XCC 9.0 Whats New
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The document outlines the new features and improvements in the XCC 9.0 release for IBM Connections Cloud, including a cloud-based service, customizable widgets, and enhanced user onboarding capabilities. Significant updates include client-side caching, new community and gallery widgets, and various performance optimizations. Best practices and custom widget development options are also discussed, along with links to additional resources and support contacts.
XCC 9.0 Whats New
- 1. What’s New in Release http://connections-apps.com/xcc July 31st, 2015
- 2. What’s New in XCC 9.0 New Features 1. XCC Cloud for IBM Connections Cloud 2. FlyOut Page 3. Custom Widgets API 4. Client-Side-Caching 5. Gallery Widget 6. Community Overview Widget Onboarding Wizard 7. Introduction & Sample Onboarding Setup 8. Profile Tagging Widget 9. Profile Picture Widget Improvements 10. Aggregation for more News Widgets 11. Source-Links in Widget Editor 12. Bookmarks and Files Sort Options 13. Minor Improvements Best Practices 14. Acknowledgement Widget 15. New Employee Widget 16. Customized People Finder 17. Layout Samples Appendix
- 3. New Features
- 4. 1. XCC Cloud for IBM Connections Cloud
- 5. XCC Cloud for IBM Connections Cloud XCC is now available as a true Multi Tenant SaaS Offering. Easy setup with a guided Self Service Available on a per user / per month basis Single Sign On with IBM Connections Cloud Extends IBM Connections Cloud to a complete and deeply integrated Intranet XCC Cloud is hosted on IBM Bluemix US and UK Intranet as a Service
- 6. XCC Cloud for IBM Connections Cloud Web Content Management / Internal Communications Custom Applications Layout Customization Personalization
- 7. Intranet as a Service Bluemix XCC Cloud for IBM Connections Cloud IBM Connections Cloud Users Internal Communications Enterprise Social Collaboration Create Activities, Blogs, Bookmarks, Communities, Discussions, Events, Files, Ideas, Wikis; Comment, Like, Participate, Vote Access Intranet Navigate, Search, Personalize, Comment, Like, Participate, Vote Manage Intranet Aggregate, Arrange, Create, Curate, Publish, Target, Delegate
- 8. XCC Cloud for IBM Connections Cloud See the special presentation for detailed information and step-by-step instructions: http://slideshare.net/timetoact/xcc-cloud US Bluemix: http://xcc-clients.mybluemix.net/registration.html UK Bluemix: http://xcc-clients.eu-gb.mybluemix.net/registration.html
- 9. 2. XCC FlyOut Page
- 10. 2. XCC FlyOut Page With FlyOut Pages, a new apps icon (or any other element) can be added to the top navigation bar of IBM Connections. The apps icon is available anywhere in IBM Connections and in the XCC itself. If clicked, a page will fly out. The FlyOut Page is a XCC page that is managed by the XCC web or content master. The FlyOut Page may contain any of the over 30 XCC widgets. Apps Icon
- 11. 2. XCC FlyOut Page With XCC FlyOut Page your most frequented and important applications are always just one click away The FlyOut Page is available anywhere in IBM Connections
- 12. 2. XCC FlyOut Page With the FlyOut Page the most important and / or frequented tools are always available with a single click. Here are some suggestions: Canteen Menu People Finder Corporate Dictionary Quick Links Translation World Clock Emergency Help Weather Company Stock Latest News …
- 13. 2. XCC FlyOut Page FlyOut Pages can be easily set up FlyOut Pages are regular XCC Pages and have the same customization and grid options FlyOut Pages can be personalized / targeted to an user, i.e. their location, or their role or their business unit
- 14. 3. Custom Widgets API
- 15. 3. Custom Widgets API Integration of custom application with XCC has been possible with the use of HTML / Clipping Widget ATOM / RSS Feed Widget Custom JavaScript Custom CSS However, up to now it was not possible to create and register Custom Widgets that have their own UI for setting the widget properties. With XCC next we will add a XCC API that supports Custom Widgets.
- 16. 3. Custom Widgets API Create Custom Widgets that retrieves and writes Content (HTML, XML, JSON) from / to any application via HTTP/HTTPS Register and update Custom Widgets conveniently with uploading custom.js Create Widget Custom Editor or use Default Editor for IBM Connection sources Utilize Bootstrap, jQuery, Font Awesome and numerous XCC elements for fast development
- 17. 3. Custom Widgets API Integrate these and other sources into your Intranet with XCC Custom Widgets Domino Web Experience Manager Forms Experience Builder Custom App
- 18. 3. Custom Widgets API - Development Custom Widgets can be developed and tested on a non-public page Development of Custom Widgets can not break existing functionality (if you follow a few simple rules) Development of Custom Widgets does not require IBM Connections or XCC to restart For detailed information see our XCC Documentation at http://connections-apps.com/xcc#docu
- 19. 3. Custom Widgets API - Development 1. Analyze the application API (HTML, JSON, XML) 2. Create a JavaScript to retrieve / write to the application 3. Create a JavaScript to edit custom widget properties 4. Edit the custom.js 1. Download the custom.js from XCC 2. Copy your custom JavaScript into the custom.js 3. Register your Widget in the custom.js (how to is included as comment in the custom.js) 4. Upload the custom.js to XCC and reload page 5. Done
- 20. 3. Custom Widget API XCC Customers, Business Partners and TIMETOACT will develop a lot of custom widgets. TIMETOACT will encourage customers to share custom widgets among themselves, creating an open source widget exchange. Over time TIMETOACT will make more and more of these custom widgets available as native part of XCC.
- 21. 4. Client-Side-Caching Increased client performance and reduced server load thru client-side-caching via Indexed Database (IndexedDB) The Indexed Database API, or IndexedDB, is a W3C recommended web browser standard interface for a local database.
