eXo Platform 3.5

## Chapter 1. Applications

This chapter provides you with a comprehensive view about applications in Social, including:

- Portlets

  Functions of all porlets used in Social.

- Gadgets

  Functions and Used REST services of all gadgets used in Social.

These applications are packaged as Web application archives (WARs).

Also, you can specify the package of each portlet and gadget and its available preferences that allow you to extend the configuration choices for standard preferences.

## 1.1. Portlets

All the portlets are in the social-portlet.war file.

Portlet name | Description
--- | ---
Members Portlet | Enable users to search for Space members or list Space members in the alphabetical order.
My Spaces Portlet | Display the spaces that user is member or manager.
Space Activity Stream Portlet | Share Spaces activities.
Invitations Portlet | List all people that invite users.
Requests Portlet | List all invitations requested by users.
Invitation Spaces Portlet | Display the spaces that user is invited.
Pending Spaces Portlet | Display the Space requests to join page.
Public Spaces Portlet | Display the Public Spaces page.
User Activity Stream Portlet | Update and share the user's activities and/or status.
People Portlet | Display the People page.
Connections Portlet | Display the Connections page.
User Profile Portlet | Display the User profile page.

`See also`

- List of Gadgets in Social

## 1.2. Gadgets

All Social gadgets are packaged in the opensocial.war file.

Gadgets name | Used RestService | Description | Description of user preferences
--- | --- | --- | ---
Activity Stream | ActivitiesRestServices | Manage activities of users: update status, like/unlike activities, comment activities, delete activities and delete comments | N/A
Social RSS Reader | N/A | Fetch, parse and display RSS from a specific URL. | There are 2 preference fields: URL input box (default value is http://blog.exoplatform.org/feed/) and Number of RSS per page selector (default value is 10).
My Connections | N/A | Get and display information of the current viewer and his connections. | The number of connections displayed per page. It is set to '5' by default.
My Spaces | SpacesRestService | Display all spaces that a user has the "member" role. | N/A

`See also`

- List of Portlets in Social

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