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What’s New in Release 10December 11th, 2015http://connections-apps.com/xcc
What’s New in XCC 10.0New Features1. Custom Grids2. Access Restrictions for XCC Pages3. Business Cards in XCC Pages4. HTML Widget with Integrated Code Editor 5. Direct Edit for Customization Files
New Widgets6. Clipping Widget7. Community Description Widget8. Pinned Files Widget9. My Links Widget10.Tag Cloud Widget
Improvements11. HTML Widget with Increased Code Size
12. Forum Widget with Aggregation 13. Widget Editor with Full Screen Mode14. More Improvements
Best Practices15. Unified Navigation for IBM Connections and XCC16. XCC for External / Guest Users17. XCC for Communities with Full Page Layout18. REST Services with HTML Widgets 19. Employee Lists for Anniversaries etc.
Forms Experience Builder Integration20. FEB – Form Widget21. FEB – Data Widget
Appendix
New Features
1. Custom GridsDevelop your own grids with HTML
Upload a file named GridLayout1.html into the XCC Settings
Your custom grid will replace one of the standard grids, e.g. GridLayout1.html will replace Grid 1
2. Access Restrictions for XCC PagesSet XCC Page Read Access to
Restricted
Public
Anonymous
Restricted Pages
Are available to listed people only (Communities / Groups will be added later)
Users without read access will see an 404 error message
3. Business Cards in XCC Pages
Implemented in PeopleFinder and PeopleSelector Widget
With the Business Card you can see extended information on individuals
Download vCard to e.g. export the contact data
4. HTML Widget with Integrated Code Editor CodeMirror (https://codemirror.net/) integrated in Clipping, FEB and HTML Widget
Develop applications directly in XCC without copy / paste to / from external editor
Correct formatting
Correct syntax highlighting
JSON
HTML
CSS
JavaScript
Open editor in full screen
Now you can edit Custom & Language Files directly in the XCC
CSS Files
Javascript Files
Language Files
5. Direct Edit for XCC Customization Files
New Widgets
6. Clipping WidgetClip parts of a website with the Clipping widget
Use Cropmarks o JQuery / CSS to select content
Apply custom CSS to format content
7. Community Description Widget
Displays the description of a community (including all rich text / embedded HTML etc.)
Create great landing page for a communities
8. Pinned Files Widget
Show the users pinned files on the XCC
Every user see his personal files and can create his own list with his favorite files
9. My Links Widget
Show the users personal links on the XCC
Every user see his personal links and can create his own list with his favorite links
10. Tag Cloud Widget
Show the communities tag cloud on the XCC
Users can click on a tag and will force a search for this tag
User can get quick access to the information in the community
Improvements
11. HTML Widget with Increased Code Size
Save Javascript, HTML and CSS code up to 15MB
Indicator will show you the actual Code Size
Allows to develop large applications in HTML Widget
12. Forum Widget with Aggregation
Aggregate up to 20 different Forums
Topics will be sortedby date
Aggregate selectedtopics from different communities
13. Widget Editor with Full Screen ModeUse to display any widget in fullscreen mode to edit properties
Develop applications in HTML Widgetin full screen mode
Enter or leave full screen mode withicon or CTRL + F11
14. More ImprovementsCache Busting for Controlled Caching
XCC Anonymous Improvements
Security Improvements
Performance Improvements
Best Practices
15. Unified NavigationLinks to all relevant landing pages, maintained with IBM Connections / XCC
XCC based Landing Pages
IBM Communities with XCC customized home page
IBM Communities without customization
Any URL
16. XCC for External / Guest UsersCreate a landing page for External / Guest Users
Welcome Message
Instructions
Help Desk
Community Access
etc.
