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Reference and advanced topics

Here you find techniques for advanced users and administrators.

  • Advanced content management Managing your documents and discussions through permissions and archiving can help ensure effective collaboration.
  • Remote access You can access and interact with a community from a mobile device.
  • Advanced group management Group owners have a number of permissions that can help them effectively manage groups and group membership.
  • Customizing News page The News page features a variety of streams (News streams) designed to direct users to content, people, and places of their interests. For example, it includes an All Activity stream, which shows the recent activity from all over the community depending on user permissions. Additionally, it also displays the latest updates in specific streams that a particular user may be following or any custom streams that the user may have created.
  • Place Templates for designing activity and custom pages for places To customize a space, group, or project with a preconfigured set of content options designed for specific collaboration goals, you can use your Activity page as the landing page, and then apply and configure a place template.
  • Using tiles Tiles display useful information in Activity and custom pages for places, News page, and Your View pages.
  • Designing Overview pages for places Overview pages with image-based navigation can quickly direct your users to useful pages. You can define the content and layout of Overview pages for places that you have administrator rights.
  • Advanced project management If you administer projects in Jive, you can move, archive, or transfer ownership of projects and the tasks they contain.
  • Using external file storage Jive can integrate with a number of external storage solutions on a licensing basis to store and organize big files and then synchronize them in a Jive group or space.
  • Using email You can use email to receive a regular digest of the interesting activities in the community, create content and reply to content by using email.
  • Using feeds Use RSS feeds to get content updates without visiting the community.
  • Accessibility Turning on High Contrast Mode is required to enable several accessibility options.
  • Keyboard shortcuts You can use your keyboard to navigate when you are using some of the Jive functionality.
  • Passwords Use a strong password containing mixed cases, numbers, and special characters to protect your content and your community identity.
  • Time zone and locale preferences Your time zone and locale settings determine how time and locale are displayed on your content.
  • Changing non-editable profile fields Sometimes profile fields can't be edited because an administrator has locked them down, or because they come from a directory server controlled by your organization.