The following issues will be addressed in a patch to clearvale.com networks later today (5/8/12).

明晰谷新版本将在北京时间5月5号本周六进行发布。

下面是该版本的主要功能：

SharePoint集成：拥有微软SharePoint系统的客户，现在可以在明晰谷网络内访问SharePoint文档。一旦配置完毕，他们可以通过ClearvaleIt指令从SharePoint中分享文档到明晰谷上。

当在明晰谷中添加文件时，他们也可访问他们的SharePoint系统并添加文件。这是可以选择的。

 
注意：SharePoint文件并没有真正上传到明晰谷上。实际上，明晰谷只是维护了一个链接，指向了SharePoint上的文件。

SharePoint文件在明晰谷中标记如下：

 
该集成目前仅限于SharePoint 2010版本。

音频/视频文件下载控制：当前系统对于你上传到网络内的音频或视频文件是不能够阻止某人来下载。新的网络允许网络管理员来设置，使文件所有者能够控制他们的音频和视频文件是否是可下载的。当进行了设置，文件所有者可以基于个例来选择，是否他们的音频和视频文件是可下载的。

 
选中“只能查看”复选框可以阻止人们对文件的下载。这些文件的下载链接对于其他的人们通常几乎是隐藏的。同样的，对于嵌入式的文件，其嵌入式代码也是隐藏的。这个特征系统默认是关闭的。网络管理员可以通过系统管理>站点管理来开启该功能。

个人资料的维护更为便捷：当你点击我的设置，会出现了新的编辑属性页面，看起来如下：

现在你可以直接从这个页面来管理你的头像，还可以在这个页面上来管理你展示到整个网络的名字。过去，这些是分别在我的头像和我的资料子标签中管理的。

登录字段改变： 明晰谷的登录页面上，用户名输入框的名称改成了邮箱，这个标签的改变，可以帮助新用户记住他们的邮箱名就是他们明晰谷的登录凭证，从而可以帮助他们更快开始使用。

活跃度积分更新： 评价一个论坛话题的评论，将不再获得活跃度积分。你仍可以对评论做评价，表明它们是否是帮助的或是没有帮助的，但这个行为不再能为你赢得一个活跃度积分。关于赢取活跃度分数的详情，请在这儿查看在线帮助。

We are happy to announce that we are releasing a new version of Clearvale on Friday, April 27, starting at 5:00 PM, PDT (12:00 Midnight UTC). Here is a summary of the features planned for this release:

SharePoint Integration.  Customers with Microsoft SharePoint systems can now access SharePoint documents within their Clearvale network. Once configured, they can share files to Clearvale from within SharePoint by using the Clearvale It command.

Alternatively, when adding files in Clearvale, they can access their SharePoint system and select the file to add. 

Note that SharePoint files are not actually uploaded to Clearvale. Instead, Clearvale maintains a link to the file in the SharePoint system.  SharePoint files are marked as follows in Clearvale:

This integration is limited to SharePoint 2010 at this time.

Control audio/video file downloads.  Currently, you cannot prevent someone from downloading audio or video files that are uploaded to your network. A new network setting allows network administrators to enable file owners to control whether their audio and video files are downloadable. When set, the file owner can choose, on a case-by-case basis, whether their audio or video files are downloadable.

Checking the View Only checkbox prevents people from downloading the file. The Download link that usually appears next to these files is hidden from other users. Also, for embedded files, the embed code is also hidden. This feature is turned off by default. The network administrator can enable it by going to Admin>Network Administration.

Easier to maintain your profile. When you click Edit Settings, the new Edit Profile page appears. It looks as follows:

You now manage your profile picture from this page.  Also, you manage your name that appears within the network on this page, as opposed to using the Account Settings sub-tab.

Login field renamed. The Login field that you see when logging into Clearvale is being renamed as the Email field. This new label should enable new users to get started using Clearvale faster by helping them remember that their email address is their Clearvale login.

Activity point update. You no longer earn an activity point for rating a forum topic comment.  You can still rate the comments by indicating if they were helpful or not, but you do not earn an activity point for doing so. For details on earning activity points, see this section of online help.

Le patch numéro 2 de la version Mars 2012 de Clearvale intègre les correctifs suivants:

The following issues will be addressed in a patch to Clearvale.

• Friday, April 13, from 5:00-6:00 PM, PDT (Saturday, April 14, Midnight-1:00 UTC)
• Friday, April 20, from 5:00-6:00 PM, PDT (Saturday, April 21, Midnight-1:00 UTC)

BroadVision e Gruppo Reti ti invitano a partecipare al workshop

   Trasforma la tua azienda grazie al Social Networking
(Social Enterprise Transformation)

Giovedi 12 Aprile 2012 dalle 10.00 alle 12.00
(inizio registrazione ore 9,30)
Blend Tower
Piazza 4 Novembre, 7
Milano

Uno scenario economico sempre più complesso e competitivo, evoluzioni nel campo tecnologico, nelle aspettative dei lavoratori e nell'ambiente di lavoro stanno portando le aziende a dover affrontare nuove sfide.

Questo contesto impone alle aziende di introdurre processi di innovazione anche attraverso nuove pratiche collaborative supportate dagli strumenti Social.  Tuttavia molto spesso si realizzano progetti di Enterprise Social Networking senza chiari obiettivi di business o una strategia per migliorare le performance dell'organizzazione. E questi tentativi sono destinati a fallire.

Se anche voi state definendo la vostra strategia o avete avviato dei progetti di Enterprise Social Networking, BroadVision e Gruppo Reti ti invitano ad un incontro di approfondimento sulle tematiche relative all'adozione in azienda di strumenti Social. Inoltre potrai ascoltare alcuni casi reali di aziende che hanno migliorato la comunicazione e la collaborazione proprio grazie all'utilizzo dell'Enterprise Social Networking.

The following issues will be addressed in a patch to Clearvale on March 16, 2012.

• Access your tasks via the new Tasks icon on the menu page. 
• Download video and audio files for offline access. 
• Rate content using the new "Was this helpful?" prompt instead of the thumbs up/thumbs down icons.
• Enable or disable the ability to save files on your Apple device by using the Clearvale Management Center.
• Support for Traditional Chinese. 

(Version française)

BroadVision will participate to the event "Solutions Intranet et Travail Collaboratif" from March 13th to 15th 2012 in Paris (Porte de Versailles). We will be happy to meet you at booth C53 during all the event duration, and we will take part to the following:

• Workshop: How to make your ESN essential to your business ? Wednesday March 14th, 12 to 1 PM
• Round table: The ESN on the french market: compare and chose. On which criterias ? Tuesday March 13th, from 3:45 PM to 4:45 PM, with our partner SDE and the CNEH
• Round table: Do you need to manage your e-reputation internally in the intranet and the ESN of the company ? And how ? Thursday March 15th from 11:45 AM to 12:45 PM

BroadVision sera présent au salon Solutions Intranet et Travail Collaboratif qui se tiendra porte de Versailles, à Paris, du 13 au 15 Mars 2012. 
Nous vous accueillerons au stand C53 pendant toute la durée du salon, et participerons aux conférences et tables rondes suivantes:

• Comment rendre votre RSE essentiel à votre entreprise ? Le Mercredi 14 Mars de midi à 13h
• Table Ronde: L'offre en RSE sur le marché français: comparer puis choisir. Sur quels critères ? Le Mardi 13 Mars de 15h45 à 16h45 avec notre partenaire SDE et le CNEH
• Rable Ronde: Doit-on gérer sa e-réputation en interne sur l'intranet et le RSE de l'entreprise ? Et comment ? Le Jeudi 15 Mars de 11h45 à 12h45.

