All users belong to various system groups; each with varying levels of system rights. For example, low-level users are content developers who require content manger approval of any site additions or edits. Business unit administrators belong to groups with basic system administration rights while administrators have full rights over administration of the Intranet. Spectra objects, process logic paths (PLP), and workflows handle the content management tasks. When a content developer chooses to create or edit information, a PLP opens to guide them through the process.

Workflows tie into the PLP by attaching a new workflow to the developer’s changes. The workflow tracks the progress, notifies the relevant content manager(s) of new “content approval tasks,” verifies that all assigned content managers have approved the changes, activates the changes so they can be published on the Intranet and finally destroys itself when all of its tasks are complete.

The Flash flyout menuing system developed by Fig Leaf Software gives users access to thousands of content pages directly from the home page or any page within the site. Each time a content contributor adds a page to the system, a template automatically updates the datasource text files that power the Flash flyouts. As soon as new content is added, the menus are automatically updated and reordered allowing instant end-user access to new information.