Site-wide brand:
You can create a site-wide brand and manage users’ ability to create individual brands on lower-level workspaces. For more information, see Creating a Site-Wide Brand
in the Novell Vibe OnPrem 3 Administration Guide.
Default home page:
You can set a default home page where all users are first taken when they access the Novell Vibe site. You can create a separate default home page for visitors. For more information, see Setting a Default Home Page
in the Novell Vibe OnPrem 3 Administration Guide.
User and group management: When you move or rename users and groups that are being synchronized via LDAP, Vibe now recognizes the change and maintains the association between the user or group that was moved or renamed and the LDAP server. For more information, see LDAP Attribute to Identify a User.
User Visibility:
You can hide one set of users from another set of users. For example, you might want to do this if your Vibe site has users from more than one company and you want users to see only the users who belong to the same company. For more information, see Restricting Groups of Users from Seeing One Another
in the Novell Vibe OnPrem 3 Administration Guide.
Integrations with Novell Messenger: Vibe 3 provides tight integrations with Novell Messenger, which allows Vibe users to see who is currently online. Presence icons are located next to users’ names in folder entries.
Vibe administrators must configure Novell Messenger to work with Novell Vibe, as described in Integrating Messenger with Vibe
in the Novell Vibe OnPrem 3 Administration Guide.
Integrations with Novell Conferencing: Vibe 3 provides tight integrations with Novell Conferencing, which allows you to start an instant meeting with other Vibe users directly from the Vibe interface.
Vibe administrators must configure Novell Messenger to work with Novell Conferencing, as described in Integrating Conferencing with Vibe
in the Novell Vibe OnPrem 3 Administration Guide.
Expanded User Profile:
The User Profile section in Vibe 3 has been expanded to rival other professional knowledgebases such as LinkedIn. Now users can include more information to share with their colleagues, such as education, qualifications, and competencies. For more information, see Modifying Your Profile
in the Novell Vibe OnPrem 3 User Guide.
For information about how Vibe administrators can modify the information that is displayed in the profile view, see Resetting Your Profile View Definition .
If you have modified the User Profile definition for your Vibe site, these changes are not displayed when you upgrade to Vibe 3. To display these changes, complete the steps in Novell Vibe OnPrem 3 Administration Guide
in the Novell Vibe OnPrem 3 Administration Guide
.
Profile Quick View Dialog Box: The Profile Quick View dialog box is displayed when users click a user’s Presence icon . It enables them to see information about that user, view the user’s micro-blog or workspace, follow the user, and more.
For information about how Vibe administrators can modify the information that is displayed in the Profile Quick View, see Customizing the Default Profile Quick View
in the Novell Vibe OnPrem 3 Administration Guide.
If you have modified the User Profile definition for your Vibe site, this dialog box is not displayed when you upgrade to Vibe 3. To display these changes, complete the steps in Resetting Your Profile View Definitions
in the Novell Vibe OnPrem 3 Readme
.
Ability to Send Vibe Mail Messages from a Custom Address: You can configure Vibe to send e-mail messages and notifications from a zone-specific or site-wide address. In previous versions of Vibe, when a user sends an e-mail message from Vibe, the message can be shown only as being from that specific user.
For more information, see Configuring Vibe to Send E-Mail Messages and Notifications from a Custom Address
in the Novell Vibe OnPrem 3 Administration Guide.