A bientôt.

“任务"新增的功能
简易的添加任务步骤。任务的页面变成简单及好用，现在看起来如下：
 
我们增加了一个左侧栏位来管理任务附件和子任务。右侧的页面用来定义任务、任务截止日期和任务分派人。
增加任务的类型。现在添加一个新任务的时候，可以为任务指定类别。
 
通常，任务的类型是不会改变任务的工作流程。任务类型简单的标示了执行人将要被要求来做什么----比如审核一个文档，批准一笔费用，参与一件事务，等等。"批准"类型的任务有所不同，它的状态是"批准"而非原先的"完成"，同样完成一个"批准"类型任务的按钮也是"批准"而非原先的"完成"。
增加任务"重要性"的标示。如同文件一样，你可以将任务标记为重要的。当任务被设置为"重要"时，"重要"标记的颜色显示为橙色。用户可在任务清单页面，按重要性将任务优先列出来。
增加任务"发送提醒"的机制。当为一个任务或一个任务里的某一步骤指定了截止日期，就可以指定一个提醒。
 
增加步骤和附件的变化。增加步骤和附件的操作和过去的版本相似，不过现在的操作更为流畅。基本上，在页面的主体部分仅显示当前的步骤，而不是所有的。例如：
 
使用左侧的步骤区域，可以通过点击某个具体的步骤使其变成当前步骤，也可以点击步骤旁边的箭头上下移动，以调整它在整个任务中的顺序。
增加接受任务的新步骤。有人分配了一个任务给你，现在你可以选择接受或拒绝。接受一个任务意味着你将去完成该任务。
增加管理任务的插件。明晰谷本次版本还提供了一个"任务"管理插件，可以放置在个人主页上。你可以配置"任务"插件，以显示你要执行的任务和你分配给别人的任务。
 
任务列表的改动。分配给你的任务列表有一些小的改变。已接受任务的过滤项有所更新。任务状态栏移到了一个简单的页面，并新增了一个"重要标记"栏，这样用户可以按重要性来分类。
站点分组：
站点分组类似个人分组，在站点分组里面你可以通过一次点击来分享内容或分派任务到整个分组的成员。但是，站点分组的创建方式是不同于个人分组的。
只有网络的拥有者或管理员才可以创建一个站点分组。
网络内任何站点分组，都可被所有的网络成员使用。
网络拥有者或是管理员，可以通过点击成员标签，然后在站点分组区域点击添加，来创建一个站点分组。
 
给一个分组指定一个名字并且添加网络成员隶属于该分组。需要注意的是，当共享内容或分配任务需要搜索用户/分组时，可以按下面的选项来限制搜索范围：所有成员，站点分组或我的分组。
 
默认是所有选项都被选中。
活动得分"功能增强
本次版本我们对活动得分的管理做了一些调整。
在网络主页页面，我们将"最活跃成员"插件的名称改为了"活跃领导者"插件。它不仅仅显示了你所在网络中最活跃的成员，也提供了一些与整个网络活动有关的积分。先前版本，它只列出了本周积分和所有积分。本次升级的版本包括了两个额外的计数：本月积分和本季度积分。
在个人主页页面，积分中心这块，可以看到本周，本月，本季度和所有积分的信息。（仅仅季度积分这块是新增的）
内容等级评定的调整
在这个新版本中，我们将弃用投票赞许和不赞许按钮，代替它们的是一个简单的询问"这个有用吗？"，后面跟着是或否按钮。如下：
 
就像点击赞许和不赞许按钮图标一样，点击是或否按钮来获得一个活动得分。同时它也让内容所有者了解了他分享的内容对网络成员是否有帮助。
搜索功能的增强
先前版本，当你在搜索区域输入多个字的时候，实际是在做一个"或"的搜索。而在新版本中，明晰谷对于这种搜索变成了一个"与"的搜索。它将查找所有的指定了的文本。新版本的搜索结果也将考虑到内容最后一次修改的时间，修改时间越近，相关度就越大，因此在检索结果中会列得越靠前。另外，你还可以对搜索结果进行排序。默认的排序顺序是按"最佳匹配"。但现在可以按照以下方式对检索结果进行排序：出现次数最多、评论最多或肯定的评价最多。
其它的更动
其它改变包括：
在三月份版本中有对几个APIs功能进行扩展，特别是对于分析，社区，投票，和任务等方面。
在明晰谷管理中心建立的网络，网络主页默认被启用，同时也是默认的登陆页面。
如果你想用其他的电子邮件地址来接收明晰谷通知邮件，可以在账户设置页面指定新的邮件接收地址。
使用iPad的网络拥有者或管理员，现在可以在你的网络里面看到管理标签，并可通过该标签来管理你的网络。但不是所有的管理子菜单都可以使用。例如，外观和邮件模板子菜单，我们是有意地不提供的。
对于使用移动设备的明晰谷用户，我们将提供一个任务清单，它和活动项目是分离的。点击任务，你能看到一个任务清单页面，该页面可以看到分派给你的任务和你创建的任务。
业务分析图表
请到明晰谷网站上面继续查看关于新的业务分析特征信息以及三月份版本的发布计划。了解如何为网络成员设置活动目标，另外还有一些网络活动综合观察的新的报告供使用。

明晰谷三月份版本发布--第二部分 业务分析图表

本周早些时候我们发布了一个关于计划在三月份早期发布的明晰谷新版本。这里继续新版本的讨论，同时也包含了明晰谷业务分析图表新的特征。实际上是对下面两部分做了分析。
网络管理员有能力设置网络参与目标。
追踪网络活跃度的报告或图表，多数情况下可借用此图表，追踪成员是否达成或是参与了网络的目标。
目标设定
目标设置很简单，管理员使用系统管理>目标任务页面为网络成员在指定的某一个月设定一个目标值。一次可以连续设置6个月的目标值。例如，对于每个网络成员，网络管理员期望他们在第一个月的目标值是30，第二个月40，第三个月50…..等等。
 
管理员可以在上面红色标注的区域简单地填充一个数值，然后点击保存。作为一个整体，个体成员的基于每月目标值，其它每周和每季度目标，明晰谷会自动计算。
一旦你为你的网络设置了目标，你可以运行报告来追踪目标的达成情况。
CAP分数的解析
在先前的版本，术语CAP是明晰谷網絡活跃度的简称。相对于先前CAP的定义，在本次升级的版本内它包含了更多的新的含义。现在当我们提到CAP时候，我们将谈及到一个网络成员以及基于下面几个维度被分配给他们的一个数值。
CAP：C=连通度，A=活跃度，P=人气度
连通度分数：这个度量标准权衡了在一个网络中每一个成员的目标达成率。即在一个指定的时间周期，一个成员对多少其他成员的内容作了评论以及有多少成员对他的内容作了评论。
 活跃度分数：这个度量标准权衡了成员的活跃度分数，即一个时间周期内网络成员挣得了多少活跃度分数。
 人气度分数：这个度量标准权衡了基于每个季度基础上成员的受欢迎程度
 成员收到关于他们创建内容的完全的正面评价。
 关注该成员的人数。
活跃度积分在0到10之间是被标准化的。
一个成员完成活跃度积分目标就能挣得7分的活跃度分数。一个成员达到网络平均水平，他也能挣得7分的人气度和连通度分数。想得到一个更高的CAP分数，网络成员需要在他们的连通度，活跃度，人气度方面增加工作。
一个成员的CAP分数范围在0到10分之间。
介绍新增的报告
此部分共提供了6个报告，总的来说其中4个报告用来追踪网络活跃度的，另外2个是用来追踪你的个人活跃度的。
网络仪表盘报告（网络报告）
这个报告实质上是一个仪表盘，在那里你可以快速地看到关于你的网络的接收信息。看起来像这样：
 
