When you create or edit a community, you can associate
different applications with the community, if your administrator has
made them available for your deployment.
When your administrator has enabled associated applications for
communities, the Start a Community and the Edit
a Community forms display an Associated Applications area
that lists the options available for your deployment.
For example, the administrator can enable you to associate an IBM® Lotus® Quickr® team place with a community,
giving you a central location to store and manage files, and share
information with fellow community members. Wikis might be another
option available for associating with a community. Wikis provide a
place for community owners and members to collaborate easily and quickly
with each other.
When you associate an application with a community:
- A link to the application appears in the navigation sidebar on
the community's Overview page.
- A feed from the application is displayed in the main pane of the Overview page,
allowing community members to stay current with the latest information
updates.
- Community members automatically become members of the teamplace
or wiki, and any changes to community membership are propagated to
the associated application.
- Community members have access to any feeds associated with the
application.
- Attachments and comments within the application are accessible
from the community.
You can associate a Lotus Quickr application with a community.
Depending on your needs, your administrator can enable different types
of Lotus Quickr places for association with a community.
Options might include the following types:
- Wiki – creates a place where community members can collaborate
and create shared content.
- Blog – allows community members to post comments in a blog and
share information with their team.
- Team space – creates a place where team members can manage different
types of content.
- Library – creates a place for team members to store and manage
project documents and files.
The administrator can also make custom place types available
for association with a community.
Note: Deleting a community does not
automatically delete the Lotus Quickr place associated with
it. To delete the associated Lotus Quickr place, you must open the Lotus Quickr application and delete the place from
within the application.
After you have associated an application with your community, you
can perform the following actions:
- To work directly with a wiki or Lotus Quickr place, click the associated
link in the navigation pane. For example, if you have associated a Lotus Quickr wiki with your community, click Quickr
Wiki to open the Lotus Quickr wiki associated with your
community and work directly with it in the Lotus Quickr application.
- To open a feed associated with a wiki or Lotus Quickr place,
click the feed link in the main pane of the community's Overview page
to open it in a new page. When you associate a wiki or Lotus Quickr place
with a community, a number of default feeds are automatically created.
For example, if you have associated a Lotus Quickr teamplace with your community,
the following default feeds display: Team Goals, Team News, and Welcome.
You can choose to subscribe to other feeds from the associated application.
- To access help when working with an associated application outside
of IBM Connections, click the Help link
directly in the application for more guidance. For example, if you
need more information when working with a Lotus Quickr wiki,
click Help in the Lotus Quickr application.