If you’re stoked to get an eyeful of the hot new goodness in the latest version of WebCenter 11g Patch Set 3 (or as we affectionately call it, version 11.1.1.4), check out the recording of last week’s overview and demo. WebCenter 11g Patch Set 3 Launch – Overview and Demo « Peter Moskovits’ Oracle WebCenter Blog. If… Read More

You may recall my struggle last year to assemble and document a WebCenter VM. Well, apparently other people thought it was a good idea because I noticed today via Peter Moskovits’ blog that there is now a VirtualBox VM available for WebCenter PS 3 (11.1.1.4), which was just released, including the AviTrust demo to get… Read More

Time to talk business for a second. Chet (@oraclenerd) actually told me about the newly-formed WebCenter Enterprise Methodology Group last week. WebCenter Enterprise Methodology Group « Peter Moskovits’ Oracle WebCenter Blog This group was started by Yannick Ongena (@yannick_ongena), and it joins existing EMGs for ADF, OBIEE and SOA-BPM. The EMG concept was developed and grown… Read More

Thanks to John Sim for pointing out the brand-spanking new WebCenter REST API samples recently deployed to OTN. They’re below the fold a bit. Check these out if you want to tinker with WebCenter’s activity stream and profile status. We hope to add some of our own code to this list. Stay tuned. Rich (@rmanalan) is… Read More

Rich (@rmanalan) continues to add features to the WebCenter Chrome extension, and it’s looking like we may eventually get it released outside the firewall. After adding a few new features last week, the latest version (1.0.9) added a few tweaks, including improved sizing of inlined media (e.g. the viewers for YouTube and Vimeo clips) and… Read More

It’s been a while since I mentioned any work we’ve been doing. August was a month for relaxation for us as it is for many of you, so we took time out to recharge. Today, Rich (@rmanalan) deployed another update to the Chrome extension that includes some nifty and useful features, bringing it to version… Read More

Lots of WebCenter mobile stuff lately, including the Spaces iPhone app and John Sim’s work with mobile platforms. Even as the guys dropped the first beta version of the new-new Chrome extension for WebCenter last week, Anthony has been tinkering with WebCenter integration on Android. Interested? Here’s the scenario. You’re in a meeting, the ideas… Read More

So, it’s finally in the wild, at least inside the firewall. Rich (@rmanalan) and Anthony (@anthonyslai) put the finishing touches on the WebCenter Chrome extension, and it’s now in beta testing. I’ve been teasing these changes for a while, and it’s the culmination of a lot of work by the guys. Here’s a rundown of… Read More

Rich (@rmanlan) and Anthony (@anthonyslai) have been heads-down enhancing the WebCenter Chrome extension for quite some time now. Today, Rich let me know it’s nearly done and almost ready for some beta testing. The extension still posts to WebCenter and shows you your activity stream, which is pretty sweet in and of itself, but it also… Read More

I got word today that the WebCenter iPhone app has been released to iTunes. You can get it here (iTunes link). The app is free and requires 11g Release 1 Patchset 2. Looking at the screen captures, it’s reminiscent of the Oracle People app that Clayton Donley built, with an activity stream, connections, profiles and… Read More

If you’re reading this blog by feed, you probably saw John’s post already, which was re-posted here by a snafu with one of our plugins. I had planned to blog this anyway, but to be clear and give credit where it’s due, John Sim built a WebCenter AIR app, not anyone on our team. As… Read More

Rich (@rmanalan) sketched out the detailed plans he and Anthony (@anthonyslai) have for the WebCenter Chrome extension. They’re enhancing it to include screen sharing, something everyone in development uses, only all the time. We’re huge fans of Skitch because it’s a quick and dirty capture and markup tool that also has dead simple upload and… Read More

So, Rich (@rmanalan) and Anthony (@anthonyslai) continue to experiment with Chrome extensions. Earlier in the week, they released Twome, and now, they’ve updated the WebCenter Chrome extension. I wish I could include a less sanitized version, but alas, you’ll have to use your imagination a bit to construct the conversations. Just like the WebCenter bookmarklet,… Read More

As I mentioned last week, Rich and Anthony were moving on from the WebCenter bookmarklet to browser extensions for sharing to WebCenter. When Chrome extensions were first announced, I remember reading that they were enormously easier to build than Firefox add-ons. Apparently, this difference wasn’t overstated. Yesterday, after spending a few hours on it, Anthony… Read More

On the heels of our bookmarklet for sharing to WebCenter, today we were designing another other way to help people interact with WebCenter from the browser without interrupting their workflow. We’re building browser extensions, first for Firefox, then for Chrome and possibly the newly released Safari 5. If you read here, you’ll know we’re an… Read More

As part of our ongoing work with the internal instance of WebCenter (@oraclewebcenter), Rich (@rmanalan) has released a bookmarklet that allows for quick and easy sharing of a link to WebCenter, no need to copy the link and navigate to WebCenter. The bookmarklet creates a message board entry in your personal space (if you select… Read More

John Sim has produced an Iron Man skin for WebCenter. Pretty slick, although I’m not sure how long I could use it. Add this to his list of other WebCenter skins.

We joined the WebCenter development team back in late September of last year, and since then, one of our major projects has been redesigning the internal WebCenter 11g instance used by employees. I’m happy to report that our first round of changes went live on Monday. More on that in a minute. Coincidentally, the latest… Read More

Yesterday, Vince posted the third installment in his “What is WebCenter” series, and as promised, he dives into the design points with more detail. After reading all three parts, it should be clearer that WebCenter is a lot of things and is therefore, difficult to describe in a terse manner. To date, we’ve been working… Read More

In case you’re following along at home, Vince has posted the second installment in his “What is WebCenter” series. You can find the first part here. So far, he’s kept it pretty high level, which makes sense. I expect that in future parts he’ll dive into the nitty gritty details a bit more, e.g. he… Read More