选择一个具体的时间周期来运行使用这些报告。默认的是按每月来生成报告。
此外还可以参考以上4个子报告中的任一个。
成员登录趋势报告显示了网络成员的数目，指定时间周期内登录到网络内唯一成员的数目和CAP积分为0分的成员数目。该报告体现了登陆成员的概率情况以及根本就没有参与网络目标的成员情况。
人气度和活跃度报告提供了两个视图：人气度和活跃度视图、连通度和活跃度视图。报告中红色的线条显示了接近达到网络目标基准的成员。当两条轴线上都达到7分意味着成员已经达到了活跃度积分的目标或是在那个时间周期已经达到了网络连通度和人气度的平均值。这些图表可以让管理员了解网络成员彼此之间是否是活跃的，连通的，受欢迎的。
活跃度-目标值和实际值比较报告显示了当前时间周期内网络活跃度目标分数和活跃度实际分数的数值。
网站内容分类报告显示了增加到网络中不同类型内容的分类比例。
网站活跃度目标和实际值比较（网络报告）
 
 这个报告显示了选择的时间周期内网络活跃度目标分数和实际分数的百分比。
网站活动报告（网络报告）
 
这个报告显示了选择周期内独立访问者数目，新创建内容数目和发表评论数目的详情。
成员积分报告（网络报告）
 

通过这个报告可以了解每个成员挣得的连通度、活跃度、人气度积分和CAP积分。注意这些分数是基于公式生成的，而且这些数字都被标准化成0到10之间的一个数值。该报告支持Excel格式查看。
我的仪表盘报告（我的报告）
 
选择一个具体的时间周期来运行使用这些报告。默认的是按每月来生成报告。此外可以参考4个子报告中的任一个。
活跃度的实际值和目标值比较报告显示了选择周期内成员的活跃度目标和实际挣得的活跃度分数。
CAP趋势图显示了成员在选择周期内CAP积分。
网站比较图表是在一个选择周期内成员CAP积分和网络平均值相比较的探测图表。
内容分类显示了在一个在选择周期内成员增加到网络的各种类型内容的分类情况。
我的活跃度目标值和实际值相比较报告（我的报告）
 
这个报告显示了选择时间周期内成员活跃度目标值和实际累计分数的比较情况。
需要注意的是，大多数这些报告每天在10:30 PM, PST (6:30 AM, UTC)时间运行一次。唯一例外的是每次生成的内容分类报告页面是被更新过的。
如何访问以上的报告 
我们在网络页面上增加了一个网络报告工具。使用这个工具可以迅速的去访问网络报告。
 
点击更多去显示网络报告页面，在那里你可以在网站报告或我的报告之间进行选择。
 
此外，网站应用目录和个人应用目录也都包含了一个可以链接到网络报告页面的链接。
 

The most recent release of Clearvale introduced the idea of an activity point goal for all network members. For those curious about how activity points work, I just posted a Feature Spotlight document that talks about why you should set a network activity goal and how to earn more activity points. You can find the document here.

• Tuesday, March 6, 2012 at 2:00pm GMT / 9:00am EST - register here
• Thursday, March 8, 2012 at 11:00am PST / 2:00pm EST - register here

Earlier this week I posted a blog about the new Clearvale release planned for early March. This blog finishes the discussion of the new release and covers the new Clearvale social analytics feature. There are actually two parts to analytics:

• The ability for the network administrator to set network participation goals.
• Reports (or graphs) that track network activity, in many cases tracking actual participation to the network goals.

Setting Goals

Goals are simple to set—the administrator uses the Admin>Goal Assignment page to specify how many activity points they want network members to earn for a specific month. They can set goals for up to 6 months at a time. For example, maybe they want a goal of 30 activity points the first month for each network member, 40 points the second month, 50 points the third month, and so on.

The administrator simply fills in values in the fields highlighted in red and clicks Save. Clearvale calculates the rest of the numbers on this page for the weekly and quarterly goals for individual members as well as the network as a whole.

Once you set goals for your network, you can run reports to track the attainment of the goals.

Understanding CAP Scores

In previous releases, the term CAP was shorthand for Clearvale Activity Points. In this new release, it has a new meaning that is much more than just activity points. Now when we refer to CAP, we are referring to a network member and a value that is assigned to them based on the following:

CAP: C= Connectivity, A= Activity, P=Popularity

• Connectivity. This metric measures the social reach of a member in the network - the number of people in the network the member has interacted with in the time period.
• Activity. This metric measures the member’s activity - the number of activity points the member has earned in the time period.
• Popularity. This metric measures the member’s popularity - how much the member's contribution is valued by other people in the network.

The activity score is normalized in the scale of 0-10. A member who achieves their activity points goal (set by the network administrator), earns an activity score of 7. For popularity and connectivity scores, when a member reaches network average, they earn a score of 7.

To earn a higher CAP score, a network member needs to work on increasing their connectivity, activity, and popularity. The range for a person’s CAP score is 0-10.

About the Reports

Six reports are provided—4 for that track network activity as a whole and 2 that track your personal activity:

Network Dashboard Report (network report)

This is essentially a dashboard where you can quickly see information about your network adoption. It looks similar to this:

To use these reports, choose a time period for your reports. Monthly reports are the default value.  Then refer to one of the four sub-reports:

• The Member Login Trend report shows the number of network members, the number of unique members that logged into the network during the time period specified, and the number of members with an activity score of 0. Use this report to get an idea of the percentage of members logging in and how many are not participating at all.
• The Popularity & Activity Report offers two views—the Popularity and Activity View or the Connectivity and Activity View. In these reports, the red lines indicate members who are close to reaching benchmark for the network. The data, shown in a scatter diagram, represents each network member. Reaching 7 on both axis means that the member has met the goal for activity points or has reached network average for connectivity and popularity for the time period. These graphs give the network administrator an idea of how active, connected, and popular the network members are compared to each other.
• The Activity – Target Vs. Actual report shows the network activity points goal for the current time period as well as the actual amount of activity points accumulated.
• The Network Content Breakdown shows a breakdown of the types of content added to the network.

Network Activity Target Vs. Actual Report (network report)

This report shows the network activity point goal versus the actual points accumulated for the time period selected.
 
Network Engagement Report (network report)

This report shows details about the number of unique network visitors, the number of content items created, and the number of comments posted for the time period selected.

Member Score Report (network report)

Use this report to see the connectivity, activity, and popularity CAP points and scores that each member has earned. Note that these numbers are generated based on formulae and the numbers are then normalized to a value between 0 and 10. Click the report that you want to generate, and then open the Excel file to see the report.

