Jivespace Community Blog

More Widget Development in Clearspace 2.0

communities@jivesoftware.com — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 15:45:45 GMT

Learn all about how to write new widgets for Clearspace 2.0 from Aaron Johnson, Engineering Manager at Jive.

You can also download the Quicktime version (Caution: file is ~285MB), or you can watch a larger version online, which will improve readability of embedded screenshots (recommended).

The entire presentation is also attached below as a PDF file.

You can also watch an earlier video about developing widgets for Clearspace 2.0

Developing Plugins for Clearspace 2.0

communities@jivesoftware.com — Fri, 30 May 2008 22:59:05 GMT

Learn the basics of how to develop a plugin for Clearspace 2.0 from Jive engineer, Jon Garrison. Jon talks about spring, struts, and more in this video.

You can also download the Quicktime version (Caution: file is ~140MB), or you can watch a larger version online, which will improve readability of embedded screenshots (recommended).

The entire presentation is also attached below as a PDF file.

Theming in Clearspace 2.0

communities@jivesoftware.com — Mon, 12 May 2008 16:58:01 GMT

As you know, we changed a few things in our underlying architecture for Clearspace 2.0, including some changes in the Freemarker templates as a result of moving from Webwork to Struts along with some other changes. In this video, Matt Walker, Professional Services Engineer at Jive Software, talks about the process of upgrading existing themes along with plenty of best practices to make your themes more easily upgradeable in the future.

Matt also did an earlier screencast as an Introduction to Skinning Clearspace, which you might also want to watch along with this video.

You can also download the Quicktime version (Caution: file is ~200MB), or you can watch a larger version online, which will improve readability of embedded screenshots (recommended).

The entire presentation is also attached below as a PDF file.

What's New in Clearspace 2.0?

communities@jivesoftware.com — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 17:39:46 GMT

Learn about the architectural and other technical changes that we made in Clearspace 2.0 from Jive engineering manager Nick Hill along with an overview of the new features from Clay Moore, Jive product manager.

This 20 minute video covers Spring, Acegi, Struts and more on the technical side. New features including personalized home pages, projects, organizational relationships, and document sharing are also reviewed in the video.

You can download the Quicktime Movie version (Caution: 250 MB file) or watch a larger Flash version.

The slides from this presentation are attached below.

DWR in Clearspace 2.0

communities@jivesoftware.com — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 22:50:52 GMT

Aaron Johnson, Jive Engineer, presented to our engineering team about how DWR is used in Clearspace 2.0. He started by walking us through an overview of DWR. After the overview, he showed us exactly how he used DWR in his FeedBlog plugin.

This 7 minute video has the highlights from his presentation.

You can watch a larger Flash version or download the Quicktime Movie version (Caution: 1761MB file)

Widget Development in Clearspace 2.0

communities@jivesoftware.com — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 20:53:27 GMT

I took the best 6 minutes out of a presentation that Fred Brock of Jive Software delivered to our engineering teams to teach all of us about the best ways to develop widgets for Clearspace 2.0. This is a must-see for anyone wanting to write widgets for Clearspace 2.0! I've also attached a PDF version of the slides from Fred's presentation.

Or you can download the Quicktime movie (Caution: ~85MB file)

Creating Dynamic Template Content in Clearspace

communities@jivesoftware.com — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 17:51:35 GMT

Jive's Rick Palmer, Professional Services Engineer, takes about 5 minutes to explain how to insert dynamic content into your Clearspace FreeMarker templates. The slide below provides more details.

Or you can download the Quicktime Movie (Caution! 122MB)

Introduction to Skinning Clearspace

communities@jivesoftware.com — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 19:28:35 GMT

Learn the basics of customizing your Clearspace theme in this introduction to skinning Clearspace with Matt Walker, professional services engineer (and juggler!) at Jive Software.

Or you can download the Quicktime version (Caution! ~100MB file)

You can also learn more about customizing Clearspace by visiting our documentation space!

Craziest Ideas to Improve Clearspace

communities@jivesoftware.com — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 01:01:06 GMT

I asked our developers here at Jive to respond to the following in 15 seconds or less: tell me your craziest idea for how to improve Clearspace. Here is what they came up with, but make sure you hang around for the bloopers at the end!

Or download the Quicktime movie (~58MB)

How to Structure a Community

communities@jivesoftware.com — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 23:34:31 GMT

At a recent Portland Web Innovators meeting, I led a discussion about different ways to structure a community. This video contains a 20 minute discussion during this meeting where we talked about community structures ranging from emergent to highly structured to adaptive. I also blogged about this topic recently on Jive Talks

Or download the MPEG4 Video (~50MB)

Using Feeds to Pull Data out of Clearspace

communities@jivesoftware.com — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 16:29:52 GMT

Learn more about creating, consuming and using feeds to pull relevant data out of Clearspace. Aaron Johnson from Jive Software provides the details that a developer needs to use feeds in Clearspace.

Or Download the Quicktime version. CAUTION: 196 MB file!

Planning for the Future of Clearspace

communities@jivesoftware.com — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 22:59:45 GMT

In this video, Bill Lynch and Greg Unrein talk about how product planning works at Jive Software, but more importantly they will give you an early look at some of our ideas to evolve Clearspace in 2008. If you have been wondering what we have been up to for the past couple of months as we release mostly bug fixes, here is your chance to learn more!

Or download the Quicktime version. Caution: 243MB file.

User Stats Widget Plugin Video

communities@jivesoftware.com — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 00:07:54 GMT

Watch this video to learn more about how Rick Palmer from Jive Software created a widget for Clearspace to display more information about users. You can also get more information about the User Stats Widget Plugin, download it, or view the source code on Jivespace.<br><br>

Or you can download the Quicktime version (Caution! ~250 MB file!)

User Authentication Options for Clearspace

communities@jivesoftware.com — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 16:48:41 GMT

There are several options for user authentication in Clearspace ranging from a built in user manager to LDAP to custom solutions. In this video, Joel Rosinbum, Jive engineer, will walk you through how to best configure user authentication for your environment.

Or you can download the Quicktime version (caution: ~260MB)

RSS and Attention Video

communities@jivesoftware.com — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 21:10:21 GMT

Jive was lucky enough to be the host for the November Portland Web Innovators meeting with a presentation and discussion about RSS and Attention led by Attensa, another local Portland company. Attensa is focused on finding and delivering the most relevant information out of our RSS feeds, and they are also an enthusiastic Clearspace customer, so it was interesting to hear their perspective on RSS and Attention.

Or download a Quicktime movie of the entire 30 minute presentation (Caution! ~400MB file!)