An Introduction to INTRANETS

							  An Introduction to INTRANETS
Northeast Ohio Users Group of Applied Systems



                 Presented by:

                  Brian Gatley
                  IS Manager
           LL Johns & Associates, Inc.
                      What is an INTRAnet?
• An intranet is a private computer network based on
  the communication standards of the Internet. It is
  a smaller version of the Internet that only the
  members of an organization can see.



                  Why build an INTRAnet?
•   Inexpensive to implement
•   Easy to use, just point and click
•   Saves time and money, better information faster
•   Based on open standards
•   Scaleable and flexible
•   Connects across disparate platforms
•   Puts users in control of their data
•   Improved decision making
•   Empowered users
•   Builds a culture of sharing and collaboration
•   Facilitates organizational learning
•   Breaks down bureaucracy
•   Improved quality of life at work
•   Improved productivity




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                       Uses of an INTRAnet
•   Human Resources
•   Sales and Marketing
•   Information Systems
•   Accounting
•   Executive/Corporation
•   Customer Service

                           Human Resources
•   Employee handbook
•   Telephone/E-mail directory
•   Interactive benefits information
•   401 K tracking
•   Employee surveys
•   Recruiting/job listings
•   Candidate screening applications
•   Organizational charts
•   Newsletters
•   New employee training
•   Employee personalized home pages




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                        Sales and Marketing
•   Product demos and scripts
•   Pricing charts
•   Sales forecasts and reports
•   Sales contact management
•   Sales lead management
•   Market research/search engines
•   Sales feedback
•   Prospecting
•   Press releases
•   Sales team collaboration
•   Calendars
•   Sales multimedia training
•   Competitor research

                       Information Systems
•   Software and applications development and delivery
•   User documentation
•   Technical support and help desk
•   Network management
•   Information and knowledge repositories
•   Internet resources
•   Resource scheduling
•   Technical/security polices and procedures
•   Multimedia-based training
•   Intranet FAQs, publishing guides
•   Web paging or communications systems




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                                    Accounting
• Accounts payable/receivable support
• Payroll
• Intranet commerce, requisitioning system
• Financial reports
• Policies and procedures
• Budgeting
• Asset management
• Expense reports
• Unit reporting and forecasting

                        Executive/Corporate
• Internal departmental information
• External partnering information
• Meeting minutes
• Internal departmental information
• Stock Market analysis/ Stock market tracking
• Business investigation and analysis
• Tax and legal research
• On line calendars to track personal daily activities
• Groupware applications that a company uses with its
  outside consultants and/or strategic partners to
  collaborate on a particular project or product
• Private newsgroups that strategic partners use to share
  ideas and discuss plans
• Personalized site with links, weather and traffic

                           Customer Service
• Customer information entry and update
• Order entry and tracking
• Online information (databases on customers, inventory,
  supplies)
• Problem entry and tracking
• Customer FAQ's


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                          LL Johns INTRAnet
• HTML files stored on Novell server
• Personal Web Server (PWS) on Windows 95 workstation
• Internet Information Services (IIS) 4.0 on Windows NT
  server
• Database (Under Construction)

                      What did we include?
• Corporate Information
• Staff Handbook
• Procedures Manual
   (TAM, Hints & Tips, etc)
• Internet Resources
• License Information
   (Agents & States)


                        Where do you start?
• Start simple
• Start with the basics
• Software
   (Notepad, FrontPage, MS Office)
• Server
   (Win 9x/NT/2000)




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                         HTML 4.0 Elements
The following is an alphabetical list of all HTML 4.0 elements.

