How to Build an Intranet with SharePoint
SharePoint stands out as one of the most reliable platforms when it comes to building intranets. With its robust feature set, creating a functional site from scratch can be accomplished easily. However, with practice, its drawbacks become apparent, particularly in terms of design. More often than not, organizations find themselves spending hundreds of hours (and dollars) trying to level up the look and feel of their Microsoft SharePoint Intranet.
Designing a visually appealing SharePoint site can be a chore, which is why we recommend using a full suite design platform like ShortPoint! ShortPoint is a SharePoint add-on that empowers organizations to create stunning, user-friendly, and engaging Intranet sites — with no coding required.
Let’s dive in on how you can leverage ShortPoint on your design journey!
SharePoint Home Page Design for everyone
Wondering what makes the templates we showcased earlier the best of the best? It all comes down to the interactive Design Elements our ShortPoint Design Experts strategically incorporated into the pages. These interactive Design Elements help everyone in your organization to continuously engage with your page, facilitate effective communication, and gain access to important information.
To create SharePoint home page designs just like our experts, here are the key Design Elements you need to have:
Tiles
Tiles: A clear and intuitive navigation menu is a must for guiding users to different sections of the intranet. You can quickly build a functional and stylistic navigation menu using ShortPoint’s Tiles Design Element. It includes a variety of customizable settings to create a fresh design and allow you to incorporate commonly used tools, resources, and applications within each tile.
Tickers
Ticker: A section dedicated to announcements helps keep employees informed about organizational news, events, policy changes, and other relevant updates. ShortPoint’s Ticker Design Element is perfect to showcase bite-sized information on your page. It has a wide-array of custom design options where you can modify the ticker’s style, color, and speed. To top it off, you can connect the Ticker
Events
Events: Integrating an events tracker feature on the homepage allows employees to view upcoming schedules within the organization. The best Design Element to use for such purposes is the Events Design Element. This Design Element does not only allow you to incorporate important organizational events, but it also allows you to build an eye-catching corner on your page because of its built-in out-of-the-box design options. Furthermore, you can set the Events element to pull data from an Outlook calendar, making it easier to add any upcoming activities.
Slideshow
Slideshow: A news resource section is a must in any SharePoint homepage. To execute that, you can use the Slideshow Design Element. This will allow you to display data-heavy news in a series of captivating images and compact text, giving your viewers a better chance of internalizing huge chunks of information. And just like the Ticker Design Element, you can use ShortPoint Connect to connect to internal and external sources.
File List
File List: It is important to include a dedicated space for your company-wide documents. This way your viewers will have easy access to commonly used files and resources they may need to accomplish their daily tasks. The perfect way to showcase documents on your page is through the Files List Design Element. It allows you to create a powerful knowledge center with all the information and tools that your users need to be productive and efficient.
In addition to the interactive Design Elements above, ShortPoint has over 60 Design Elements, all designed to meet the different needs of your organization. With these Design Elements at your disposal, you are bound to build a functional and stunning intranet that everyone will love.
Ideas for SharePoint Team Sites
With ShortPoint, you gain access to a library of pre-built design templates that you can use to quickly build creative SharePoint page designs. ShortPoint’s templates library has hundreds of practical examples that you can use to fit the branding of your organization. And to help you get started, we’ve compiled some of the best templates we have to offer to give you fresh ideas for SharePoint team sites:
SharePoint Site Ideas for Your Employees
This design includes a modern header that immediately captures the interest of viewers. It makes use of quick links to grant users instant access to additional sites or pages. Additionally, the stylistic arrangement of each element allows users to easily find the resources they are looking for.
Teams site home pages revolve around updates, tasks, schedules, and projects. In this template, all these items are tastefully distributed across the page, making it easier to look for specific information or content.
A complete SharePoint intranet contains components that are important to all employees. This includes a section for easy access tools, documents, and sites that help in their day-to-day work. It also has sections that highlight crucial information for the raising the awareness of team members, such as news, recognition, and events. On top of that, it must have a unique design that captures attention and does not look anything like what a SharePoint site, in its common form, looks like.
Functionality is key when building an intranet. Your intranet must have dedicated spaces for frequently used links, news, announcements, and documents just like this template example. These functionalities encourages your site viewers to engage with your page and quickly find the information they need.
Creative SharePoint Page Design for a Microsoft
SharePoint Intranet
ShortPoint empowers its users to create stunning SharePoint home page designs that engages your site viewers. Get Started with ShortPoint today with a Free 15-Day Trial and experience the groundbreaking innovations in intranet site design.
ShortPoint provides you with:
- a powerful add-on that covers everything and anything you need for intranet site design;
- a wide selection of the best SharePoint Designs you can modify and make your own;
- over 60 customizable Design Elements to suit any type of content;
- easy SharePoint site branding capabilities, and so much more.
Try out ShortPoint by starting a free trial or connect with our sales team to learn more. Build your intranets fast with ShortPoint.
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