WordPress is a good option for a intranet?

  • gandalf.nho

    (@gandalfnho)


    9 years, 3 months ago

    I work at a town hall and we are needing to create a intranet. We are a very small team (2/3 people max) and none is a web programmer or web designer (only desktop programming). For said intranet, we are aiming to get the following content:
    * a FAQ/knowledge base (maybe a wiki)
    * a document manager which permits users to edit the files (like Word or Excel) without being forced to download it and reupload later
    * a task manager, where some users can create tasks and delegate to others inside a group
    * some social features, like a chat (but the conversations must be saved in a database)
    All these options must be collaborative, with some type of changing logs to control what the users are doing. And the user system must be strong, with different access for different users.

    I need to know if is possible to do this with WordPress and free plugins. If yes, what plugins are the sugegsted ones (I already checked some in the plugins lists, but I want to know which will be working together without problems) and also a good theme to join all.

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  • Moderator Jan Dembowski

    (@jdembowski)

    Forum Moderator and Brute Squad

    9 years, 3 months ago

    WordPress is a good option for a intranet?

    Yes. 😉

    There are caveats though. When your Intranet browser attempts to access the Intranet WordPress installation then the host name should be resolvable by the browser and by the Intranet webserver hosting the WordPress installation. That’s not strictly speaking a requirement as you can use the IP address of the WordPress installation but it’s a better experience when you do it that way.

    Host names can be set in your hosts file on the PC and servers.

    I need to know if is possible to do this with WordPress and free plugins.

    No one here really can answer that one for you. What you’ve outlined is the beginning of a job spec and that requires real development to get your requirements right. Development as in get the requirements correct first because that will effect the final outcome.

    That’s something that’s outside of the scope here. You can look at https://wordpress.org/plugins/ and try some searched but from your post it appears that you’ve done that already.

    Try looking at these plugins.

    https://wordpress.org/plugins/search.php?q=FAQ
    https://wordpress.org/plugins/search.php?q=events
    https://wordpress.org/plugins/search.php?q=chat
    Chat plugins often need access to a third party chat system which may or mat not work for you.

    This one has really good support for the free plugin IMHO. The rest I’ve not tried myself.
    https://wordpress.org/plugins/the-events-calendar/

    Chris

    (@charlwood)

    9 years, 3 months ago

    Ah, yes, WordPress is ideal for intranets. Though with free plugins, there is no guarantee of support or that they work together (you get what you pay for). Try our free Simple Intranet Directory plugin if you have a directory of hall staff or volunteers: https://wordpress.org/plugins/simple-intranet-directory.

    We offer a wiki, chat, file management (front end), social activity feeds as well, but there is a cost. 🙂

    Thread Starter gandalf.nho

    (@gandalfnho)

    9 years, 3 months ago

    Thanks for the answers, I’m trying to decide what plugins I can use

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