This document provides an overview of new features, improvements, best practices, and bug fixes in XCC 13, an extension for IBM Connections and Digital Workplace Hub. Key updates include content creation directly in XCC, widgets for community members and subscribed communities, automatic sliding for news widgets, improved navigation in XCC4Mobile, performance enhancements, and internationalization of the admin panel. It also outlines integrations with services like Box, Salesforce, and Watson Workspace as well as contact information.

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What‘s New in XCC 13
May 24th, 2017
http://connections-apps.com/xcc
IBM Digital Workplace Hub
Powered by IBM Connections and
XCC – Web Content & Custom Apps
Extension

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A. New Features
1. Content Creation with XCC
2. Community Members Widget
3. My Communities Widget
4. Autoplay for News Widgets
5. My Quicklinks Widget community
selection
6. Admin Panel internationalization
7. Adminpreview
B. Improvements
8. Improved Navigation in XCC4Mobile
9. Performance, usability,
compatibility, security
C. Best Practices
10. Box Integration
11. Salesforce Integration
12. Twitter Integration
13. Watson Workspace Integration
14. Activity Stream Widget
15. Public Displays / Kiosk Mode
D. Bugfixes
What’s New in XCC 13 (I/II)

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New Features
What’s New in XCC 13

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1. Content Creation with XCC
Create and edit content in all News
Widgets directly within the XCC User
Interface
Stay within the XCC User Interface
for all Internal Communications tasks
for users (new ideas, proposals, etc.)
Avoid switching between XCC and
IBM Connections Communities UI

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1. Content Creation with XCC
New content is
created in a dialog
Rich-text editor
Making it easy even
for unexperienced
users to participate
Choose a channel to
which you add your
content

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2. Community Members Widget
Shows all members of a
Community with their
profile Image
Turning tile shows the
individual member’s role
on the backside
Adjustable paging

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3. My Communities Widget
Displays all your
subscribed communities
as tiles
Communities can be
opened with a single
click
Shows the Communities
description on the tiles
backside

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4. Autoplay for News Widgets
Available for News,
TopNews,
NewsSlider and
NewsChannel
Widget
Easily configure
your News Widget
to slide
automatically
Perfect for bulletin
boards

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5. MyQuicklinks Widget community selection
Community can be
selected in an
autocomplete
dropdown
Easily save your
most visited
communities

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6. Admin Panel Internationalization
Pre-packaged
languages to date:
English, French,
German, Spanish &
Chinese
Easy implementation
by simply uploading a
language file to your
customizations

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7. Adminpreview
Page Editors &
Content Masters
now see the same UI
as users
The Widget settings
button or
Hamburger [ ] icon
is activated and
visible only by hover
over

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Improvements
What’s New in XCC 13

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8. Improved navigation in XCC4Mobile
The navigation in
XCC4Mobile now
starts collapsed
Navigation
latency has been
increased for
better using
The navigation
body in
XCC4Mobile has
been prettified

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9. Performance, usability, compatibility, security
Using ESLint instead of JSLint
Increased navigation latency
Optimized Ajax requests
Metrics for Bookmarks
Automatic migration of the XCC Homepage Personalization
Optimized internal Database Queries
Increased compatibility for older
jQuery versions

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Best Practices
What’s New in XCC 13

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10. Box Integration
Access files in a specified
Box directory from XCC
interface
Browse Box folders
Upload files to Box

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11. Salesforce Integration
Embed
live Salesforce
content and
data in Internet
or Business Unit
Landing Pages

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12. Twitter Integration
Integrate a Twitter feed to
your XCC page using the HTML
Widget
Allow users to see a
customized timeline
Show your Company‘s social
side by integrating the
timeline for your Company
Hashtag into your Intranet/
Digital Workplace

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13. Watson Workspace Integration
Integrate IBM Watson
Workspace permanent
chatrooms into your Business
Unit or Community Landing
Pages using the Watson
Workspace Widget

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14. Activity Stream Widget
Position the Activity Stream anywhere on
any XCC Page
Display
Individual Activity Stream
Community Stream
Available within Communities
Available for
IBM Connections
Cloud

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15. Public Displays / Kiosk Mode
Provide read only
access to selected
Intranet content in
form of an
Information Panel
Display a variety of
different information
easily accessible in
your welcome hall or
other public places

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Bug Fixes
What’s New in XCC 13

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1. CORS, XSS, CSRF leaks
2. Profile Tagging Widget
3. Popover after Liking fix
4. Personalization Editor
5. Navigation Home-Icon
6. XCC anonymous pages
7. Several CSS fixes
8. Pagesorting no name fix
9. FilesExplorer Widget
10. Navigation Widget
11. News Widget mention bug
12. Several Community Widget fixes
13. Several Cropmark Widget fixes
14. My Notes Widget
15. Widget Editor – save changes
16. Custom text properties
17. Forum Widget
Bugfixes

