Link to the Sandbox

Brian Moore found a replica of the Lotus Sandbox on Peter von Stockel’s BananaHome site. Brian’s posted a link.

Posted on: October 15, 2010 9:00 am

Create an Enterprise Event Calendar on the Cheap

Stephan Wissel has posted directions on using the Calendar Overlay feature in Notes 8.5 to create an event calendar for an enterprise.

Posted on: October 15, 2010 9:00 am

Quick tip: Loading indicator on partial refresh xPage

Vince Schuurman has noticed how impatient users get when they can’t tell if something is working. He’s posted a couple of lines of code to create an "indicator" to show the program is still working.

Posted on: October 15, 2010 9:00 am

New article: Using Facebook and Twitter with Notes and Domino

You can download widgets directly from IBM.

Read this DominoPower article.

Posted on: October 15, 2010 9:00 am

Norman Enhances Email Security Protection Solution

Norman Email Protection 5.0, a high performance email security solution available as a product or a service, is now available. Norman Email Protection 5.0 integrates with Microsoft Exchange, Lotus Domino, and all other SMTP standards-based servers.

Posted on: October 14, 2010 9:00 am

A Great Resource if you Work on Notes Client Installs

Mitch Cohen has found the blog by Jeff Mitchell, the Notes install project lead at IBM, to be a great source of useful information. He’s posted a link to Jeff’s site.

Posted on: October 14, 2010 9:00 am

Domino 8.5.1 Technote – Fixup can crash your server

Victor Toal found Technote 1439208, which applies to Domino 8.5.1 on Windows, and just had to find out more. He’s posted his findings of what installations might be at risk and which switches can trigger a crash.

Posted on: October 14, 2010 9:00 am

Properly updating your Features and Plug-ins Widgets

Bob Balfe noticed his widgets behaving strangely and did some investigation. He’s posted his findings to prepare you, just in case your widgets get strange ideas.

Posted on: October 14, 2010 9:00 am

Open Mic call: ID Vault & Notes Shared Login

On 20 October 2010, IBM will host an hour-long Open Mic call on using the ID Vault and Notes Shared Login in Notes/domino 8.5. Questions may be submitted in advance of the call.

Posted on: October 13, 2010 9:00 am

How do I create a Lotus Notes Widget Recognizer for images?

David J Barry is trying to build a widget that recognizes images. All the documentation he’s found is for text recognition. If this is possible, maybe you can point him to some documentation.

Posted on: October 13, 2010 9:00 am