & Layout Changes on a Live Site

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

If you want to test changes to an individual page of your EditMe site, just make a copy of the page (edit, select all, copy and then paste into a new page). But what about style sheet and layout changes? How can you make these without risking errors on your live site?

Google and Yahoo: Don't Spend Time on Meta Keywords

Monday, November 2, 2009

Last month, both Google and Yahoo! came out and said they (all but) completely ignore the venerable <meta name="keywords"/> tag in determining suitability of a page for a search on a given keyword.

Are you getting the most from your EditMe site?

Friday, October 30, 2009

You may have noticed a few changes around here during the past few weeks. With an increased focus on communication with EditMe customers, we've stepped on the gas pedal by creating more opportunities for customers to get the most from their EditMe site. Here's a few things you can do to make sure you don't miss a beat.

When Introducing an Internal Wiki, Don't Lead with Change

Thursday, October 29, 2009

I was talking with a customer the other day about change. He's trying to get his team on board with a wiki to cut down on the flood of email chains and bring some order to his small firm's file server. "How do I push through the organizational changes needed to make this work?" was his question. The need for change and how to affect it is a fairly common line of thinking for somebody trying to implement an internal wiki.

1 Minute Video: Managing the Multi-level Navigation Menu

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Last week you might have seen the 1 Minute Video on Managing the Horizontal Navigation Bar. The next video in this series covers the other navigation tool in EditMe: the multi-level navigation menu that lives, by default, on the left column of EditMe sites.

Find Designers At Haystack

Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Customers looking for custom designs for their EditMe site have a new resource for finding designers whose work they like, work locally and fit their budget.