1. Knowledge Sharing Workshops
(NEWS/NEWS FROM FAO)

The Web Guide team has been part of an ongoing series of workshops on the methods, tools and services that can facilitate knowledge sharing at FAO. These workshops are in association with colleagues

2. Meet your colleagues in the Knowledge Cafe
(NEWS/NEWS FROM FAO)

...dge ask and answer questions about knowledge sharing learn about knowledge sharing methods and tools, or find out about services supporting knowledge sharing at FAO Don't forget to ...

3. 1.3 An introduction to Web accessibility at FAO
(WEBGUIDE/INTRODUCTION)

... Tables: Make line-by-line reading sensible. Summarize. Check your work: Validate. Use tools, checklist and guidelines at http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG   ...

4. Introducing the Knowledge Cafe
(NEWS/NEWS FROM FAO)

...permanent place where people can discover their colleagues and learn about knowledge sharing methods and tools. Every one at FAO is a knowledge worker, so the Knowledge Cafe is for everyone who works ...

5. 2.8b Using YouTube to store and share FAO videos
(WEBGUIDE/WEB PUBLICATION BASICS)

...aged. FAO takes no responsibility for videos uploaded to other YouTube channels or other video sharing tools. Steps 1. Format your video a. make sure your video is no...

6. The Future of Social Networking
(NEWS/GLOBAL DEVELOPMENTS)

...e communities of people brought together through a variety of shared interests. Social media are the tools used for sharing and discussing information and they are primarily Internet or mobile bas...

7. Collaborative tools and Web 2.0
(NEWS/NEWS FROM FAO)

...d sharing content online. A number of FAO Departments and divisions are considering collaborative tools to share their online content. Popular content sharing services Usin...

8. Light up the Web with Silverlight 2
(NEWS/GLOBAL DEVELOPMENTS)

...ds to significantly ease Web design and development.   It offers a wide range of new features and tools that enable designers and developers to better collaborate while creating more accessible...

9. Customized search from Google
(NEWS/GLOBAL DEVELOPMENTS)

...mic and if a sufficiently large number of people are re-ranking results, such "people powered" tools like SearchWiki could improve the overall search experience.  More information on ...

10. The next phase of the FAO Open Archive project begins
(NEWS/NEWS FROM FAO)

...used) in other United Nation organizations. The next phase will involve investigating open source tools that could be used to support the electronic publishing and cataloguing workflow at the F...

11. What is Enterprise 2.0?
(NEWS/GLOBAL DEVELOPMENTS)

According to Wikipedia, Enterprise 2.0 is a term describing social software (including Web 2.0 tools) used in business contexts. Enterprise 2.0 includes social and networked modifications to

12. Web Usability Matters
(NEWS/GLOBAL DEVELOPMENTS)

... Search engines offer visibility to your Web site; optimize by using appropriate tools and tags Fixed font size Us...

13. 2.8 Social Media Policy
(WEBGUIDE/WEB PUBLICATION BASICS)

This section is intended for those people who are considering implementing official collaborative tools, sites or services, or are simply investigating the possibilities. With the advent of &

14. FAO to host Web2ForDev conference
(NEWS/NEWS FROM FAO)

...pportunities provided by the often-called Web 2.0 methods and approaches. A great many communication tools listed as Web 2.0 have become available recently, that are of interest to people using in...

15. Web 2.0. So?
(NEWS/GLOBAL DEVELOPMENTS)

...ase coined in 2004, refers to a perceived second generation of Web-based services - such as collabrative tools (wikis for example), communication tools and folksonomies (user generated taxonomies) - t...

16. 9.4 Evaluation of Web sites
(WEBGUIDE/MAINTENANCE)

...bles real life, while allowing participants to think out loud. Link popularity Google and other tools on the Web can give an indication of how many other sites are linking to a Web site. ...

17. 7.1 Testing approaches
(WEBGUIDE/TESTING)

...ance testing at Usability Net for more guidance on how to conduct user testing. Performance testing tools There are various tools available to check a Web site in a few minutes, in particula...

18. 6.12 Tools
(WEBGUIDE/CONSTRUCTION)

 

19. 6.10 Providing access to search
(WEBGUIDE/CONSTRUCTION)

...(CMS), the embedded search engine may provide the best results. KCEW and KCT can help you optimize these tools.   ...

20. 5.5 Define technical implementation
(WEBGUIDE/DESIGN)

...er for the site developer who will take care of the implementation; and choice and description of the tools that will be used to implement the site.   The documentation that is produc...

21. 5.4 Define technical implementation
(WEBGUIDE/DESIGN)

...uideline  At FAO, there are a number of ways of producing Web sites using different technologies and tools based on approved standards. Obviously, the choice depends on the type of site you are cr...

22. 4.2 FAO content repositories
(WEBGUIDE/CONTENT COLLECTION)

...ormation items can be picked up by FAO search engines such as the Information Finder and external search tools. EIMS is the system that manages all workflow and output of the Corporate Document Reposi...

23. 4.1 Developing a content inventory
(WEBGUIDE/CONTENT COLLECTION)

...which has been tagged or described with metadata: you want to capture that as well. Here are some tools that could be used to capture the information: Microsoft Excel spreadsheet; Mi...

24. 3.1 Consultation
(WEBGUIDE/PLANNING)

...te to/draw from existing content repositories?   KCE -  do you need document management advice and tools? Are you aware of current standards and guidelines for Web publishing? Do you need to org...

25. 1.1 FAO and the Internet: What is an FAO Web site?
(WEBGUIDE/INTRODUCTION)

...AICENT as:     "a corporate framework which integrates and harmonizes standards, tools and procedures for the efficient and effective management and dissemination of high-quali...

26. 9.1a Maintaining quality
(WEBGUIDE/MAINTENANCE)

... use to arrive at your site allows an understanding of what people are looking for. Most site monitoring tools are good at recording how often a given page is served, but not so strong at analyzing th...

27. 6.12c Graphics, document and conversion tools
(WEBGUIDE/CONSTRUCTION)

Guideline   Adobe Photoshop Adobe Photoshop software is an image editing tool which graphic designers use to create images such as banners or to prepare photos for publication on a Web site. Con

28. 6.12a Recommended editing tools for Web site construction
(WEBGUIDE/CONSTRUCTION)

...s enable you to instantly create and modify HTML, CFML, JSP, and XHTML tags, while enhanced productivity tools allow you to validate, reuse, navigate, and format code more easily. Contact your ITO to ...

29. 6.7b Multilingual interfaces
(WEBGUIDE/CONSTRUCTION)

... It works for Arabic and Chinese. Do you know about... Encoding conversion tools? With a simple open source program, you can change your text from Unicode to ...

30. 2.7c Content Management Systems (CMS)
(WEBGUIDE/WEB PUBLICATION BASICS)

...ange, and improve the software, and to redistribute it in modified or unmodified form. The Collaborative Tools Wiki records the experience of FAO staff who have evaluated and compared open source CMSs...

31. 2.6b How to gather user information: user research
(WEBGUIDE/WEB PUBLICATION BASICS)

...mation. You can establish a simple mailing list or use a specific management tool (look for customizable tools where you can introduce profiling questions to be filled out by newsletter subscribers). ...