I decided to look for an open source solution.
I tried many solutions that did one thing and not another.
Joomla is billed as the dynamic portal engine and content management system.
It is in other words a multi-purpose CMS that can be molded to do your bidding.
Taty recently covered 10 extensions for Joomlahere.
If you are looking to build an Intranet for yourself you should then consult with yourself.
Write down a list of what you want the Intranet to be able to do.
What it needs to contain, not contain and how you want to achieve it.
What else could I need?
Well you will find out as you go along.
Next we need to either download or install Joomla to our webhost.
Many webhosts have automatic processes for installing Joomla.
Joomla gets installed just like Wordpress.
But if you do not have that optionyou can download Joomla hereand follow the directions in the package.
After the installation is complete you will have the URL it was set up with.
Google forFree Joomla Templatesand you will find a lot.
Pick one and download it or pick a bunch and download them.
Then you will click onExtensions - install/uninstallto get the templates installed.
It is released under GPL so you’re able to freely modify anything in it!
Next up we will go and find some extensions to add more functionality to your Joomla installation.
Jevents allows you to set up events and a calendar to show when corporate events are taking place.
Remositrory allows you to add file repositories that designated people will be allowed to upload and download.
you might go through the menu manager and edit the existing menus to display what you want.
If you are decent in PHP you really can change anything in your Joomla installation.
