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Visual Demonstration of Folders vs. Metadata for Classification
By Chris Poteet on May 23, 2011
Of all the posts I’ve done on this blog relating to SharePoint, my article denouncing folders is by far the most popular. I later wrote about improvements to folders in 2010, and this video is a culmination of those two posts. I was asked in the comments on the former post about a visual representation […]
Posted in Content Management, Findability, Information Architecture, SharePoint | Tagged content types, folders, metadata, navigation, views | 13 Responses
SharePoint 2010 and Folders
By Chris Poteet on November 29, 2009
The public beta of SharePoint 2010 is out there for all of us to try who don’t have privileged access, and so now starts the time of deciphering the impact the next version of this very important software package will have on us. One of the things that excites me the most is improvements in […]
Posted in Content Management, Findability, Information Architecture, SharePoint, User Experience | Tagged folders, metadata, views | 7 Responses
The Folder-Less SharePoint Paradigm
By Chris Poteet on March 9, 2009
When someone first shows me how they’re using SharePoint I look for a sure sign whether they understand and have implemented the SharePoint paradigm to document management—I look for a folder. Granted using an occasional folder here and there is not the end of the world and doesn’t prove someone doesn’t know how to use […]
Posted in Content Management, Findability, Information Architecture, SharePoint | Tagged Adoption, best practice, content types, folder, metadata, views | 46 Responses