Category Archives: Intranets

Bye-bye, Wait Times: 6 Reasons Why You Should Use Timeslots for Events in Linchpin Intranet Suite

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Do you like standing in queues? No? Neither do we. For some types of corporate events – e.g. photos for the employee directory or pizza day in the canteen – it makes sense to divide the event into several time slots to avoid annoying waiting times. This is now very easy in Linchpin – thanks to the event time slots! Decide for yourself how many time slots you want to divide your event into, how many minutes a time slot consists of and how many of your colleagues are allowed to register per slot.

Linchpin Intranet Suite 5.6 – April Intranet Highlights

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It’s been almost exactly half a year since the last update of the Linchpin Intranet Suite – version 5.4 – and we’ve followed suit: Linchpin Intranet Suite 5.6 is waiting in the wings (along with Linchpin Essentials 2.6)! In this blog article, we’ll give you an overview of the highlights: The free footer configuration, enhancements in terms of event planning, fixed sizes for teaser macros, and implementation of gender-neutral practices.

Linchpin Intranet Suite 5.4: A Big Update With Exciting New Features

Our intranet received a brand new update – with version 5.4, Linchpin Intranet Suite introduces better support for screen readers, time slots for events, a customizable mobile menu and more. Downloadable now from the Atlassian Marketplace.

Linchpin Intranet Suite: We Are More Than Just Colleagues

Linchpin Suite: We are more than just co-workers

When you think of the traditional tools many of us use to get our work done – email, intranets and shared networks, video conferencing, etc. – my guess is these do not then simultaneously make you think of friendships with colleagues, sharing both the personal and professional gems of your lives. They most likely make you think, “these are the tools I use to get my work done”. There is a way out: The Linchpin Intranet Suite combines traditional work tools and social media tools.

Easily Structure Confluence Content and Make It Attractive

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Confluence is a great tool for knowledge sharing within your company, but as with everything that exists in the world, it’s not perfect. Some of the Space admin features are a bit clunky or missing, and it doesn’t exactly create pages that are very pleasing to the eye, which can mean that your prospective readers take one look at it and high-tail it right out of there. With Space Tools Pro and Karma, these problems are a thing of the past.

By You, for You: 3 New Features for the Linchpin Intranet Suite!

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It’s October and the leaves are starting to fall. Things are changing, and the Linchpin Intranet Suite is no different: it now offers three functions that make the social intranet even more user-friendly and clear. These include new filter options in the people directory, scaled-down images for shorter loading times and a clearer timeline, and a further step towards greater accessibility. Find out what else you can look forward to in the blog article.

Linchpin at BSH Receives Inkometa Award for Best Intranet!

BSH Home Appliances won this year’s Inkometa Award in the Social Intranet / Collaboration category! Why this is of particular interest to us? Well, because their intranet was created using our Linchpin Intranet Suite! Together with our partner XALT, we replaced their aged, top-down intranet with Linchpin. Read all about the why and how (and who) here.

Soon In Your Linchpin Intranet: Timeslots for Events

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An intranet without event management? Unthinkable. Especially in a Confluence-based intranet. To help you organize (and participate in) events in your Linchpin intranet even better, we’re introducing a new feature in October: Timeslots for events! By the way, this feature was requested by some Linchpin users via Canny. This leads us to the question: Canny build it?! Yes, yes we can.

State of the Union for Confluence Cloud in 2023

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Alen Kipp asked our CEO Martin why companies should choose Confluence software for business in 2022. In this article, Martin will do his best to give his personal (maybe just slightly biased) answer and summarize the state of Atlassian Confluence and compare the tool to alternatives on the market