Claromentis A web platform for your business
On May 20th 2011 Claromentis had a professional film crew visit our offices to record our company promotion video. We wanted to reflect the relaxed atmosphere yet professional approach we take towards all our projects.
We had great fun recording the video and think the outcome is brilliant. We hope you enjoy it too!
To watch the video, simply ‘Click Here’.
Happy Watching 
We all want things quickly – but an Intranet in 1 week??!!
That was the challenge laid down in front of us Monday morning – a working Intranet, branded in the companies colours, all content uploaded (including electronic forms) and ready for use by Friday lunch time.
I am happy to confirm that Claromentis has come through with the goods, and the client is very happy.
So was there a secret to this success? It will come as no surprise that the client had done many hours of pre-project work, and had nearly everything ready to go the moment the site was ready for content population. The old army ‘five p’s’ saying rings true even in IT!
RSS is a technology being used by millions of web users around the globe, making the delivery of regularly changing web content easy. It allows people to stay informed by retrieving the latest content from sites they’re interested in, without having to visit each individually.
Benefits of RSS include streamlined communication between publisher and reader, new audiences reached through syndication, a faster method for content scanning, and the readers’ ability to control the flow of information by opting in for content updates to suit their interests.
The Claromentis RSS Reader component makes reading news or events easy, be it from an external source such as the BBC or using your own internal RSS feed. The component allows two modes of reading, one is a fixed feed experience – designed for when you want a feed readable by all without them being able to customize where it is reading from; the second makes use of custom metadata, allowing your end user to configure where the news is coming from, so that the component is always personal to them.
Any RSS feed can be placed on the homepage or in any content managed area of the intranet. Embedding relevant RSS feeds into a content page is one of the easiest ways to get fresh news delivered to your readers. All you need is feed2js installed on your system. This is a simple plugin allowing you to generate javascript snippets from any RSS feed. RSS feeds are great because they tend to include enough information to update the reader, without overwhelming them with excessive details.
In addition to this, RSS feeds can be created using output data from various applications, such as InfoCapture. Why not try it out? Follow the guide on our wiki here
For more ideas on increasing user engagement, visit this link
Claromentis allows an appropriate interface to be assigned depending on the role of the user. This is an addition to all the privileges and access to data they might have because of that role, or memberships of groups and sub-groups, extranets or indeed as an individual.
Interfaces deal with issues separate from access rights to applications or data – that is dealt with by the permission system itself. Instead their job is to present the user with the optimal intranet end user experience.
For example:
Will use the intranet every day to accomplish their tasks. They will normally be allocated a rich interface, with access to multiple channels of information, many applications and the power to interact with all data.
Their role will be as a contributor as well as a consumer – through content creation in their subject areas, as well as by commenting and interacting with information created by other staff.
While still receiving an individual access account with access to news, quality management systems and operating procedures, their role is more likely to be as a consumer of information.
Normally application access will be restricted to those necessary to perform the job, and a user interface will optimize access to critical data through fast access buttons. The interface might be extended to display environmental data such as temperature of various items of equipment.
Here the users are likely to share a generic log on based on their location, and they will primarily be accessing news, critical heath and safety announcements and any updates to procedures. They might also access e-forms to report issues or anything that is appropriate to their role. Their access may be provided by kiosks at common staff areas such as refreshment areas, reception desks or other key areas in the facility.
An example is provided by summer staff at amusement parks.
Intranet Interface : Summary
Claromentis allows interfaces to be created that are ‘children’ of other interfaces, so that once the master interface has been created it is relatively simple to create other modified interfaces that inherit the basic design elements of the parent interface.
This is a very powerful part of the Claromentis web platform –a single holistic information store and application environment which be interpreted in many ways according to the needs of staff performing various functions as required by their role within the company.
Data can be seen in different ways
We would however advise against the creation of too many interfaced ‘just because you can’. Some Claromentis clients have produced 10-20 interfaces as new requirements are identified. Although this functionality is indeed very powerful, each interface will require testing with every new release of our software, and that carries a time cost that should not be ignored.