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  • Ian Cairns
    Sep 8, 2009
    2 comments
    The World Bank Launches "Communicate" Intranet on Open Atrium
    Using Open Atrium to deploy a highly custom, enterprise grade intranet solution
    The World Bank's Communicate intranet launched last week on Open Atrium with nearly 1,000 users. Their communications team spread around the world is better positioned to collaborate now that their main communication tool is custom tuned to their...
  • Young Hahn
    Jan 14, 2009
    8 comments
    Designing for Speed
    Using CSS Sprites and Tactical Design Strategies to Speed Up Your Theme
    We recently upgraded our intranet that we use for internal planning and communications to Drupal 6. As part of the upgrade, I wanted to redesign the interface to make it faster. From the start I wanted to push the limits of the design within the...
  • Jeff Miccolis
    Dec 7, 2008
    5 comments
    Mapping and Referencing External Data via RDF in Drupal
    Aggregating Geo Rich Data (KML or GeoRSS) into an RDF Data Store and Displaying It on a Nice Map
    Say you are a development agency with on-the-ground operations, all of which use their own websites to collect geo rich data. You want to be able to associate this data from your on-the-ground programs with private content that’s on your...
  • Jose Reyero
    Nov 24, 2008
    19 comments
    The Next Level in Team Communications: Jabber Integration with Drupal
    Have Notifications and Messages Passed From Anyone to Anywhere
    We’ve done a lot to set up team communications tools that help us work more productively. So far we have an intranet with a HTML shoutbox and an XMPP server for secure instant messaging and group chats, and we use the Notifications and...
  • Jeff Miccolis
    Jul 17, 2008
    19 comments
    Introducing Spaces for Drupal
    Leveraging Organic Groups and Context to Extend Custom Features Within Groups
    We do a lot of work building portals and intranets that provide collaborative online spaces for professional communities. Some of these projects are completely private sites, and some are open to larger user groups. In each case we need to provide a...
  • Bonnie Bogle
    Mar 3, 2008
    4 comments
    After Drupalcon: Nonprofit, Intranet, and News Happy Hours
    If You're In Boston, Join us at Lucky's Lounge for Happy Hour Tonight
    Three exciting happy hours are happening all in one place tonight, so if you're interested in Drupal and Nonprofits, Intranets, or News, swing by Lucky's Lounge tonight to meet others working in these areas and unwind after the first day of...
  • Ian Ward
    Jul 15, 2007
    9 comments
    Bait People to Internal Portals With Targeted Newsletters
    Bring People to Your Portal Painlessly
    There’s one website I read nearly every day, and that's MIT Technology Review. The site emails me between 3:00 and 4:00 am, usually well after I’ve shut down my computer for the evening, with a list and brief summary of interesting stories. This is...
  • Eric Gundersen
    May 2, 2007
    3 comments
    Better Displaying Events on Intranets: Groupwise doesn't cut it.
    Handle Your Content More Intelligently
    There are smarter ways to handle your events than with a classic calendar on groupwise. We recently installed the MIT Timeline module for CommNET, a staff intranet at The World Bank that helps its geographically disperse teams communicate better....