My Dashboard Report (personal report)

 To use these reports, choose a time period for your reports. Monthly reports are the default value.  Then refer to one of the four sub-reports:

• The Activity – Actual Vs. Goals report shows the member’s activity goal for the time period selected and the number of activity points earned.
• The CAP Trend Graph shows the CAP scores for the member over the time period selected.
• The Network Comparison Chart is a radar chart that shows the member’s CAP scores compared to the network average over the time period selected.
• The Content Breakdown shows a breakdown of the types of content that the member added to the network over the time period selected.

My Activity Target Vs. Actual Report (personal report)

This report shows the member activity point goal versus the actual points accumulated for the time period selected.

Note that most of these reports run once per day, at 10:30 PM, PST (6:30 AM, UTC). There is one exception, the content breakdown report, which is generated each time the page is refreshed.

Accessing the Reports

To access these reports, we added a Network Reports widget for the Network page. Use this to quickly access the network reports.

Click More to display the Reports page, where you can toggle between network and personal reports.

Additionally, the Network Directory and Profile Directory widgets both include a link to the Reports page.

Nous avons le plaisir de vous faire découvrir un aperçu de la prochaine version de Clearvale, planifiée pour début Mars. Restez à l'écoute de Clearvale Connect, car ce billet ne couvre qu'une partie des nouvelles fonctionnalités prévues pour la version de Mars. Plus tard dans la semaine, nous publierons des informations concernant la nouvelle fonctionalité d'analyse des usages du RSE, également comprise avec cette mise à jour.

Améliorations des tâches

La page de création des tâches a été rationalisée :

Nous avons ajouté une colonne à gauche afin de gérer les fichiers joints à la tâche ainsi que les étapes de celle-ci. Utilisez la partie droite afin de définir la tâche, sa date d'échéance et ses destinataires.

En plus de la refonte de la page de création, de nombreux autres changements sont prévus pour les tâches :

• Possibilité de spécifier le type de tâche. Lors de la création d'une nouvelle tâche, vous pourrez désormais sélectionner le type de tâche.

• Possibilité de signaler une tâche comme importante. Comme avec les fichiers, vous pouvez signaler qu'une tâche est importante. Lorsque vous définissez qu'une tâche est importante, l'indicateur d'importance devient orange. Sur votre page de liste des tâches, vous pourrez trier les tâches importantes avant les autres.
• Possibilité de définir un rappel pour une tâche. Lorsque vous définissez une date d'échéance pour une tâche ou pour une étape d'une tâche, vous avez l'option de définir un rappel afin de notifier les destinataires n'ayant pas complété leur action.

• Changements dans la façon d'ajouter étapes et fichiers joints. L'ajout d'étapes à une tâche se fera d'une manière similaire à ce qui existe déjà, mais le processus a été rationalisé. Dans un souci de simplification, au lieu de montrer toutes les étapes dans le corps principal de la page, Clearvale ne fera apparaître que l'étape courante. Par exemple :

• Possibilité d'accepter une tâche. Lorsqu'une tâche vous est assignéee, vous aurez la possibilité de l'accepter ou de la refuser. Accepter une tâche signifie que vous avez l'intention de la compléter.
• Un nouveau widget afin de gérer vos tâches. Cette version inclut également un widget de Tâches pour votre page personelle. Vous pouvez configurer le widget afin de montrer les tâches qui vous sont assignées ou les tâches que vous avez assignées à d'autres.

• Changements dans la page de liste de vos tâches. Nous avons effectué des modifications légères dans la page listant les tâches qui vous ont été assignées. Les options de filtrage ont été mises à jour afin de gérer les tâches avec l'état "Acceptée". Nous avons retiré la colonne de statut des tâches afin de simplifier la page et ajouté une colonne exposant l'indicateur d'importance, vous permettant de trier par ce drapeau.

Groupes de réseau

Les Groupes de Réseau sont similaires aux groupes personnels, vous permettant de partager des contenus ou assigner des tâches à un groupe entier de personnes en un seul clic. Cependant les groupes de réseau diffèrent des groupes personnels sur les points suivants :

• Vous devez être propriétaire ou administrateur du réseau afin de créer un groupe de réseau.
• Tout groupe de réseau créé pour votre réseau est à la disposition de tous les membres du réseau.

Pour créer un groupe de réseau, en tant que propriétaire ou administrateur du réseau, cliquez sur l'onglet Membres, puis cliquez Ajouter dans la zone des Groupes Réseau.

Indiquez un nom pour le groupe puis selectionnez les membres du réseau qui feront partie du groupe.  

Notez également que lors de la recherche de membres ou groupes avec lesquels vous souhaitez partager un contenu ou lui assigner une tâche, vous pouvez limiter les résultats de recherche à une ou plusieurs de ces options : tous les membres, groupes du réseau, ou juste vos groupes personnels.

Par défaut, toutes les options sont sélectionnées.

Améliorations sur les points d'activités

Dans cette version, nous avons procédé à quelques ajustements dans la gestion des points d'activités :

• Sur la page du réseau, nous avons changé le nom de la widget "Membres les plus Actifs" en "Leaders d'Activité". Cette widget ne montre pas seulement les membres les plus actifs dans votre réseau, elle fournit également des indicateurs concernant l'activité globale du réseau. Auparavant, elle listait le nombre total de points d'activités gagnés dans l'ensemble du réseau pour la semaine courante et depuis la création du réseau. Deux nouveaux indicateurs s'y ajoutent maintenant - points gagnés dans le mois courant et dans le trimestre courant.
• Sur votre page personnelle, dans le bloc des points d'activités, vous verrez des informations concernant votre accumulation de points d'activités pour la semaine courante, le mois courant, le trimestre courant et depuis votre inscription au réseau (seule la mesure du trimestre est nouvelle).

Amélioration de l'évaluation des contenus

Dans cette nouvelle version, nous abandonnerons les pouces vers le haut et vers le bas, et les remplacerons par une question simple - Avez-vous trouvé ce contenu utile ?, suivie de boutons Oui etNon. Comme ci-dessous:

Comme c'était le cas avec les icônes d'évaluation positives et négatives (pouces), cliquer sur le bouton Oui ou Non vous rapporte un point d'activité. Cela indique également à l'auteur que le contenu vous a été utile.

Améliorations de la recherche

Actuellement, lorsque vous entrez plus d'un mot dans le champ de recherche, vous effectuez une recherche en 'OU'. Clearvale cherche du texte contenant l'un des mots que vous avez entré ou les deux. Dans la nouvelle version, cela devient une recherche en 'ET'. Clearvale cherchera du texte contenant l'ensemble des mots que vous avez renseigné. Les nouveaus résultats de recherche prennent également en considération le moment auquel le contenu a été modifié, favorisant un contenu modifié plus récemment. De plus, vous pouvez contrôler comment les résultats sont ordonnés. L'ordre par défaut est par pertinence. Mais vous pouvez décider de trier les résultats selon le nombre d'occurences des mots recherchés, selon le nombre de commentaires, ou selon le nombre d'évaluations positives.

Divers

Parmi les autres changements:

• De nombreuses APIs sont étendues dans la version de Mars 2012. En particulier, nous étendons les méthodes des APIs pour l'analytique, les communautés, les sondages et les tâches.
• Les réseaux créés dans la console d'administration, Clearvale Management Center ont maintenant, par défaut leur page réseau activée. La page d'accueil par défaut est également la page de réseau.
• Si vous désirez recevoir les emails de notification de Clearvale à une adresse email additionelle, vous pouvez la spécifier dans votre page de gestion des paramètres de votre compte.
• Si vous utilisez un iPad et que vous êtes propriétaire ou administrateur de réseau, vous aurez désormais accès à l'onglet Administration de votre réseau. Utilisez cet onglet afin d'administrer votre réseau. Tous les sous-menus ne seront pas disponible depuis l'iPad, par exemple ceux d'Apparence ou de Template email.
• Pour les utilisateurs Clearvale utilisant des terminaux mobiles, nous fournissons une page de liste des tâches distincte de l'onglet Actions. Si vous cliquez sur Tâches, vous verrez une page de liste de tâches vous permettant de voir les tâches que vous avez assignées ou qui vous ont été assignées.

