Real World Computing

Everybody loves video but while IBM Connections allows you to upload images, for some reason it doesn't have a simple "video upload" function. No problems though... just add your own code. Attaching your MP4 File If you're referencing an external public video, for example something on Youtube, then you can simply copy the embed codes from there.  If you want to host your own video (privately) on connections, you'll need to follow these instructions; Open your IBM Connections Wiki and go to attachments.  Upload your MP4 file as an attachment. Once it's uploaded, right mouse click on it and copy the URL to the Clipboard. Figuring out How Big Your Video Is You'll probably have seen your video playing somewhere already, so if you can, screenshot it and put it into a graphics package.  Crop the edges so that just your video is showing and then attempt to do a resize.  The original dimensions shown, should give you an indication of the size....

Two of the most critical factors in the success or failure of your intranet are the ease of use and the degree to which it catches the eye.  Unfortunately, there's not a lot of choices you can make with regards to IBM Connections Community design past the front page. Once you hit a forum or a library of files and folders, every single community starts to look the same.  Luckily though, there's a fair bit of flexibility on the  opening page and on the Wiki Pages.  I've already covered how to make your community look more appealing in other posts (See Part 1 and Part 2 ) but I recently created an internal community that I thought might be useful as a design exercise. A Tiled Community Example This is an internal "social" community which uses a style similar to the Microsoft Windows 10 tiles. I chose that look because I thought it would be both "fun" and "familiar" to our users. To build this, I simply made a 4 x 3 table and set it to 1...