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What's New in Synthesis 6?

April 4, 2023 Knowledge Architecture

Synthesis 6, our next generation intranet platform for architects and engineers, is now available.

While we have designed Synthesis 6 to continue helping AEC firms find, share, and manage knowledge, we have focused on doing so in a more simplified, intuitive, and cloud-based way. 

You can look forward to:

  • Navigating your intranet more easily with the new mega menu, breadcrumb, and navigation block features

  • Building pages that are beautiful, fun to create, and easy to maintain with new image and document blocks, page templates, and drag-and-drop functionality

  • Authoring, organizing, and managing essential content with the new content outliner, community layouts, and guides 

  • Managing large collections of knowledge with new grid layouts, saved views, and sorting, filtering, and grouping tools in our reimagined libraries and directories

  • Providing brand consistency by customizing colors, fonts, and logos with our new style and branding tools

Here are some of the features we’re most excited about, and we think you will be too!

Navigation > Mega Menu

The new mega menu feature makes it easy to quickly find what you’re looking for across the intranet.

A screenshot of the new Synthesis 6 Mega Menu showing two levels of navigation items expanded below the community name.

Navigation > Breadcrumbs

The new breadcrumb feature shows you where you are at all times.

A screenshot of navigation breadcrumb text at the top of the page in Synthesis 6.

Navigation > Navigation Blocks

Navigation blocks use graphics, titles, and/or descriptions to connect users to internal and external resources.

A Synthesis 6 screenshot showing an example of a navigation block for different enterprise applications using custom icons, titles, and descriptions for each resource.

Pages > Page Templates

Content creators can select one of our pre-designed page templates to get started on building a page quickly. Your firm can also create custom page templates specific to your firm’s needs.

A Synthesis 6 screenshot showing the Choose Page Template dialogue with Image + Text Page selected on the right and the template preview on the left.

Pages > Drafts

Create new intranet content in private with our drafts feature. Drafts are hidden from end users until the content creator is ready to publish.

A Synthesis 6 screenshot showing an example of a page in draft mode with the word "Draft" in a grey bubble after the title of the page.

Pages > Move

Easily relocate resources as your business changes.

A screenshot of the Synthesis 6 Content Outliner with the page options menu activated on the Project Management page. The cursor is hovering over the word Move.
 

Pages > Content Blocks

Content blocks provide a variety of options to help content creators build visually compelling pages.

A screenshot of the Insert menu in the Synthesis 6 page editor showing all of the content block options.

Pages > Document and Video Blocks

Add a collection of documents or videos to your page using our blocks. You can choose between a variety of layouts and layout sizes.

A screenshot of a Synthesis 6 page with 6 Training Videos in a video block.

Pages > Guides

Guides empower content creators to modernize handbooks and manuals into living resources for employees. Guides display a hierarchical structure on the right of every guide page, so employees can easily transition from section to section.

A screenshot of a Manual of Practice formatted in Synthesis 6 Guide, with the guide outline on the right and the page content on the left.

Libraries > Document and Video

Document and video libraries include auto-generated thumbnail previews, the ability to add custom metadata (i.e. event, topic, application), and use that metadata to sort, filter, and group resources.

A screenshot of a Synthesis 6 Document Library, including auto-generated thumbnail previews.

Directories > Employees

Employee directories have been upgraded to include a grid layout, improved sorting, filtering, and grouping, saved views, and our new hover card.

A screenshot of a Synthesis 6 Employee Directory in grid layout showing circular headshots and and example of an employee hover card.

Directories > Projects

Project directories now have a grid layout, more powerful sorting, filtering, and grouping, saved views, and an interactive project map. 

A screenshot of a Synthesis 6 filtered project list for LEED Projects in Map View.

Branding > Style Editor

Branding and style tools promote brand consistency by allowing your firm to customize the colors, fonts, and logos of your intranet.

A screenshot of the Synthesis 6 branding and style tool for customizing the Title 2 text.
 

Want to learn more about Synthesis 6?

Drop us a line at info@knowledge-architecture.com.

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