Analytique

Restez à l'écoute de Clearvale Connect pour plus d'informations concernant la fonctionalité analytique du réseau, également prévue pour la version de Mars 2012. Découvrez comment définir des objectifs d'activités pour les membres de votre réseau, puis utilisez les rapports afin d'avoir une vision globale de l'activité du réseau.

We are excited to provide a sneak peak at the next release of Clearvale, planned for early March. Stay tuned to Clearvale Connect, as this blog covers just a part of the new features planned for the March Release. Later this week I’ll publish information on the new business analytics feature also planned for this release.

Task Improvements

The task creation page is streamlined and now looks as follows:

We added a left-hand column for managing the task attachments and sub-steps.  Use the right side of the page to define the task, due date, and assignees.

In addition to the new layout of the task creation page, many other changes are planned for tasks:

• Ability to specify the type of task. When creating a new task, you can now select the type of task.

• Ability to set the task as important. As with files, you can flag the task as important. When you set a task as important, the importance flag turns orange. On your task list page, you can sort your tasks to list the important tasks first.
• Ability to set a reminder for the task. When you specify a due date for a task or a step within a task, you have the option of specifying a reminder.

• Changes to adding steps and attachments. Adding steps to a task and adding attachments is similar to past behavior, but has been streamlined. Basically, instead of showing each step in the main body of page, only the current step appears. For example:

• Ability to accept a task. When you are assigned a task, you now have the option to accept or decline a task. Accepting a task means that you plan to complete the task.
• A new widget for managing tasks. This release also includes Tasks widget for your personal page. You can configure the widget to show the tasks that are assigned to you or tasks that you have assigned to others.

• Changes to your task listing page. We made a few small changes on the page that lists the tasks assigned to you. The Filter options were updated to handle accepted tasks. We removed the Task Status column to simplify the page and added a column for the importance flag so that you can sort your tasks by importance.

Network Groups

Network groups are similar to personal groups in that you can share content or assign tasks to the entire group of people in one click.  However, network groups differ from personal groups in that:

• You must be a network owner or administrator to create a network group.
• Any network groups created for your network are available for all network members to use.

To create a network group, as a network owner or administrator, click the Members tab, and then click Add in the Network Groups area.

Specify a name for the group and then select the network members to belong to the group.  

Also note that when searching for members or groups to share content with or assign tasks, you can now limit the search results to one or more of the following:  all members, network groups, or just your personal groups.

By default, all options are selected.

Activity Point Enhancements

We made a few adjustments to activity point management in this release:

• On the Network page, we changed the name of the Most Active Members widget to the Activity Leaders widget. This widget not only shows the most active members in your network, it provides some tallies pertaining to total network activity. Previously, it listed the total points earned across the network for the current week and a lifetime total. In this release, two additional tallies are included—total points earned for the current month and total points earned for the current quarter.
• On your personal page, in the Activity Points block, you will see information about your activity point accumulation for the current week, month, quarter, and lifetime. (Just the quarter tally is new here.)

Content Rating Enhancement

In this new release, we will say goodbye to the thumbs up and thumbs down buttons and replace them with a simple question—Was this helpful?, followed by Yes and No buttons. It will look similar to the following:

Just like clicking the thumbs up or down icons, clicking the Yes or No button earns you one activity point. It also lets the owner of the content know whether you benefited from the shared information.

Search Enhancements

Currently, when you enter more than one word in the Search field, you are conducting an "OR" search. Clearvale looks for text containing one or both of the words specified. In the new release, this is changing to an  "AND" search.  Clearvale will look for text containing both of the words specified. The new search results also take into account the time when content was last modified, rating recently modified content as more relevant and therefore mentioned earlier in the results. Additionally, you can control how results are sorted. The default sort order is by best match. But you can choose to sort results by most occurrences of the searched for text, most comments, or most positive ratings.

This and That

Other changes include:

• Several APIs are being extended in the January release. In particular, we are expanding API methods for analytics, communities, poll, and tasks.
• Networks created in the Clearvale Management Center will now have the Network page enabled by default. Also, the default login page will be the Network page.
• If you want to receive Clearvale email notifications at additional email addresses, you can specify additional addresses on the Account Settings page.
• If you are using an iPad and if you are a network owner or administrator, you will now see the Admin tab in your network when using an iPad. Use this tab to administer your network. Not all of the Admin sub-menu items are available when administering a network on an iPad. For example, the Appearance and Email Templates sub-menus are intentionally not provided.
• For Clearvale users using mobile devices, we will provide a Tasks list that is separate from the Action Items tab.  If you click Tasks, you see the Tasks list page that offers the ability to see tasks assigned to you and tasks that you created.

Business Analytics

Stay tuned to Clearvale Connect for information on the new business analytics feature also planned for the March release. Find out how to set activity goals for network members and then use the new reports that provide a comprehensive view of network activity.

We are planning to complete some maintenance work on all clearvale.com networks later this week. Clearvale networks will be unavailable on Friday, February 3, 5:00-5:30 PM, PST (Saturday, February 4, 0100-0130 UTC).

We apologize for any inconvenience. 

The following issues will be addressed in a patch to Clearvale on January 20, 2012

Awhile back we had a contest, asking our customers: how has Clearvale helped you and your company? The purpose of the contest was to better understand how our customers are using Clearvale and what we can do to improve it. We picked our favorites from the first round of written responses and asked them to send us a video based on their submission. Entertaining, thoughtful and educational, the videos were fun to watch and really helped us understand all of the different ways Clearvale is helping people and organizations get work done.

We're grateful for all of the hard work the entrants put into this contest and are very happy to announce the winners of the Clearvale Success Awards (in alphabetical order):

Gemeente Tilburg
A municipality in the Netherlands that manages the City of Tilburg as well as providing support for the surrounding towns and villages within the wider region of Brabant. Using Clearvale, Gemeente Tilburg has seen increased collaboration among businesses, the public and government organizations. It has also proven useful in their "Twinning" work with the Same District in Tanzania, in which the two municipalities share knowledge and collaborate on projects.
 
Gruppo Reti
An Italian IT consulting agency with more than 160 certified IT professionals, Gruppo Reti covers four main areas: business solutions, infrastructure and networking, business analysis and project management, and home and building automation. Using Clearvale, they have seen an increase in company performance and better collaboration and knowledge sharing among departments and employees.
 
People Tree Education Society
People Tree Education Society in India helps create new entrepreneurs. Relying on an active, participatory approach to education, PTeS connects students with industry professionals. With Clearvale, they have created Virtual Campus, a user-friendly site that is attractive and easy to navigate. Student and faculty are able to share notes, upload exam papers, and stay up to date with news and events.
 
TechTree IT Systems
Specializing in building high-performance business applications for mid-market companies in the Asia-Pacific region, TechTree IT Systems is a growing company that is adding customers, partners and employees at a rapid pace. Clearvale has helped their large, mobile, geographically dispersed workforce to coordinate their efforts working towards new leads who are often on the move themselves.
 
