Chris Sparshott has posted a slide show on what’s needed to build an effective website. The slide show is designed to make you think about the purpose of your design not the technology you’ll use.

Bob Balfe has been asking for your opinion. Today is your last chance to let him know how you want to preview attachments in Notes.

Gabriella Davis knows that now is the time to start working on that abstract for Lotusphere. To help you increase your chances of being accepted as a speaker, she’s written up some tips.

Today’s half-hour podcast is on The New XPages Extensability API with IBM’s Jim Quill and Phillipe Riand.

While IBM has said it can’t be done, Kenio Carvalho’s friend, Gustavo, has found a way of pinning Notes 8.5.1 to the task bar in Windows 7. Kenio has posted the directions.

Cristian D’Aloisio knows users are disappointed to learn new mail rules don’t apply to old messages, so he tried out the new Mail Rule Utilities plug-in from Bob Balfe.

Keith Brooks has already posted the slides from his presentation at MWLUG. If you missed his session, here’s your chance to catch up.

Chris Miller says the Sys Admins Tips for August is available on the Lotus User Group site. He’s provided a link and a list of the new tips.

Dave Hay has posted some information on getting Connections and Portal to work together to do business cards. The process seems to have changed slightly since earlier versions.

Bruce Elgort of Elguji Software, LLC has released a paper explaining how Lotus Notes and Domino can be used for social networking. A PDF version of the paper can be downloaded for free.