Use personalization to send External / Guest Users to “their” welcome page
17. XCC for Communities with Full Page Layout
Reduce complexity
Create custom branding
Create Custom Navigation (suppress the IBM Connections community navigation)
18. REST Services with HTML Widgets Use HTML Widget or Custom Widget API to consume REST Services
Use messaging services to communicate between widgets
19. Employee Lists for Anniversaries etc. Use People Selector Widget to displayAnnversaries
Other employee lists:
Person of Contact
Employee of the Month
Forms Experience Builder Integration
Forms Experience Builder IntegrationUse the Forms Experience Builder (FEB) as a Rapid Application Development platform. Easily configure
Create Forms with Drag & Drop of fieldsDesign FormsManage Access Mail NotificationApproval WorkflowDefine Stages
Use XCC to integrate FEB Forms and FEB Date into your Intranet
See YouTube Channel for more informationhttps://www.youtube.com/user/mlech23/videos
20. FEB – Form WidgetEmbed FEB Forms
Select Form (from all Forms the user has access to)Select HeightSelect Privacy
Anonymous (e.g for Complaints / Whistleblower Forms)
Authenticated (will pass users profile data to forms)
View & Use FormsView & Submit FormView Resultpage("Thank You"Page, Forms Responses, New Form)
21. FEB – Data WidgetSelect Layout (Grid, List, Table)Map Data Fields to Layout FieldsDefine Actions (Create, Edit, Delete)Format Layout and Fields with Custom CSS
Appendix
Customers & Partners
New UserOnboarding
Community Managers
TopManagers
BusinessUnits
EngageEmployees
Anonymous Users
Employee Relations
ToolsMenu
Mobile Users
Intranet as a Service
CFOs
IT Managers
Employee Magazine
Chairman’sOffice
CustomApps
Forms & Workflows
CurateContent
Internal Communications
Personalization& Targeting
Branding& Design
ApplicationIntegration
Single Point of Truth
24 Ways to Enhance IBM Connections with XCC
Usage &Adoption
http://slideshare.net/timetoact/24-ways-to-enhance-ibm-connections-with-xcc-web-content-custom-apps-extension
Test XCC on your own IBM Connections1. Download XCC
https://greenhouse.lotus.com/communities/community/XCC
2. Install XCC Less then 60 minutes
3. Test & Customize XCCXCC now runs in Stealth Mode, i.e. is not visible to users. XCC can therefore be installed, tested and customized in the production environment without any interference with users.
Create and customize your first XCC pages
Customize Layout
Make XCC visible to all users, add new home button to CNX, set XCC as CNX homepage
Test XCC on with IBM Connections CloudChoose the IBM BLUEMIX Data Center closest to you
Fill out form and follow the instructionsEurope & Africa: http://xcc-clients.eu-gb.mybluemix.net/registration.html
Americas & Asia: http://xcc-clients.mybluemix.net/registration.html
View presentation for more informationhttp://slideshare.net/timetoact/xcc-cloud
Intranet as a Service
XCC Release History• 08.2012 Release 1.0
– for Connections 3.0• 05.2013 Release 2.0 Beta
(Limited Availability)– Connections 4.0 – Activity Stream on Homepage
• 10.-12.2013 Release 2.0, 2.01 - 2.03(General Availability)– Connections 4.0 & 4.5– Personalization– Improvements & Bug fixes– Performance Increases– Personalization for Custom Profile Fields
• 01. & 02.2014 Release 3.0 - 3.02 – Improvements & Bug fixes– New Widgets– Mobile– Grid Layout
• 03.2014 Release 4.0– Extended Page Management Capabilities– UI & Performance Improvements
• 04.2014 Release 4.1– Atom & RSS Feed Widgets– List and Overview News Widgets
– People Finder Widget– Breadcrumb Path & Navigation– Multilingualism
• 08.2014 Release 5.0– IBM Connections 5 Support– Ideation-Blog Widget– Picture Widget– Import and Export of XCC page– XCC uses database to store your settings
• 10.2014 Release 6.0– Forum Widget– People Birthday Widget– People Selector Widget– Personalized Home Page– Custom JavaScript– Picture Slider in Embedded Experience– Item Count Editor / Paging
• 12.2014 Release 7.0– Suggestions Widget– Profile Completion Widget– Intranet Preferences Widget– Popular Content Widget– Many more…
• 03.2015 Release 8.0
– XCC for IBM Connections Cloud– XCC for Communities– XCC for Anonymous Users– News Aggregation– Saved Search
• 07.2015 Release 9.0– XCC FlyOut Page– XCC for IBM Connections Cloud– MediaGallery Widget– Community Overview Widget– Custom Widget API– Client-Side-Caching
• 12.2015 Release 10– Custom Grids– Access Restrictions for XCC Pages– Business Cards in XCC Pages– Integrated Code Editor – Clipping Widget– Community Description Widget– Pinned Files Widget– My Links Widget– Tag Cloud Widget
Call or Mail us for Questions !
Felix Binsack (XCC Product Idea & Sponsor)+49 221 [email protected]
Philipp van den Boom (XCC Inside Sales)+ 49 221 [email protected]
[email protected]://xcc-support.timetoact.de+ 49 221 97343-53
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