Features

Easy page creation

Anyone can add or edit content on ThoughtFarmer, and it immediately becomes findable, searchable, and version-controlled.

Have conversations on ThoughtFarmer

Instead of back-and-forth email exchanges, have conversations on ThoughtFarmer. Discussions can emerge on any page.

Categorize pages and documents with inline tagging

Add tags easily with the inline tag editor. Click a tag to see all related pages and documents. Click more tags to narrow down the results.

Manage photos with gallery view

Gallery view provides a quick overview of your image resources. Click on an image to enter the photo album, where you can page through images, add comments, or download the original.

Create a single Adobe PDF from multiple web pages

Need a hard copy of a section of your intranet? Create a single Adobe PDF of an entire intranet section with one click.

Monitor external news with RSS feed integration

Monitor news, blogs, or any other frequently-updated content with ThoughtFarmer's RSS feed portlets.

Move emails to ThoughtFarmer

Move email threads out of your Inbox by forwarding them to thoughtfarmer@yourcompany.com. ThoughtFarmer matches the "From" address in the email to your private space, and creates a page from the contents of the email.

Make announcements on ThoughtFarmer

News can be prominently displayed on the ThoughtFarmer home page, increasing intranet usage and decreasing email congestion.

More ThoughtFarmer features

User Places. Every user has his own spot on the intranet where he/she can feel a strong sense of ownership. Users can use their Place to share files, create pages, store documents, maintain journals, and publish photos.

Employee directory. A robust employee directory, with optional Active Directory integration, is the cornerstone of ThoughtFarmer Intranet.

Powerful search. ThoughtFarmer includes a powerful search engine that supports result set tweaking, permissions-based results filtering, and keyword highlighting.

Full-circle auto-linking. Automatically generated links reveal relationships between people and content, building context for the reader and encouraging exploration.

Full revision control and rollback. Every edit to ThoughtFarmer pages is recorded. Version comparison is easy with differential visualizations; rollback takes 2 clicks.

Single sign-on. ThoughtFarmer integrates with your Windows network, so every user gets a personalized view without requiring a separate logon.

Document libraries. Every ThoughtFarmer page supports attachments. Easily create libraries of your key documents.

Unified browsing & editing interface. Browsing, editing and administration are all performed from a single interface, with no separate logons required.

Word-type editing interface. Familiar Word-type WYSIWYG interface makes content creation intuitive for business users.

Social bookmarking. Click the star to add a page to your list of Favourites, stored on your Place page. Add external sites as Favourites too. Others can browse your Favourites. Heavily favourited pages are boosted in the search rankings.

Quick Polls. Run interactive polls on the home page.

Page Ratings. Rate pages from 1 to 5 stars. View average page ratings. Highly-rated pages are boosted in the search rankings.

See who’s interesting. The employee list displays a thumbnail photo, and icons indicate whether a person has added a profile, created subpages or added favourites.

View all changes, site-wide. Recent changes are displayed on the home page—new pages, modified pages, updated people—and you can click “See more…” for a full list of what’s new and changed.

Easy linking. To create a link, just type a portion of the page name, and ThoughtFarmer does the rest.

Clear page security. A list of who can see and who can edit the current page appears in the right margin.

Built with Microsoft technology. ThoughtFarmer is built on the proven, enterprise-standard ASP.Net/SQL Server platform.