WordPress offers an excellent basis for a simple and flexible intranet.
Since WordPress is open source, there are no licensing costs for the basic configuration. However, depending on the requirements, license costs for individual functions may arise. For example, the connection to an Active Directory, the LDAP integration for the login. However, the costs for this are in the manageable range of approx. CHF 300.- per year. The possible server costs also remain within a very modest range, as no high-performance machines are required here for internal purposes.
Speaking of servers: We can implement the WordPress intranet solution as a classic cloud solution, where you can log in from anywhere in the world via website login, or we can set up the entire intranet on your internal network. A virtual machine based on Windows Server 2016 is already enough for us.
The default WordPress search can search all content on the intranet: Blog posts, pages or even specific content types. With an extension, documents such as PDFs can also be indexed. This does not require an external interface, but is implemented directly in the intranet.
Actually, it should be self-evident today and yet we have encountered some dusty solutions in practice. WordPress offers a simple and attractive way to make the intranet solution easy to use for all devices.
By means of blog posts, you can report on internal company news in chronological order. But also an event calendar with announcements is possible or a comment function for the mutual exchange among each other.
With our own developed address directory you can quickly and easily see the most important contact details of your employees, as well as portrait photos or even the department, groups, teams, etc.. All information can be searched and filtered.
A knowledge base is similar to a wiki, a collection of all relevant information. Grouped by chapter and category, individual articles can be commented on or even rated. This allows you to create comprehensive and interactive documentation and instructions.
One of the interesting features we find is the autolinking. This means that words that appear in another context in the intranet are automatically linked to the corresponding article. So you can navigate faster and easier within the intranet.
Of course, even WordPress has its limits for certain purposes. Collaborative solutions such as Office 365 with SharePoint connection are much better suited for data exchange and collaborative work on documents. On the other hand, WordPress makes it child's play to publish news, generate address directories and build entire knowledge bases. WordPress as an intranet solution does not necessarily have to replace existing Microsoft-based solutions, but can rather complement them.
Yes, we can also set up the intranet internally at your server environment.
If the intranet is running on our servers, you can access it from anywhere in the world. If we integrate the intranet into your network infrastructure, you can also access it externally without any problems using a VPN solution.
Yes, you can also obtain our intranet solution as software as a service. We take care of the infrastructure, backups, security and updates.