•   A - Anchor                                  •   INPUT - Form input
•   ABBR - Abbreviation                         •   INS - Inserted text
•   ACRONYM - Acronym                           •   ISINDEX - Input prompt
•   ADDRESS - Address                           •   KBD - Text to be input
•   APPLET - Java applet                        •   LABEL - Form field label
•   AREA - Image map region                     •   LEGEND - Fieldset caption
•   B - Bold text                               •   LI - List item
•   BASE - Document base URI                    •   LINK - Document relationship
•   BASEFONT - Base font chage                  •   MAP - Image map
•   BDO - BiDi override                         •   MENU - Menu list
•   BIG - Large text                            •   META - Metadata
•   BLOCKQUOTE - Block quotation                •   NOFRAMES - Frames alternate
•   BODY - Document body                                 content
•   BR - Line break                             •   NOSCRIPT - Alternate script
•   BUTTON - Button                                      content
•   CAPTION - Table caption                     •   OBJECT - Object
•   CENTER - Centered block                     •   OL - Ordered list
•   CITE - Citation                             •   OPTGROUP - Option group
•   CODE - Computer code                        •   OPTION - Menu option
•   COL - Table column                          •   P - Paragraph
•   COLGROUP - Table column                     •   PARAM - Object parameter
         group                                  •   PRE - Preformatted text
•   DD - Definition description                 •   Q - Short quotation
•   DEL - Deleted text                          •   S - Strike-through text
•   DFN - Defined term                          •   SAMP - Sample output
•   DIR - Directory list                        •   SCRIPT - Client-side script
•   DIV - Generic block-level                   •   SELECT - Option selector
         container                              •   SMALL - Small text
•   DL - Definition list                        •   SPAN - Generic inline container
•   DT - Definition term                        •   STRIKE - Strike-through text
•   EM - Emphasis                               •   STRONG - Strong emphasis
•   FIELDSET - Form control group               •   STYLE - Embedded style sheet
•   FONT - Font change                          •   SUB - Subscript
•   FORM - Interactive form                     •   SUP - Superscript
•   FRAME - Frame                               •   TABLE - Table
•   FRAMESET - Frameset                         •   TBODY - Table body
•   H1 - Level-one heading                      •   TD - Table data cell
•   H2 - Level-two heading                      •   TEXTAREA - Multi-line text
•   H3 - Level-three heading                             input
•   H4 - Level-four heading                     •   TFOOT - Table foot
•   H5 - Level-five heading                     •   TH - Table header cell
•   H6 - Level-six heading                      •   THEAD - Table head
•   HEAD - Document head                        •   TITLE - Document title
•   HR - Horizontal rule                        •   TR - Table row
•   HTML - HTML document                        •   TT - Teletype text
•   I - Italic text                             •   U - Underlined text
•   IFRAME - Inline frame                       •   UL - Unordered list
•   IMG - Inline image                          •   VAR - Variable


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                           Sample HTML File
<title>Northeast Ohio Users Group</title>
<h1>Heading 1</h1>
<h2>Heading 2</h2>
<h3>Heading 3</h3>
<h4>Heading 4</h4>
<h5>Heading 5</h5>
<h6>Heading 6</h6>

<p>This is Paragraph 1</p>

<p><em>This is an emphasized Paragraph</em></p>

<img src="glider.gif">

<img src="sample1.jpg">

<p><img src="sample2.jpg" width="300" height="200"></P>

This is a link to our <a href="other.htm">Other Page</a>.

<ul>
  <li>the first list item</li>

  <li>the second list item</li>

  <li>the third list item</li>
</ul>

<ol>
  <li>the first list item</li>

  <li>the second list item</li>

  <li>the third list item</li>
</ol>

<dl>
  <dt>the first term</dt>
  <dd>its definition</dd>

  <dt>the second term</dt>
  <dd>its definition</dd>

  <dt>the third term</dt>
  <dd>its definition</dd>
</dl>

<ol>
  <li>the first list item</li>

  <li>
    the second list item
    <ul>
       <li>first nested item</li>
       <li>second nested item</li>
    </ul>
  </li>

  <li>the third list item</li>
</ol>


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                                     Resources
•   Intranet Road Map
     – http://www.intranetroadmap.com/intro.cfm


•   World Wide Web Consortium
    – http://www.w3.org/pub/WWW/MarkUp/Wilbur/


•   Different Worlds: An Introduction to HTML
    – http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/dms/htmlguide/index.html


•   Web Design Group
    – http://www.htmlhelp.com/


•   VisualTutorials.com
     – http://visualtutorials.com/html.htm?goto-introduction_to_html


•   Getting started with HTML – Dave Raggett, W3C
    – http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/Guide/


•   Introduction to HTML - Case Western Reserve University
     – http://www.cwru.edu/help/introHTML/toc.html


•   MSDN Online – Web Workshop
    – http://msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/c-
      frame.htm?/workshop/author/default.asp

•   WDG – RGB Color Values
    – http://www.htmlhelp.com/cgi-bin/color.cgi?rgb=ffffff


•   HTML Tidy – Other HTML Editing Tools
    – http://www.w3.org/People/Raggett/tidy/


•   ServerWatch – Windows, Netware
     – http://serverwatch.internet.com/serversort/ossort-windows.html
     – http://serverwatch.internet.com/serversort/ossort-
       other.html#netware




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