what’s new in xcc, release 8.0, march 16th, 2015
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What’s New in Release 8.0, March 16th, 2015
What’s New in XCC 8.0New Features:
1. XCC for IBM Connections Cloud
2. XCC for Communities
3. XCC for Anonymous Users
4. News Aggregation
5. News Slider
6. Navigation Widget
7. “Saved Search” Widget
8. Mobile Apps Improvements
9. Files Widget: Search Capability and
Hide File Details
10. Widget Source Selection Improved
11. UI & Performance Improvements
New & Best Practices:
12. Integration of Forms Experience
Builder (FEB)
13. ReST Service Integration
14. Widget to Widget Communication
15. XCC Page Templates
16. In Place Development
17. Employee Magazine
18. Chairmen Communication
1. XCC for
IBM Connections Cloud
Intranet as a Service
XCC now works with IBM Connections Cloud
Create a complete and deeply integrated Intranet with
Communication, Collaboration and Custom Apps
without any investment in software
licenses or technology
XCC for IBM Connections Cloud
is available on Premises, on
IaaS/PaaS Offering now and will
be available as SaaS Offering soon
Intranet as a ServiceBluemix / SoftLayer
XCC for IBM Connections CloudIBM
ConnectionsCloud
Users Internal Communications
Enterprise Social CollaborationCreate Activities, Blogs, Bookmarks, Communities, Discussions, Events, Files, Ideas, Wikis;
Comment, Like, Participate, Vote
Access IntranetNavigate, Search,
Personalize, Comment, Like, Participate, Vote
Manage IntranetAggregate, Arrange, Create, Curate,
Publish, Target, Delegate
XCC for IBM Connections Cloud
Single Sign
On
Complete
Layout
Customization
2. XCC for Communities
Why XCC for Communities ?
Ideal for communities with
Many members
Lots of content
Community managers
Advantages
Organize and structure content
Show what’s important
Choose from > 25 XCC widgets
Integrate content from other
communities and sub-
communities
Integrate content from other
websites
Integrate custom apps
Complete layout control
Create a Customizable Community
Homepage in under 5 seconds Add the app “Community Home (XCC)” in
“Add Apps
Define as “Community Home (XCC)” Start
Page in “Edit Community” page will be
created automatically
All Community Owner have editor access to
the “Community Home (XCC)”
Create Widgets (over 25 widgets available)
to customize the community home
Design and customize the appearance of
the community
Alexander Kluge, Enterprise 2.0 Consultant
“Extending XCC for IBM Connections Communities enables community manager to benefit from all XCC features, providing community members access to people, processes and knowledge in the best possible way.
XCC as central starting point for communities, customizable by the community manager itself without help of IT, is a huge step forward to engage with community members.”
3. XCC for Anonymous Users
3. XCC for Anonymous Users
Retrieve Content “Run-as User”
Read Public PagesNo Interaction
Read PagesComment, Like, Participate, Vote
Personalization& Targeting
IBM Connections
& XCC
3. XCC for Anonymous Users
XCC retrieves content on behalf
of a “Run As User” and removes
social interaction
Anonymous Access must be
activated by an Admin, must be
managed by an Web Master
Content from restricted
communities will never be
available with anonymous access
4. News AggregationCreate an Intranet Homepage with
News Widgets which
automatically update their news
from multiple business or service
units – save space and scrolling
need
Aggregate blog entries from multiple blogs
(stand alone blogs or community blogs)
Available in Top News, News and News
Slider Widget
Aggregated news are sorted by date
5. News Slider Widget A new version of the News
Channel Widget which
aggregates News from
different sources
E.g. Aggregate News from
all Business Units
6. Navigation Widget
Embed multilevel navigation
anywhere in the page
Can be used as sub
navigation for e.g. business
units
7. “Saved Search” Widget
Offer new entries on any
subject from all
Connections as Saved
Search
Saved Custom Search
Limit search results to
Activities, Blogs, Bookmarks,
Communities, Files, Forums, Profiles,
Wikis, Status Updates
Public Content, My Content
Sort by Relevance or Date
Search Box
8. Mobile Apps Improvements
Improved Navigation and CNX compatibility
Same XCC pages for Browser and Mobile Experience
See Video: https://youtu.be/jv4CrO4DQHE
9. Files Widget: Search Capability
Search files included in the Files Widget
9. Files Widget: Show / Hide File Details
Decide how much detail your selected files should be
presented with
10. Widget Source Selection Improved
Visualization of communities including community image
11. UI & Performance Improvements
Continuous Improvements of the User Interface
Continuous Improvements of Performance by Reduction
of HTTP Get Requests and CSS & JS File Sizes
New & Best PracticesBesides the advances in the product XCC we like to share with
you some advances & best practices in the usage of XCC.
Please inquire to learn more about these best practices.
12. Best Practices: Integration of
Forms Experience Builder (FEB)Embed FEB Forms with
iFrame (e.g. Job Position
Request)
Create Approval Workflow
with FEB
Display FEB items as lists
(e.g. approved Job Positions)
Initiate New Workflow from
list items (e.g. Job Applications)
13. Best Practices: ReST CallsCall any ReST Service
Using the XCC Clipping Widget
allows for leveraging ReST-Services
into your XCC page.
This makes it possible to easily pull
or send data from an to a system
outside of your Connections
installation.
14. Best Practices:
Widget to Widget Communication
Exchange data between widgets, let widgets
communicate to each other (e.g. select a customer in the
CRM widget, display data for the selected customer in the
ERP widget)
15. Best Practice: XCC Page TemplatesBusiness Units Locations Subjects Projects
Create Page Templates for Business Units, Locations, Subjects etc.
Copy Page Templates, Assign Access Rights to Line of Business
Link Pages with (personalized) Global Navigation and Sub
Navigations
16. In Place Development
Develop or Relaunch your Intranet without a development system
New Intranet Development Intranet Relaunch Development
Create XCC pages, create and
assign Content, CSS and JS
Modify CNX Navigation to
launch Intranet
Create XCC pages, create and
assign Content, CSS and JS
Replace current XCC landing
page with new landing page
17. Employee Magazine
Create an interactive
online presentation of
a print magazine
Create an online only
employee magazine
Choose between
continuous or periodical
publication
18. Chairmen Communication
Create a direct
communication with the
chairman
Ideal for new chairman
Ask questions to the
chairman's office
Submit ideas
Create meeting
opportunities
Get Started – Test drive XCC
1. Download XCChttps://greenhouse.lotus.com/communities/community/XCC
2. Install XCC Less an hour
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
Call or Mail us for Questions !
Felix Binsack (XCC Product Idea & Sponsor)
+49 221 97343-10
Babett Schäfer
(Intranet & XCC Consultant)
+ 49 221 97343-38
Philipp van den Boom (XCC Inside Sales)
+ 49 221 97343-66
XCC Architects, Developers,
Customization & QA
Support Hotline
+ 49 221 97343-53
Plus 15 IBM Connections FTEs (Architects, Consultants, Admins, Trainer,
Support etc.)
Thank you for your interest
+49 221 97343 0http://connections-apps.com/xcc