Visual Update 1 for HCL Connections

Detailed Update History

Version 1

Visual Update 1 is generally available for both Cloud and On-premises customers.

This detailed prior update history builds on top of the early adopter code, starting with an October 2018 update.

November 2019

April 2019

March 2019

February 2019

Connections CR4 updates

Updated styles for new features and UI updates that are included with the Connections CR4 release.

December 2018

Community Surveys

Updated styles for dialogs, tables, tabs and other features available with the Community surveys.

Insert Image dialog

Updated styles for the insert image dialog that is available when editing a blog, wiki, or forum post:

November 2018

Insert Image dialog

Updated styles for the insert image dialog that is available when editing a blog, wiki, or forum post:

Community Wiki

On-premises Action Center

When Action Center is enabled, it applies some styles to all of Connections that have an undesirable effect on our visual style updates. As a result some fixes are being put in to account for the case that Action Center might be enabled.

Files

Homepage classic

Navigation bar - Share Box - Styling released

Documentation

October 2018

Community Catalog

Community Members

Community Surveys

Files

Customization improvements




Early adopter history

If you are an early adopter of Visual Update 1, you were using the 'Preview' version. The history of changes to the Preview are listed below.

Late September 2018

Each update includes style fixes to previously released apps and pages. Examples of 'style fixes' typically include updates so that elements of the page are not cut off, misaligned, or missing. We continue to update the visual styling in places where we missed it in previous releases. These updates apply to Cloud and On-premises Connections, unless otherwise noted.

General

Activities

Announcement

Blogs for on-premises

Business Card

CK Editor

Create Community

Community

Community Files

Community Overview

Community Recent and Status Updates

Community Surveys

Contacts

Downloads and Setup

Files

File Viewer

Forums for on-premises

Home - Classic

Home - New

HCL Docs

Metrics

My Contacts

Navigation bar for on-premises

Notification Settings

Profiles

Wiki

Wiki for on-premises

Mid September 2018

This update includes style fixes and a couple of enhancements to previously released apps and pages.

Visual Update 1 Cloud app now performs faster

Safari browser specific updates

General

Activities

Community Ideation Blog

Community Files

Files

Forums for on-premises

Profiles for on-premises

Search results page

Late August 2018

This update includes style fixes and a couple of enhancements to previously released apps and pages.

Noteable changes

General

Notification messages

Business card for on-premises

My Network for on-premises

Community

Files

Forums for on-premises

Settings

Wikis

Mid August 2018

This update includes style fixes and a couple of enhancements to previously released apps and pages. These updates apply to Cloud and On-premises Connections, unless otherwise noted.

With this update we are adding some general styling updates:

Customization improvements

Activities

Blogs (stand-alone and in communities)

Create a community

Community Files

Community Metrics

Community Surveys

Community Overview

Files

Forums (stand-alone and in communities)

Homepage - Classic

Search History

Wikis (stand-alone and in communities)

Mid June - July 2018

This update includes style fixes and a couple of enhancements to previously released apps and pages.

Customization improvements

If you use this app as a basis for your own customizations, we made improvements to variables which allow you to customize with much less effort.

General

Create a community

Community Blogs

Community Events

Community Files

Community Forums

Community Members

Community Metrics

Community navigation

Community Overview

Community Wikis

Files

  • On list view, enhanced to display actions on the right, closer to the More link you click to view the actions.
  • On file viewer, fixed split button alignment issue on certain files shared with a community.
  • Updated issue with long folder names disappearing.
  • Updated folder icons with newer set based on new design.

Homepage - Classic

Search results

Stand-alone Blogs (On-premises only)

Stand-alone Wikis (On-premises only)

  • Updated button styling throughout to be consistent with the rest
  • Updated alignment of fields when starting a new wiki

May - Mid June 2018

With this update we are adding some general styling updates:

You will also see some updates and enhancements to previously released apps and pages.

General

Community catalog page

Files

Forum

Profiles

Search

Wiki

Late April 2018

With this update we are adding some general styling updates:

You will also see some updates and enhancements to previously released styling.

General

Files

New Home page

Wikis

Late March 2018

With this update we are adding styling to the following applications and pages:

You will also see some updates and enhancements to previously released styling.

General

On-premisis

Blog / Ideation Blog

Files

Forum

Profiles

Wiki

Late February 2018

With this update we are adding styling to the following applications and pages:

You will also see some updates and enhancements to previously released styling.

Community Wiki styling added

Community Blog & Ideation Blog styling added

Note: Only applies within a specific Ideation Blog and not to the page that lists multiple Ideation Blogs within the Community.

Figure 1: Ideation Blog

Community Forum styling added

Note: Only applies within a specific Forum and not to the page that lists multiple Forums within the Community.

Figure 2: A Forum topic thread

New Home page, also known as Orient Me, styling added

Enhancements to Profiles

Updates to Files

Enhancements to Notification Center

General updates

Mid January 2018

General updates

Files and File Viewer updates

Profile updates

Mid December 2017

Initial release of the Visual Update 1 for HCL Connections application.

The HCL Collaboration Solution's Design team is crafting a new, modern, design language for HCL Connections in an effort to ensure that our solutions match the way we think, augment our performance, and grant us the confidence we need to get our jobs done.

We are opening up a preview of the new design, within HCL Connections. The new design creates a modern, airy, and less cluttered appearance by updating many items on a page, such as lists, forms, buttons, and icons. This preview applies to the following applications and pages:



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