QuickLogic
Based in Sunnyvale, CA, QuickLogic provides semiconductor solutions to handheld consumer device manufacturers. Using a Clearvale network for internal collaboration, QuickLogic now has a centralized location for marketing materials, meetings minutes, design files and more. Employees in the field can easily share and retrieve information, helping them quickly respond to customer issues.

For more customer stories and case studies, please visit: http://www.clearvale.com/mkt/en/customers.php

We are planning to complete some maintenance work on all Clearvale networks later this week. Clearvale networks will be unavailable on Friday January 6th, 5:30-6:30 PM, PST (Saturday January 7th, 0130-0230 UTC).

We apologize for any inconvenience. 

The following issues will be addressed in a patch to Clearvale on December 21, 2011:

The following issues will be addressed in a patch to Clearvale on December 14, 2011:

We are planning to complete some required maintenance work on all Clearvale networks late tomorrow afternoon, December 9th. Your network will be unavailable from approximately 5:30-6:30 PM, PST.

We apologize for any inconvenience. 

We are making a slight change to Clearvale today that makes it easier to accrue more activity points in Clearvale. As a result of this change, you will earn 3 activity points each time you add new content to your network. For example, if you upload a file or write a blog, you will earn 3 activity points for each activity.

You continue to earn 1 activity point when you edit content, rate content, and so on.

Your activity points appear on your personal page:

For complete information on how activity points work, see Earning Activity Points in the online help.

The following issues will be addressed in a patch to Clearvale on December 2, 2011:

Activity Point Enhancement

This patch includes a slight change to activity point accrual. You will now earn 3 activity points when you add new content to your network instead of earning 1 point. Other activities, such as editing content or rating content, still gives you a single point. For complete information about how activity points work, see Earning Activity Points in the online help.

We have some exciting updates coming to our iPhone App in version 1.06. We will be submitting the app for approval later today, and expect the app to be available within the next two weeks. In the meantime, here is a list of the improvements that will be available in the new version:

• A Network page is now available from the main menu.
• File and folder browsing are now available in the network, community, and profile spaces.
• The “Saved Files” feature (accessible from the main menu) allows you to download and store files locally for offline access.
• The “Open in clearvale” feature (accessible from the top right corner when viewing a file on iOS) allows you to upload a file into your Clearvale network. This option automatically appears after installing the latest Clearvale app.
• The custom streams (configured from your desktop) are now available in the iPhone App. Go to MyStreams and click the button in the upper right corner to access your custom streams.
• Action Items and Tasks are now available as a sub-tab in the MyStreams area.
• A new version reminder will appear when your app is out of date.  The reminder will prompt you to go to the App Store to download the latest version of the app.
• Preference settings are now available. These can be accessed from the Settings menu on your device. Configurable settings include the font size, file synching for Saved Files, and the amount of text to display in activity streams.
• Text from streams, content, and comments are now selectable and can be copied.
• A “Show on Web” button is now available on several pages. Pushing this button allows you to view the desktop version of these pages on your Safari browser.
• Hyperlinks within text are now clickable.
• iPad users will see a high-resolution version of the native app, rather than choosing between a 1x and 2x version.
• Multiple UI improvements to streams, links, and the community list page.
• The app has been compiled and tested against iOS 5. In addition all features are available on iOS 4.x.  Most features are supported for users running iOS 3.x.
• A Logout button is available in the upper-right corner of the menu page.

The following issues will be addressed in a patch to Clearvale on November 18, 2011:

We are happy to announce two new products that you can use in conjunction with Clearvale Enterprise:

• Clearvale It, a Microsoft Outlook add-in that lets you instantly publish email threads and attachments to your Clearvale network.
• Salesforce Integration, a collection of widgets that your network administrator can install on your Clearvale network. Individuals can then place these widgets on their personal page to integrate the Salesforce dashboard, charts, or data right within Clearvale.

For information on installing and using these new products, see the Outlook Clearvale It and Salesforce Integration communities. In these communities, you will find installation instructions, user documentation, and forums for asking questions.
 
Note that if you are using Clearvale Express, you need to upgrade to Clearvale Enterprise to use these new products.

Il mese di Ottobre 2011 ha visto il rilascio della nuova versione di Clearvale. Vediamo quali sono le novità ...

Task Sequenziali. E' ora possibile creare task composti da più fasi. Ogni fase può essere completato da una o più persone.

Clearvale tiene traccia di chi deve completare la fase attuale, ed avvisa le persone alla quale è stata assegnata la prossima fase quando tocca a loro completarla.

Amministrazione delle Comunità. Tramite la pagina Gestione Utenti, il proprietario e gli amminsitratori della comunità possono ora assegnare più facilmente i ruoli scegliendo un'opzione dal menu a tendina.

Potrai inoltre assegnare il tuo stesso ruolo ad un altro utente della comunità oppure potrai anche assegnargli un ruolo inferiore facendolo passare da 'Utente' ad 'Amministratore'. Quando viene cambiato il ruolo di un utente della comunità, questa persona riceverà un avviso nel suo Stream delle Attività e nella posta elettronica (se le notifiche email sono state correttamente configurate)

Pagine di dettagli dedicate per aggiornamenti di stato e note. Aggiornamenti di stato che condividi con chi ti segue e note che scrivi sulle pagine di altri utenti ora hanno una propria pagina di dettaglio nel caso in cui l'aggiornamento di stato o la nota genera una serie di commenti.

Clicca l'etichetta stato o nota nello Stream delle Attività per accedere alla pagina di dettaglio.

Miglioramenti nella gestione di inviti al network. Il proprietario del Network e gli amministratori possono ora cancellare inviti che attendono una validazione da parte dell'invitato. Per esempio, tra i potenziali utenti del network, ce ne potrebbero essere alcuni non interessati a partecipare. Ora puoi accedere alla pagina Admin>Gestione Utenti>Validazioni in Sospeso e cancellare gli inviti in sospeso.

E' anche possibile cancellare le persone elencate nella pagina Approvazioni in Sospeso. Queste sono persone che hanno richiesto di partecipare al Network ma che  non hanno validato la richiesta tramite il link inviato al loro indirizzo di posta elettronica. Se utilizzi un Ecosistema Clearvale, ora hai la facoltà  di rimandare gli inviti agli utenti che non si sono collegati e che non hanno terminato l'impostazione del loro profilo.

Migliorie alla conversione dei video.  Attualmente, tutti i video sono convertiti al formato MP4 360p e WMV 360 p quando li carichi in Clearvale. Con questa versione di Clearvale il proprietario del network o uno degli amministratori può scegliere un'ulteriore  formato di conversione MP4 720p. Questo formato ha una risoluzione superiore agli altri. In aggiunta è possibile controllare quali formati vengono utilizzati nel network. Le opzioni sono:

• MP4 720p, per un'elevata risoluzione.
• MP4 360p, per una risoluzione inferiore.
• WMV 360p, per una risoluzione inferiore e per visualizzazione sui dispositivi Windows.

Per impostare questa preferenza il proprietario del network o gli amministratori accedono alla pagina Admin>Amministrazione del Network e poi viene selezionato il formato desiderato per il network in questione.

