Posts Tagged ‘lotus connections’

IBM Connections uses a tool called Tivoli Directory Integrator to push and pull profile information between Connections and a variety of different LDAP’s and systems (Peoplesoft HR for example).  It’s a powerful tool that can get a little complicated.  IBM just published a whitepaper on their developer worksweb site titled Understanding IBM Tivoli Directory Integrator […]

I recommend using a maven plugin to package your logic. The reason is that the ANT antcall and XSLT tasks require file inputs (and do not support URIs). When you package these file resources into a jar (as you do with a plugin) then you can extract them to the correct relative filesystem locations as […]

So far you have a compiled portlet and an XSLT capable of producing an xmlaccess request input file based on your specific portlet.xml file. Next you create an ANT script that is capable of submitting your request to the portal server. The script presented below diverges to distinguish between local portlet deployments (when you are […]

I recently found a new app called iWildFire on Apple’s AppStore.  iWildFire brings IBM Connections down to your iPad or iPhone as a native application.  The application was released on June 3, 2011 and is already getting good reviews.  Here is a link to the iWildFire page on iTunes.  iWildFire provides access to Connections Home […]

Excellent Web Expericnce Conference Must Attend Sessions For anyone attending IBM’s Excellent Web Experience Conference 5/16-5/19 in Orlando, FL, Perficient is presenting at three sessions including two with customers. TECH-B21 – You did What?  Avoid the Unacceptable and Make it Exceptional Tuesday, May 17th at 3:15 in conference room Ireland A Glenn Kline, Technical Director, […]

Excellent Web Expericnce Conference Must Attend Sessions For anyone attending IBM’s Excellent Web Experience Conference 5/16-5/19 in Orlando, FL, Perficient is presenting at three sessions including two with customers. TECH-B21 – You did What?  Avoid the Unacceptable and Make it Exceptional Tuesday, May 17th at 3:15 in conference room Ireland A Glenn Kline, Technical Director, […]

I just read a great post on the Collaboration Soapbox blog by Louis Richardson titled “How to get your head out of your inbox“.  In the article Richardson explains how he is using social networking tools to reduce the amount of email he receives.  The basic concept is this:  when you get a piece of […]

In my previous post, Integrating WebSphere Commerce and Lotus Connections – Part 1, I talked about getting started integrating WebSphere Commerce and Lotus Connections, specifically single sign on, branding, and product integration. In this part, I will address approaches for integrating a shopping cart and account services.

I attended a session on the various products IBM offers and how they interact with Exchange, Sharepoint, etc.  My reality is that no company is a completely homogeneous entity.   I typically see multiple vendors and a large overlap of solutions.  But when you talk collaboration, you want your email system to work with your […]

Overall, the process of changing Lotus Connections is easier Deploying changes to markup or style sheets is easier.  If you are really familiar with style sheets, CSS is the way to go to change your look and feel. There is a new getting started page on the homepage The header and footer now support JSP […]

One of the key trends you see within IBM is the concept of connectors.  You shouldn’t be forced to use a web interface to use a web based tool when you could connect to it from email, Office, Windows, and other platforms.   Suzanne Livingston on the Connections Blog just posted on the refresh of their […]

For most people who look at IBM’s social software product, one of the first questions asked is, “How can I customize this to fit my needs?”  Usually those questions focus on branding, adding in extra top level navigation, federating the search, and adding in widgets on the home and other pages.  IBM released a white […]