Intranet homepage build for SharePoint
If your SharePoint homepage feels flat and uninspiring, we’ll work with you to rebuild it into a clear, engaging space that earns employee attention – and reflects the great work you do!
Struggling to make your SharePoint homepage work?
Many internal comms teams feel stuck with a SharePoint homepage that’s flat, confusing, or simply ignored – and making changes feels harder than it should.
You may have asked IT for help and been told it needs to go through project approval, or that it’s not their priority. Meanwhile, important updates go unseen, and you’re left relying on all-staff emails no one reads.
Here’s what we often hear from our clients:
That’s where we come in – bridging the gap between comms, content, and technology, and helping you turn your homepage into something people actually use.
Rebuild your SharePoint intranet homepage – without the tech hurdles
Our intranet homepage build service helps internal comms teams turn underwhelming homepages into clear, engaging experiences that employees actually use.
We plan, design, and launch (or relaunch) your homepage – all within SharePoint Online, so there’s no custom code, no IT bottlenecks, and no alien solutions. You’ll be hands-on from the start, helping shape a homepage that’s relevant, usable, and ready to scale across your wider intranet.
What's included
- Structured news publishing: Schedule articles in advance, and use category filters to separate topics on the home page.
- News and page templates: Speed up publishing with well-laid out, easy-to-use templates for consistency and quality.
- News digest newsletter: Surface key stories via email, hand curated from your published stories.
- Responsive homepage design: Mobile-friendly layout with space for campaigns, buttons linking to systems, resources, and key content.
- Mega menu navigation: An always-visible intranet-wide menu helps colleagues get to where they want to be without ever getting lost.
- Local cascade menus: |Site-specific drop-down menus for department and topics sites.
- Simple events calendar: Keep employees informed of key dates, launches or internal activities.
- Optional Viva Connections integration: Boost visibility of your news through the Viva Connections dashboard and notifications in Microsoft Teams.
- Search scoped to your intranet: Make search more relevant by narrowing results to just the intranet, with the option to search all of SharePoint too.
- Intranet-wide visual consistency: A clean, unified colour scheme and layout to give your intranet polish and coherence.
- Coaching and knowledge transfer: We support your intranet manager with hands-on publishing guidance.
Why Choose ClearBox
We’re digital workplace specialists and intranet experts. We’ve defined digital strategies for twenty years and our consultants all have in-house comms and intranet management experience. We’ve been quietly building SharePoint intranets since 2023 and now, having proven our approach, we’re ready to create, rebuild, and revamp home sites, topics sites, and department sites in your SharePoint environment.
Boosted engagement.
Your homepage won’t just look better – it will work harder. We design layouts that help your content cut through, so employees actually read the news and take action.
SharePoint, without the struggle.
We work within SharePoint Online’s modern features – no custom code, no mystery work – so the result is flexible, changeable, and genuinely yours.
Clear process, clear decisions.
From the start, we help you define priorities, shape the vision, and get buy-in – without the politics or confusion. You’ll feel in control at every stage.
Confidence that sticks.
As we build, we transfer knowledge – so your team walks away with new skills and the confidence to evolve the homepage without calling on IT, or even us.
A win your comms team can own.
This is your success, not ours. You’ll have a homepage that reflects the work you do, earns respect across the business, and proves the value of internal communications.
How we build your SharePoint homepage – together
We use a clear, collaborative approach that brings clarity from the start – and lets you see and shape your homepage as it comes to life.
How our process works
- Our robust, human process – Our collaborative approach gets your team hands on and fully equipped to manage a top-tier SharePoint intranet.
- Tell us what you really want – It starts with a conversation. In a 30 to 40 minute call, we’ll explore your current status and the needs your intranet should meet. We’ll also outline our process and what to expect from your side.
- A decent proposal – We’ll draft a proposal and early project plan based on your goals and budget. In a follow-up meeting, you can shape the focus – whether it’s better news publishing, stakeholder engagement, or user research.
- Kick off – We’ll set expectations, clarify scope, and align the team. The kick-off ensures everyone’s on the same page.
- Weekly project management meetings – We’ll drive the project forward – fast, but with a close eye on quality.
- Plan and design – No intranet strategy? No problem. We’ll help define a vision so every stakeholder or colleague knows what’s coming. You won’t have to wait for PowerPoint mock-ups – within the first fortnight, you’ll get real intranet designs to test and shape. Each week we’ll refine the layout, templates, and home page. Your home site will be accessible and deliver a good user experience. We’ll guide you through Viva Connections, notifications in Microsoft Teams, and set up smooth news processes with categorised news and scheduled publishing.
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- Design and build – We’ll create templates for news and key reference pages, supporting your team in publishing or improving content. We’ll cover both desktop and mobile experience, and liaise with IT only as needed. As the news archive grows, we’ll show you how to build digest emails in SharePoint – quick, curated email newsletters that link back to your intranet. We’ll also help define your ‘core intranet’ and build an intranet-wide mega menu to connect it all – helping colleagues stay oriented and find what they need. Need help bringing departments up to scratch? Just ask.
- Test and configure – We can run formal (but fun) user testing at any stage – perhaps on the home page, or, for larger intranets, the mega menu. We’ll support conversations with IT on permission Groups and browser settings, and recommend launching or revitalising your publishers’ community – helping teams create better, more consistent content.
- Launch – With your comms and launch plans ready, it’s time to celebrate – then prepare for the wave of department requests for help!
Ready to make your SharePoint homepage work harder?
If your current homepage isn’t reaching employees – or you’ve been told “that’s just what SharePoint does” – it’s time for a rethink.
Let’s turn your homepage into something useful, engaging, and easy to manage. No technical headaches. No big reveals. Just expert support, a clear plan, and results your team can be proud of.
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