Inoltre, per i desktop browser, le conversioni video per H264 e FLV sono pronti per essere visualizzati immediatamente. Non c'è un'attesa per la conversione

Widget Esterni. Widget esterni sono piccoli applicativi installati come widget all'interno di un network. Danno la possibilità di fornire al network contenuti dinamici provenienti da un'applicazione esterna. In aggiunta alla possibilità di creare widget esterni per il tuo network, puoi anche pubblicarli per essere utilizzati in altri network:

• Se pubblichi il widget esterno al tuo Account Library, qualsiasi network che fa parte del tuo account Clearvale può utlizzare il widget esterno.
• Se pubblichi il widget al Global Library, una volta che BroadVision lo ha approvato, il widget è a disposizione di qualsiasi network nell'installazione Clearvale (per esempio, tutti i network clearvale.com oppure mingxigu.com).

Varie.  In aggiunta alle novita elencate sopra, sono state fatte delle migliorie a livello di interfaccia utente:

• E' stato migliorato il messaggio inviato al stream delle attività ed alle notifiche quando contenuto è condiviso con persone o aree di Clearvale
• E' stato introdotta una finestra per potere selezione un utente nel campo A quando si scrive un messaggio.
• E' stato ridotto il numero di finestre verdi di conferma.
• Quando un titolo o un nome non è visible per intero, passando sopra il cursore il nome viene messo in evidenza.
• E' stato migliorato il processo di caricamento delle immagini nell'editor di testi.

A new feature is being added to Clearvale today--the ability to track the total activity points added to the network for the current week and the lifetime of the network. To see these tallies, the network admin needs to place the Most Active Members widget on the Network page of the network. The tallies appear at the bottom of this widget:

Additionally, if the network admin wants to display the total activity points for each member on the Members listing page, they can check the Show CAP in Member List Display Page setting on the Admin>Network Administration page.

After checking this option, when any network member displays the Members page, the lifetime cap for each member appears on this page.

Clearvale networks will be unavailable Friday, October 14th, from 6:00 PM, PDT until 7:00 PM. You will not be able to log into your network during this period.

We apologize for any inconvenience.

We're in the process of making a few changes to Clearvale Connect. As the amount of content in the network has grown, the home page has become a little cluttered, so we're tidying this up a little. We hope it makes it easier for you to find the last information about Clearvale, but if you can't find what you're looking for, please don't hesitate to ask.

The October release is just around the corner. We plan to deploy the new software Friday, October 7th, starting at 5:00 PM, PDT. We have lots of features planned, so let’s take a quick look….
 
Sequential tasks. You can now create tasks that define multiple steps. You can assign each step to one or more people.

Clearvale keeps track of who needs to do the current step, and notifies the next person when it is their turn to complete a step within the task.

Community administration. As a community owner or administrator, the Manage Members page now makes it easy to change roles for community members by providing a drop-down list for assigning community roles.

You can promote another community member up to your role level in the community. Additionally, you can demote their role down to community member. Community members are notified of any role change via their activity stream, or email (if they have configured email notifications).

Dedicated detail pages for status updates and notes. Status updates that you share with your followers and notes that you write on members’ pages now have their own detail page in cases where the status update or note generate a thread of comments.

Click the status or note label in your activity stream to link to the detail page.

Ability to better manage network invitations. Network owners and administrators can now delete pending network invitations. For example, if you invited several potential customers to your network, maybe a few were not interested in joining. You can now go to the Admin>Manage Members>Pending Invitations page and delete the pending invitations.

You can also delete the people listed on the Pending Validation tab. (These are people who requested to join the network, but did not follow through with clicking the validation link that was sent to their email.) If you are using a Clearvale ecosystem, you can now resend invitations to members who have not logged in and finished setting up their account.
 
Video conversion enhancements. Currently, all video files are automatically converted to the MP4 360p and WMV 360 p formats when you upload them to Clearvale. In the October release, the network owner or administrator can select an additional conversion format, MP4 720p, for higher resolution. Additionally, they can control which format conversions are used on their network. Options are:

• MP4 720p, for higher resolution.
• MP4 360p, for lower resolution.
• WMV 360p, for lower resolution and viewing on Windows devices.

To set this preference, the network administrator selects Admin>Network Administration and then selects the desired video conversions for the network.

Also, on desktop browsers, video conversions for H264 and FLV are ready to play immediately. There is no waiting for conversion.

External widgets. External widgets are small applications that are installed as widgets within a network. They provide a way to include dynamic content from an external application in your network. In addition to creating external widgets for your own network, you can publish external widgets for use in other networks:

• If you publish your external widget to your Account Library, any networks that are part of your Clearvale account can use the external widget.
• If you publish your external widget to the Global Library, once BroadVision approves it, the widget is available for use by any other network in the Clearvale installation (for example, all clearvale.com networks or all mingxigu.com networks).

Odds and Ends.  In addition to the above-mentioned enhancements, there are some user interface enhancements:

• Improved the activity stream and notification message related to content that is shared with multiple people or spaces.
• Enabled a member picker in the To field when writing a message.
• Reduced the number of green feedback popup messages.
• Provided consistent hover text for truncated titles and names.
• Improved the image upload process in the text editor.

The following issues were addressed in a patch to Clearvale on September 16, 2011:

We added a video that quickly highlights the features in the July release. You can see it here.

We also added a feature spotlight on using Clearvale groups--one of the new features in the July release.

The Clearvale maintenance work is complete and daily email notification digests are available again.  We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused you.

We want to know how Clearvale has helped you and your company -- has it transformed the way you work? Has it saved you time by simplifying collaboration with your colleagues? Send us your story for your chance to win an iPad 2!
 
How the Contest Works

• Tell us your story. In an email to CSA@BroadVision.com tell us how Clearvale has made your job easier, better, more enjoyable. Aim for 200-500 words. Written entries can be submitted in English, Chinese, Japanese, Italian, Dutch or French. Deadline: September 9, 2011
• The judging panel will select the most compelling stories. Finalists announced: September 14, 2011
• We will work with the finalists to create a video version of their entry. Don’t worry: we’ll do the work. Video submission deadline: September 28, 2011
• BroadVision’s Clearvale experts, other customers and partners will select the five best stories. All winners will receive an iPad 2. Winners announced: October 3, 2011

Why Submit?
 
In addition to the chance to win an iPad 2, the information we learn from reading your real-life stories will help us improve the Clearvale product and better serve you and other customers in the future.

Questions?

Email us at CSA@BroadVision.com 

We're looking forward to your submissions!

If you are using the Clearvale iPhone App, please take the time to ensure that you have updated to the most recent version, v1.05.  We are planning to implement an upgrade to the Clearvale platform in a mid-September patch.   August 19, 2011 patch (approximately one month from now).  However, the patch is incompatible with earlier versions of the iPhone App.  As a result, if you choose not to upgrade your app to v1.05, you will be unable to utilize the Clearvale iPhone App after the patch has taken effect.

Please take the time over the next few weeks to update your Clearvale iPhone App.  This will ensure continuity of service on your device after the August 19 mid-September patch.

(Note: The original post stated that the patch would be applied August 19.  However, due to popular request we are holding off on this patch until mid-September, to provide users with more time to update their apps.)

Look for the July release of Clearvale on Friday, July 29. The release will start rolling out after 5:00 PM, PDT.

