{"id":37457,"date":"2016-07-19T08:26:17","date_gmt":"2016-07-19T15:26:17","guid":{"rendered":"\/blog\/?p=11577"},"modified":"2016-07-19T08:26:17","modified_gmt":"2016-07-19T15:26:17","slug":"categorize-your-spaces-easily-with-this-new-exo-platform-add-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.exoplatform.com\/blog\/categorize-your-spaces-easily-with-this-new-exo-platform-add-on\/","title":{"rendered":"Categorize Your Spaces Easily with This New eXo Platform Add-on"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Categorize<\/a><\/p>\n

Spaces<\/strong> have been and continue to be a key module in eXo Platform. They allow organizations to create dedicated groups for their employees in which they can communicate and collaborate around a specific theme. Spaces are, then, typically used for departments, projects, communication channels and communities of interest within an organization\u2019s intranet platform<\/a>.
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\neXo opts for a horizontal approach in how spaces are created and presented to the user. This is typical of modern enterprise social networks and subscribes to the notion of driving a no-nonsense open communication and collaboration culture<\/a>. By default, any<\/i> employee can create a new space, determine its visibility and privacy, and invite people to it.<\/p>\n

As a side effect of this, however, especially in the context of organizations with a large number of users, the number of spaces of which an employee can be a member will tend to be large and their \u201cMy Spaces\u201d list too long. Even though there is an add-on<\/a> that allows platform administrators to control who can create spaces, an idea has been circulating\u2014triggered by a customer request\u2014for an option to somehow categorize spaces<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Enter the Space Categories add-on<\/a>. This latest addition to our catalog of community add-ons<\/a> leverages the \u201ccategories\u201d and \u201crelations\u201d feature already available in eXo\u2019s content management module<\/a> (e.g. to categorize content) so it can be used on spaces. It allows any space manager to place their space under a predefined space category, e.g. a \u201cDepartments\u201d or \u201cProjects\u201d category. To do this, after the add-on<\/strong> has been installed, the space manager can go to their space settings page where they will find a new tab called \u201cSpace Categories\u201d. Here they can browse and select the category in which they would like to list their space.<\/p>\n

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In the platform\u2019s navigation pane, users would then start to see spaces that they belong to listed under one of several categories instead of just the single generic \u201cMy Spaces\u201d menu:<\/p>\n

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We mentioned that this also provides a relation mechanism. Indeed, spaces can not only be categorized but related to each other. A \u201cRelated Spaces<\/strong>\u201d portlet is made available by this add-on and it can be added to a space by a space manager to allow members to see what other spaces are related to the space:<\/p>\n

\"Related<\/a><\/p>\n

Note that a relation between two spaces is bidirectional, so that if you relate space A to space B, then this relation will apply and be displayed on both spaces.
\nSo how can you install this add-on? Just use the add-on manager<\/a> administrator tool, which lists all publicly available add-ons, to install it in your local eXo Platform instance. As always, the add-on is open source and has been made available on GitHub<\/a> for curious developers. We very much welcome your feedback and suggestions for improvement.<\/p>\n


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