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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

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