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Dominoblog: Templates

Mar 11, 2010 3:39am

Denny had a question: I want to have a 'Home' page that starts when the blog is opened, then I want to have a link that will take me to the Blog and I want to do all this with the .nsf file. So I t ......

Spotted on Google Street View

Mar 11, 2010 2:36am

Leicester finally has Google Street View from today (must be nearly 2 years since they took the images). I remember the Google car passing me whilst out with Millie, who must have been 3 months old at ......

Dominoblog - give me the dirt

Feb 26, 2010 1:04am

The subject is slightly tongue in cheek, but the question is a serious one. I've read on more than one occasion this week the line "difficult to use" for DominoBlog. So I need to find out what is th ......

Just a teaser of some new XPages samples

Feb 25, 2010 2:07am

There's some XPages code that I have been trying to finish so I can upload to OpenNTF - so here's just a teaser (as I think there will be some good reusable parts): ......

XPages: Validating Radio Groups Client Side

Feb 17, 2010 12:45am

This has come up twice recently so thought I would share a few tips. Server side validation of radio groups and also check box groups on a basic level is very simple. You navigate to the component pr ......

XPages: Hide Detail Rows

Feb 16, 2010 5:41am

Very quiet around here as very busy (some very cool stuff) and still catching up on "I will document that for you" from Lotusphere. So here's one off that list "Hide Detail Rows". So in Notes develop ......

Lotusphere 2010 warm up videos

Jan 14, 2010 6:57am

Found these warm up videos for Lotusphere 2010, getting excited yet?: and of course: ......

XPages Discussion Template - new build available on OpenNTF

Jan 13, 2010 7:31am

I have uploaded a new build of the XPages Discussion forum to OpenNTF. You can download from here. This update enhances the existing XPage interface allowing more topics to be visible within the view ......

Millies first snowman

Jan 6, 2010 4:34am

We finally have a winter this year. The rest of the country has had a fair bit of snow, but we have had about 2cm max. But we still have a snowman: ......

For those building Lotusphere Schedule applications

Jan 6, 2010 4:27am

Can I ask you to add this session to your databases (thank you): Meeting Name: OpenNTF Annual General Meeting Date of Meeting/Function: Tuesday, 1/19 – 6pm – 7pm Hotel: Yacht and Beach ......

OpenNTF Open Source Lotus Awards nominations close Wednesday

Jan 4, 2010 5:25am

Just a quick reminder that the OpenNTF Open Source Lotus Awards nominations close Wednesday, see here. A reminder also that there are entries where the submitter has been asked to add a licence file ......

XPages Wiki build 0.06 available

Dec 23, 2009 9:13am

Went through the reported bugs and fixed as many as possible and so a new build is available here. Template is Domino XPages 8.5.1 only at this point. Will upload another update soon. ......

Simple XPages Theme Tip

Dec 18, 2009 2:56am

There was a question "how do I allocate a particular theme to a particular XPage?", this is because in general the theme set is for the entire nsf and changing it for one XPage means changing it for a ......

Further discussion template view tweaks

Dec 9, 2009 5:45am

Couple of tweaks just designed to provide even more "visible" topics in one view. Feedback required - demo here. New: Old: ......

Don’t forget the Open Source Lotus Awards

Dec 9, 2009 2:43am

For Lotusphere in January 2010 there will be two new Open Source Lotus Awards: 1. Best Open Source Contribution by an Individual(s) (up to 2) 2. Best Open Source Contribution by a Business Partner N ......

XPages - common "upgrade my existing application" questions

Dec 7, 2009 1:45am

A bit of a call for help, but at the same time an offer of help. One of my Lotusphere sessions, with Stephan Wissel, will be about upgrading "existing" applications to using XPages, and also showing ......

Millie’s Band

Dec 7, 2009 1:37am

Millie really did think this was "her" band. Shame I didn't take this with a real camera, or got any when she was facing frontwards and dancing. ......

Did you complain about the OpenNTF forums?

Dec 4, 2009 2:08am

That's not meant to be a rude blog title, but merely to get your attention if you were originally displeased with the discussion template used on OpenNTF. I know there were many frustrations, includin ......

We grew our own pumpkins this year

Nov 25, 2009 2:51am

I say "we" my wife just thought I was mad, together with most of our friends (who incidentally now seem a lot keener to do same next year). Mr Happy Scarface Dr Evil All shapes and sizes Almost p ......

Download the Blog Template for IBM Lotus Notes Domino

Nov 24, 2009 9:19am

I've been asked many times this month about getting hold of the blog template file. Well it is hosted on OpenNTF so you can download it directly from here (OpenNTF also hosts other build Notes Domino ......