Cisco Cisco WebEx Social for Mobile User Guide
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Cisco WebEx Social Server: Getting Started Guide, Release 3.1
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Get Started with Cisco WebEx Social
By default, all your contacts appear in the Main list. Lists are useful for sharing content. For
example, if you share posts with a set group of people regularly, you can create a contact list, add
those people to the list and then use the list name to share a post with that contact group instead of
having to add them individually. You can create your own lists of contacts as follows:
example, if you share posts with a set group of people regularly, you can create a contact list, add
those people to the list and then use the list name to share a post with that contact group instead of
having to add them individually. You can create your own lists of contacts as follows:
a.
Click +New List at the top of My Contacts.
b.
In the List Name field, enter a name for the list.
c.
Optionally, start adding people to the list right away. Start typing a name in the Add People box
and the search-as-you-type feature suggests you names from the directory.
and the search-as-you-type feature suggests you names from the directory.
d.
Click Save.
e.
Add more people to the list by drag and dropping contacts from the Main list into your new list.
Inactive Users
Your System Administrator can mark users as inactive when appropriate, such as when a full-time
employee leaves the company or takes a long leave, among other cases. This way you and other Cisco
WebEx Social users can know that these people are no longer reachable through Cisco WebEx Social.
employee leaves the company or takes a long leave, among other cases. This way you and other Cisco
WebEx Social users can know that these people are no longer reachable through Cisco WebEx Social.
Inactive users do not appear in People searches or in your “You are following” or “Your followers” lists,
but still display when you select users in the Share with dialog, or in communities to which they belong.
If you, however, hover to view their contact card or click to view their Profile, you are presented with a
dialog box similar to the following:
but still display when you select users in the Share with dialog, or in communities to which they belong.
If you, however, hover to view their contact card or click to view their Profile, you are presented with a
dialog box similar to the following:
Communities
Communities are where people with shared interests or goals come together to collaborate and
communicate. You can join an existing community or create a new one.
communicate. You can join an existing community or create a new one.
There are three types of communities:
•
Open—These are communities that anyone can join, and content in this type of community displays
in search results for all Cisco WebEx Social users.
in search results for all Cisco WebEx Social users.
•
Restricted—These are communities for which you must request and be granted membership to join,
and public content in this type of community displays in search results for all Cisco WebEx Social
users, but they must be granted access to the Community before they can view that content.
and public content in this type of community displays in search results for all Cisco WebEx Social
users, but they must be granted access to the Community before they can view that content.
•
Hidden—These are communities that you can join by invitation only. They are not displayed on the
Communities page, and content in this type of community shows up in search results but only for
members of that hidden community.
Communities page, and content in this type of community shows up in search results but only for
members of that hidden community.