Use Case for Enterprise Social Networking

Sun GlassFish Web Space Server supports Enterprise Social Networking. This section introduces some of the portlets that are helpful for Enterprise Social Networking. These portlets are bundled as part of samples.

You can view the list of your friends and their profiles on the Friends widget.

To Add a Friend

This procedure uses the Search and Invite Friends widget and the Requests widget to add a friend to the Friends widget.

1. Log in to Web Space Server.

   Select Social Networking Sample Users from the Sample Users portlet and click the Admin User link.

2. Add the Search and Invite Friends and Requests widgets to a private page.

3. Click the Search Users button in the Search and Invite Friends widget.

4. Select a user and click the Add as Friend link corresponding to the user.

   In this example, click the Add as Friend link corresponding to the user Chris Editor.

5. Log out and log in again as the user you selected as friend.

   In this example, select Social Networking Sample Users from Sample Users portlet and click the Chris Editor link.

6. Click the Confirm link in the Requests portlet.

   The admin user and Chris Editor are now friends and can chat with each other. The Online Friends and Settings options in the menu bar on the right-bottom of the page are helpful in chatting and in displaying the online status of friends.