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CORS, XSS, CSRF leaks
additional filter for less common XSS vectors added
Further XSS protection by additional render checks
Additional protection against several CSRF scenarios added
Removed a sophisticated query language injection attack vector

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Appendix
What‘s New in XCC 13

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1. ATOM / RSS Feed
2. Clipping
3. Community Description
4. Community Members
5. Community Overview
6. Event
7. Files
8. Files Explorer
9. Forum
10. HTML
11. Ideation-Blog
12. IFrame
13. Important Links
14. Links
15. Media Gallery
16. My Communities
17. My Links
18. My Notes
19. My Quicklinks
20. Navigation
21. News
22. News Channel
23. News List
24. News Overview
25. News Slider
26. People Birthday *
27. People Finder
28. People Selector
29. Pinned Files
30. Popular Content
31. Preferences
32. Profile Completion
33. Profile Picture
34. Profile Tagging
35. Saved Search
36. Static Content - Blog
37. Static Content - Wiki
38. Suggestions *
(People & Communities)
39. Tag Cloud
40. Teaser
41. Top News
42. FEB Data Widget *
43. FEB Form Widget *
44. Website Navigation
& Breadcrumb Path
45. 22 x IBM Connections
MyPage Widgets
64. IBM Connections *
Activity Stream
& Right Column
65. Activity Stream Widget
66. Orgchart Widget
67. Custom Widgets API
* Not available in IBM Connections
Cloud
XCC Widgets & Page Elements

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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 - 2.03
(General Availability)
Connections 4.0 & 4.5
Personalization
Improvements & Bug fixes
Performance Increases
Personalization
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
XCC 1.0 – 8.0 Release History (2012 – 2015)

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07.2015 Release 9.0
XCC FlyOut Page
XCC for IBM Connections
Cloud
Gallery 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
IBM Connections 5.5
Compability
03.2016 Release 11
Advanced Personalization
with Boolean Operators
Forms Widget Release 1.0
Media Gallery Widget with
Video Support
Atom / RSS Widget with
Rich Content and
Personalization
XCC Admin Dashboard
Events Widget 2.0
15 Improvements…
XCC 9.0 - 11. Release History (2015 – 2016)
Fast Weeks Release Cycle
Independent from
IBM Connections Release Cycle

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10.2016 Release 12
Page Templating /
Inheritance
Lock Functionality for
Widgets
Set XCC Page Access to
Community Access
New Capabilities for
IBM Connections Cloud
(Iframe Widget,
XCC4Communities, …)
Widget Title with Graphic
& Text and Localizable
XCC4Communities with
Navigation
Embedded Experience
Printing
ActivityStream Widget
(coming)
Files Explorer Widget with
Folder Support
My Quicklinks Widget
My Notes Widget
Teaser Widget
Navigation Widget for
XCC4Mobile
03.2017 Release 13
Content Creation with XCC
Community Members
Widget
My Communities Widget
Admin Panel
internationalization
Automatic sliding for
News Widgets
My Quicklinks Widget
community selection
Navigation in XCC4Mobile
fix
Several performance,
usability, compatibility and
security improvements
XCC 12.0 - 13. Release History (2016 – 2017)
Fast Weeks Release Cycle
Independent from
IBM Connections Release Cycle

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New Videos
Universal Intranet – Introduction
https://youtu.be/oAjlVsmkAtE
Universal Intranet - A Truly Integrated User Interface
https://youtu.be/8TslN2ZE2vo
Universal Intranet - An Example
https://youtu.be/ePWjNOy3PAQ
Info Graphic with Sample Page
https://connections-apps.com/new-infographic-for-the-universal-intranet-
ibm-connections-and-xcc/
More Information

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Infos & Sales
xcc-sales@timetoact.de
http://connections-apps.com/xcc
+49 221 97343 0
Felix Binsack
XCC Product Idea & Sponsor
+49 221 97343-10
felix.binsack@timetoact.de
Philipp van den Boom
XCC Inside Sales
+ 49 221 97343-66
philipp.vandenboom@timetoact.de
Babett Schäfer
Consultant
+ 49 221 97343-38
babett.schaefer@timetoact.de
Call or Mail us for Questions!
Tech Support
xcc-support@timetoact.de
http://xcc-support.timetoact.de
+ 49 221 97343-53
Björn Greulich
XCC Inside Sales
+ 49 221 97343-244
bjoern.greulich@timetoact.de
Jan Hendrik Groene
Consultant
+49 89 3840850
jan.groene@timetoact.de
Otto Foerg
Consultant
+49 89 38408529
otto.foerg@timetoact.de

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Thank you for your interest
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+49 221 97343 0
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