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  2. Using Connections V5.5Welcome to the IBM Connections V5.5 documentation, where you can find information about IBM Connections 5.5. IBM Connections is social networking software designed for the workplace. Its features help you to establish dynamic networks that connect you to the people and information you need to achieve your business goals.
  3. BookmarksCollect and organize bookmarks to Web sites.
  • Using Connections V5.5Welcome to the IBM Connections V5.5 documentation, where you can find information about IBM Connections 5.5. IBM Connections is social networking software designed for the workplace. Its features help you to establish dynamic networks that connect you to the people and information you need to achieve your business goals.
    • OverviewConnect with others and start exchanging information and ideas.
    • Home pageGet the latest news and updates from your network and the wider organization.
    • ProfilesAccess the directory to find people and learn about their projects, skills, and interests. When you find a person with the expertise that you need, add them to your network. Update your own profile to keep your personal information like contact details and photo current.
    • ActivitiesAn activity is a place where the people involved in a project can share information, assign tasks, and share resources like files, tools, and websites. Use an activity to organize content and prioritize tasks that are related to a project goal.
    • FilesUsing the Files app, you can upload, organize, share and collaborate on files easily. Files can be shared, tagged, organized in folders, and accessed from other applications, such as Activities and Communities.
    • CommunitiesGet together with people who share your interests.
    • Blogs
    • ForumsShare information, brainstorm ideas, and discuss topics of mutual interest.
    • WikisCreate and collaborate on content in wikis.
    • BookmarksCollect and organize bookmarks to Web sites.
      • What can you do with Bookmarks?Bookmarks is a set of social bookmarking tools that you can use to save, organize, and share Internet and intranet bookmarks.
      • Getting started and installing the bookmark buttonFollow these steps to install the browser toolbar button and get started using Bookmarks.
      • What's new in Bookmarks?Find out what is new or changed in Bookmarks.
      • Creating a bookmarkYou can save a web page URL as a bookmark that you and others can use to access the page.
      • Using tagsTags let you assign keywords to your bookmarks that are meaningful to you. Tags provide a useful way to categorize your bookmarks and search for bookmarks that are of interest to you. Use the tag cloud to view all tags assigned to bookmarks in the list, to determine the popularity of a tag, and to access bookmarks associated with a tag.
      • Adding a bookmark to another IBM® Connections applicationAdd a bookmark to a community, activity, or blog.
      • Viewing bookmarksUse the tabs in the Bookmarks toolbar to access the various bookmarks views.
      • Viewing business cardsBookmarks can display a business card containing information about bookmark owners, their roles within the organization, their management structure and more.
      • Notifying other users about a bookmarkSend an email message notifying a colleague about a bookmark of interest.
      • Flagging a bookmark as brokenNotify a bookmark owner that a bookmark link is broken.
      • Adding bookmarks to your watchlistYou can add bookmarks associated with a person, with a tag, or with both a person and tag to your watchlist. The watchlist maintains a list of the most recent bookmarks associated with the person or tag that you specify.
      • Creating a feed from a Bookmarks viewYou can subscribe to a feed to make a collection of bookmarks available to you in a feed client of your choosing so that you can access bookmarks without having to use the Bookmarks site. You can also use the feeds to integrate Bookmarks content into other web sites or applications.
      • Adding a bookmark list to a web siteYou can embed a Bookmarks page in a web site to make it available to site users.
      • Copying a bookmarkYou can copy another person's bookmark into your bookmark list to capture a bookmark without navigating to the actual web page represented by the bookmark.
      • Importing bookmarks from a web browserUse the import and export tools, available from the My Bookmarks page, to move bookmarks into and out of Bookmarks. For example, you might import bookmarks that you created and saved in your browser to initially populate your bookmarks list.
      • Exporting bookmarks to a fileYou can export bookmarks to a file that can then be imported into a browser or shared with someone who does not use Bookmarks.
      • Working with your bookmarksYou can work with your bookmarks to delete bookmarks, manage tags, or mark bookmarks public or private.

Bookmarks

Collect and organize bookmarks to Web sites.

What's new?

Find out what features have been added since the last release.

Get started

  • Install the Add Bookmark button to your browser toolbar.
  • Create a bookmark to a web page.
  • Import existing bookmarks into IBM Connections.
Attention: External users do not have access to the Bookmarks application, but do have access to bookmarks within communities. For more information about what external users can do, see What can external users do?
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