Tips

Tips

IBM Lotus Messaging and Collaboration Servers

• Breaking down your LotusLive options

  Get a summary of the various LotusLive products and decide whether the price charged is worth what you get in return.  Continue Reading

• An introduction to Lotus Connections

  IBM Lotus Connections can be your company's secure and business-oriented social networking tool. Get started on the cheap with LotusLive Connections.  Continue Reading

• Beginner's guide to Lotus Sametime 8.5

  The installation architecture of Lotus Sametime 8.5 can be a lot more straightforward than its documentation lets on. Find out how to simplify the setup in this expert tip.  Continue Reading

• Gotchas when installing Lotus Domino 8.x on Windows Server 2008

  While an install of Lotus Domino 8.x on Windows Server 2008 is similar to a Windows Server 2003 installation, there are a few gotchas to watch for.  Continue Reading

• Secure and seamless integration of iNotes, Sametime and Quickr

  Use these instructions to set up a seamless and secure integration of iNotes, Quickr and Sametime. Doing so allows users to sign onto any of the three servers and navigate to the others without logging in again.  Continue Reading

• Lotus Domino SSL using an external certificate authority

  In this expert tip, you'll get the step-by-step process on how to configure SSL in your Lotus Notes/Domino environment with a separate certificate authority.  Continue Reading

• Displaying a custom icon view column in Xpages

  Get the JavaScript code necessary to display a custom icon view column in Xpages.  Continue Reading

• How to move Notes databases off Domino 8 servers and save disk space

  Most Notes/Domino users are not aware of this easy method for freeing up space on Domino 8 servers. With this tip, you'll learn how to save valuable disk space by using Dirlinks and storing Notes databases off your Domino servers.  Continue Reading

• Setting up RSS feeds in Lotus Notes Domino 8

  Learn step-by-step how to generate RSS feeds within your Notes client using Lotus Notes Domino 8's blog template and Domino Web Access (DWA).  Continue Reading

• Secure Lotus Notes 8 with the Internet password lockout feature

  Read how the Lotus Notes 8 Internet password lockout feature increases system security by allowing administrators to track and log HTTP access attempts.  Continue Reading

• Track and record Lotus Notes user logins to Domino Server

  Discover notes.ini settings you can implement that will track and record the Lotus Notes users and IP addresses that log onto your Domino server.  Continue Reading

• Use SMTP outbound authentication to relay hosts in Lotus Notes Domino 8

  Discover a new feature in Lotus Notes Domino 8 called SMTP outbound authentication that lets you relay email through hosts instead of your Lotus Domino servers.  Continue Reading

• Setting up Rooms and Resources in Lotus Notes Domino 7

  The Rooms and Resources feature works differently under the covers in Lotus Notes Domino 7, causing configuration confusion for some administrators. This tip explains how to set it up correctly.  Continue Reading

• How to fix the size limitation on Lotus Notes summary text fields

  There is a size limitation in summary text fields for all versions of Lotus Notes. This causes problems when users try to display, edit or save the document. SearchDomino.com member Brent Quick outlines the details of this issue and provides a ...  Continue Reading

• How to perform an in-place upgrade of Lotus Domino server hardware

  Because some Lotus Notes and Domino shops have their current server name deeply embedded in their Lotus Notes agents, they cannot replace their server with one that has a new name. This makes a gradual server upgrade impossible. To solve this ...  Continue Reading

• Cracked users' HTTP passwords still a threat on many Lotus Notes R6 and R7 domains

  During the course of several recent Domino domain audits, consultant Andy Pedisich discovered what was thought to be an extinct Lotus Notes security problem. Unfortunately, it still seems prevalent in many Lotus Notes R6 and R7 domains. Find out if ...  Continue Reading

• The truth about AutoSave in Lotus Notes/Domino 7

  SearchDomino.com contributor Andy Pedisich explains how the AutoSave feature works in Lotus Notes/Domino 7 for recovering documents from a Lotus Notes database after a nasty "red screen of death" crash occurs -- and warns of a big caveat you need to...  Continue Reading

• Easily find a string in a Lotus Domino server log

  Finding specific error messages or monitoring for a particular event in a Lotus Domino server log can be almost impossible, given the size of most Lotus Domino server log files. But it just got a lot easier, thanks to this script from ...  Continue Reading

• Notes.ini and mail.boxes transaction logging -- a cautionary tale

  IBM Lotus recommends turning off transaction logging on newly created mail.boxes. You can use a parameter in the notes.ini file to do so, but whether it works or not depends on where you get the parameter from.  Continue Reading

• Encryption and privacy in Lotus Notes Domino

  Get an overview of encryption and privacy for several tools in your Lotus Notes Domino environment.  Continue Reading

• Automatically start a WebSphere instance

  A WebSphere instance on the iSeries runs as a job in a subsystem, like any other job on the system. However, the normal method used to start the WebSphere instance is different, requiring that you use the startServer command from the QShell ...  Continue Reading

• Working with Eclipse and Java agents in Notes/Domino 7

  Lotus Notes/Domino 7 will bring Eclipse into closer view for some Notes developers who want to work with Java agents in Notes/Domino, WebSphere, and Workplace settings.  Continue Reading

• Perfect portlets: Best practices for WebSphere portlet development

  This article looks at best practices when designing portlets, either for new applications or for incorporating Domino applications into the WebSphere Portal.  Continue Reading

• Convert number value to text string (R5 and earlier)

  This code will convert a number value to a text string.  Continue Reading

• Understanding WebSphere Portlets

  If you plan to use WebSphere Portal to provide access to enterprise applications and data, you need to become familiar with the workings of portlets, the building blocks of portals  Continue Reading

• The four levels of WebSphere Application Server

  To help you get a handle on the key differences of each, here's a look at the four levels of WAS.  Continue Reading