Highlights of the release are:

• Daily email digest. Clearvale now provides a daily email digest of network activity. The digest is specific to each member, based on what they are following in the network. Network administrators determine at what time each day that members receive the digest. Network members can choose to opt in or out of the digest.
• Private access mode. Network owners, administrators, and moderators  will no longer see members’ private information (such as blogs and files that are not shared with others) without first switching to private access mode. When done viewing private information, they should exit out of the mode.
•  Personal Groups.  Any network member can create a personal group of users to which they want to share files, assign tasks, send messages, and so on.  You see only groups that you created.
• Tasks. When defining a task, you can indicate whether all assignees or just one need to complete the task for it to be considered complete. Also, the page where you manage your tasks has been improved for easier task management. Also note, if you use calendars, you can no longer define your event as a task.
• Additional notification preferences. You can choose to receive notification when new content is added or updated in communities that you are following.
• New APIs. For Clearvale developers, many new APIs are available, including APIs for working with activity streams, blogs, tasks, polls, wiki pages, and bookmarks.

We are planning to release a Clearvale patch on Friday, July 1, that will slightly change a couple of Clearvale APIs. If your network is has the CV-API enabled, note the following changes:

1. The new signature for membership.add_member is as follows:

membership.add_member
email (required). The email address to use as the login for the new member.
pwd (required). The password for the new member.
firstname (required). The new member's first name.
lastname (required). The new member's last name.
role (required). One of the following roles: administrator, moderator, writer, reader, disabled
communities (required). Community IDs, separated with commas.

The add_member method now supports the case where the user is already registered in Clearvale.

2. The membership.remove_member method behaves slightly differently. The member is no longer removed from Clearvale; instead, the member is disabled.

3. The methods for adding and removing members in networks and communities now also work within an ecosystem. (The methods for adding and removing members in communities are communities.add_user_to_community and communities.remove_user_from_community.)

We plan to roll out the July Release of Clearvale in the later half of July.  Here is a quick peek at the new features.

Groups. Anyone in the network can create groups of users. Groups of users are simply a collection of network members that you can treat like a single member. For example, you can invite a group to a community, assign a group a task, or share a file with a group. Groups are personal to you. You cannot use a group created by another network member.

To create a group, click the Members tab and then click Add in the Groups area:

Once you create a group, the group name appears along with the names of individual network members in places like the Choose Members popup window:

Note that while the group name appears in the Choose Members window, it does not appear in other places in Clearvale. For example, if you share a file with the Sales group, and then look at the share settings for the file, you will see the individuals that comprise the group, not the group name.

Tasks

While tasks are not new in this release, you will notice that the UI has been improved and some enhancements have been made.

When creating a task, you can specify whether the task needs to be completed by all assignees or just one assignee:

When viewing the list the tasks assigned to you or the tasks that you have assigned to others, the UI has changed a bit. For example, if you hover over the Assigned To field, you will see a list of the specific people assigned a task.

The filters on these pages have also changed. The old filter New is renamed as Assigned.  And a new filter is provided for viewing declined tasks.

When viewing the detail page for a task, you will see more information about the task. For example, you can now see the status of the task for each assignee, and when it was last updated.

Private Access Mode.  In the past, network owners, administrators, and moderators saw all content in a network, even content where the owner set the privacy to Me.  In the July release, the default behavior for these administrative members is for this content not to be visible. If they need to see private content, they can choose to show it by selecting Enter Private Access Mode from the drop-down menu under their name at the top of the screen. (Hover the mouse over your name to see the menu.) 

When you are in Private Access Mode, your name appears in red:

When done viewing the network in this mode, select Exit Private Access Mode from the menu.  

Notifications. The July release offers additional notification settings on the Edit Settings page. These new settings include:

• The ability to receive a daily email digest of notification messages. The network administrator determines at what time of day you receive the email digest.
• The ability to receive email notifications regarding the communities that you are following. In particular, you can now choose to receive email notifications when new content is added to these communities or when content is updated in these communities.

APIs. Lots of changes planned for the APIs for this release. In particular, we are adding APIs for:

• Tasks
• Wikis
• Polls
• Bookmarks

And the APIs for Blogs, User Profiles, and Analytics are being expanded. We are also modifying several other APIs to fix inconsistency issues. Stay tuned to Clearvale Connect for more information about the API changes as the release gets closer.

On Friday evening, June 3^rd, after 5:00 PM PDT, we will release a new version of Clearvale. The process of upgrading all networks takes a couple of hours; however, your network should be unavailable for only a few minutes while your particular network is upgraded.

For details on the new features, read the All About the June Release blog.

The Clearvale June Release will be available soon!  Here is a quick preview of the new features:

Custom activity streams. You will be able to define custom stream filters based on the people, spaces, and content that you are following. For example, if you are in sales, you might want to show just updates from sales representatives and the sales community:

You can only include content in a custom stream that you are already following in the network. You may find that you need to follow some additional people or content to create the exact custom stream that you want.

Like other stream filters, you can switch the filter in your stream at any time. For example, you might want to toggle between seeing everything and just seeing sales-related updates.

To create a new stream, click the Plus icon next to the Streams drop-down list.

New editor. When creating or editing content, you will see a new, streamlined editor. The interface is simplified and additionally makes uploading images easier.

Your current content will transition seamlessly to the new editor.

When adding images in the editor, you can navigate to an image on your computer to upload, or you can simply refer to an image URL.

Video improvements. Clearvale will automatically convert uploaded videos to the MPEG-4 and WMV format so that the videos are suitable for streaming on most platforms. You can also select a preview image for the video. These changes do not impact embedded videos, which are stored on other sites, such as YouTube. 

More activity points. Previously, only a small subset of network activities earned you activity points in Clearvale. In the June release, you will accumulate activity points by not only adding content to your network but by rating and following content. Each of these activities will earn you one activity point.

Invitation improvements. Assuming that your network allows all members to invite other network members, the interface for inviting members is simplified and easier to find—simply click Invite Members on the Members tab.

Customize network features. With Clearvale Enterprise, network administrators can customize the features that are available in the network. For example, administrators can choose to not allow polls or wikis in their network. You can change your mind at any time and re-enable the features. For example, if you disable polls, all existing polls in the network are hidden. If you later choose to enable polls, the previous polls will reappear in the network.

Mobile viewing enhancements. Google Apps Authentication is now provided for mobile viewing. Also, the Tasks - Action Items and Task Detail pages appear when viewing a Clearvale network on a mobile device.

Additional email notification preferences. You can specify additional email notification preferences. For example, you can indicate to send email notifications when someone assigns a task to you are sends you a message to your Clearvale inbox. To set preferences, click Edit Settings on your personal page and then click the Follow & Activity Settings. Scroll down the page to set your email notification preferences.

Other enhancements:

• Default forums are created automatically in all new spaces.
• New APIs are provided for calendars and search. Some new restrictions are also included. In addition, see the note shared earlier here.
• If you enabled the Clearvale API service for your network, and you have integrated Clearvale into another application, you can configure Clearvale to use the login page for your application. To do this, you need to customize your login page so that it authenticates against Clearvale as well.
• You will receive a notification when file ownership is transferred to you.
• You can go to www.clearvale.com to recover a lost Clearvale password.

If you have enabled the Clearvale API for your network, and your external systems use Clearvale APIs to access network data, note that for security reasons, we are disabling HTTP access to the following APIs in the June release of Clearvale:

• cvauth.authenticate
• membership.create_user
• membership.update_member

If you are calling these APIs using HTTP, as of the June release, they will require the HTTPS protocol. You can go ahead and make this change now as the APIs currently support both protocols.

Stay tuned to Clearvale Connect for more information about the June release (planned for early June).