- 22. 5. Gallery Widget Pictures Presentations Slider 1 picture at a time 2 or more pictures at a time Grid 2x2 Grid 3x3 Grid Lightbox Design Settings Select a community or a folder as source Personalization
- 23. 6. Community Overview Widget Offers the opportunity to display important or recommended communities by your selection Shows community-image,-title and - description
- 25. 7. Onboarding Wizard - Introduction makes it as easy as possible to onboard new employees turn each user into a valuable member of your IBM Connections community
- 26. 7. Onboarding Wizard - Sample Onboarding Setup Uses the building blocks that XCC delivers As highly customizable as XCC https://youtu.be/qdRH93KHYpk
- 27. 8. Tagging Widget Add, view and delete your own Profile Tags
- 28. 9. Onboarding Wizard - Profile Picture Widget With the Profile Upload Widget you will be able to upload a profile picture and view your current picture
- 29. Improvements
- 30. 10. Aggregation for more News Widgets Multi-Channel news aggregation is now also available for: NewsList Widget NewsOverview Widget
- 31. 11. Source-Links in Widget Editor Easily navigate to the source community or the selected entries
- 32. 12. Links and Files Sort Options Files Widget Name Last Update # Comments # Downloads # Likes # Shared Links Widget Name Last Update
- 33. 14. Minor Improvements 1/3 People Selector Widget: Department is now shown Reduced number of server requests by precautious adding of the requested language Reduced CSS code Aggregated News Widgets now display the News source by default Profile Upload now works in more customized environments People-Birthday Widget supports more date formats People Birthday Widget now supports the time format of the date picker of IBM Connections Item Count in Widget editor can now be changed using arrow key shortcuts Calendar Widget now shows All Day events correctly in all time zones
- 34. 13. Minor Improvements 2/3 Navigation Widget will now navigate to the first link in a page regardless of other contents in the Wiki page Embedded Experience now shows correct comment counts when a Community/Blog Admin shows comments and even sees deleted comments Pagenames are now case insensitive Anonymous Layout now customizable Mobile Navigation improved Mobile Wiki Navigation without contents will not open anymore Search Input in the Files Widget is now internationalized Aggregated News do not display a "more" button anymore Login with mail-address is now supported License key now domain specific, permanent keys for demonstration & test purposes are now available
- 35. 13. Minor Improvements 3/2 Administration Panel with improved user interface
- 36. Best Practices
- 37. 14. Acknowledgement Widget (custom request only) Publish information (e.g. guideline) that needs to be acknowledged by the employees Appereance and behaviour is highly customizable
- 38. 15. New Employee Widget The custom widget display new employees, who have joined IBM Connections within a specific amount of days Ggive all new colleagues a face in your connections before they even start connecting and sharing information It is recommended to use a profile extension field that sets the entry date for each user programmatically The widget auto-slides through all new employees By clicking the picture you open the employees profile
- 39. 16. Customized PeopleFinder (custom request only) We can provide you with a customized PeopleFinder substitution Realized with a Clipping Widget Now it is your choice which profile fields should be included in the search, e.g.: Job responsibilities City Department title etc.
- 40. 17. Layout Samples 1 Colorful layout Creative elements
- 41. 18. Layout Samples 2 Large Pictures with white text in an dark textbox
- 42. 18. Layout Samples 3 Left hand navigation Large background image Slightly transparent widgets
- 43. 18. Layout Samples 4 “News of the Day” next to the activity stream
- 44. Appendix
- 45. XCC Release History (10-14 Week Release Cycle) • 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
- 46. 56 XCC Widgets & Page Elements 1. ATOM / RSS Feed 2. Clipping / HTML 3. Community Overview Widget 4. Events 5. Files 6. Ideation Blog 7. iFrame 8. FlyOut Page 9. Forum 10. Gallery 11. Important Links 12. Links 13. Picture Voting (CNX 4.5) 14. Navigation 15. News (Top News) 16. News (Single) 17. News Channel 18. News List 19. News Overview 20. News Slider 21. People Birthday 22. People Finder 23. People Selector 24. Preferences 25. Profile Completion 26. Profile Picture 27. Profile Tagging 28. Popular Content 29. Saved Search 30. Static Blog Content 31. Static Wiki Content 32. Suggestions (People & Communities) 33. Website Navigation & Breadcrumb Path 34. 22 x IBM Connections MyPage Widgets 55. IBM Connections Activity Stream & Right Column 56. Custom Widgets API
- 47. What's in it for me? Community Managers Line of Business Internal Communication s Customers & Partners Mobile Users Anonymous Access Custom Applications Cloud Lovers New Users Average User IT Department CFOs http://www.slideshare.net/timetoact/xcc-benefits-who-profits-fr
- 48. Get Started with XCC - Alternatives IBM Connections Cloud See slide 8 in this presentation and implement XCC in less then 60 min. IBM Connections on Premises Install XCC on your IBM Connections server (see next slide) Request from us an IBM Connections server with XCC and demo content on
- 49. Get Started – Test drive XCC 1. Download XCC https://greenhouse.lotus.com/communities/community/XCC 2. Install XCC Less then 60 minutes 3. Test & Customize XCC XCC 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
- 50. Call or Mail us for Questions ! Felix Binsack (XCC Product Idea & Sponsor) +49 221 97343-10 [email protected] Babett Schäfer (Intranet & XCC Consultant) + 49 221 97343-38 [email protected] Philipp van den Boom (XCC Inside Sales) + 49 221 97343-66 [email protected] XCC Architects, Developers, Customization & QA Support Hotline [email protected] http://xcc-support.timetoact.de + 49 221 97343-53
- 51. Thank you for your interest [email protected] +49 221 97343 0 http://connections-apps.com/xcc