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IBM Lotus Software
© 2006 IBM Corporation
IBM Lotus Notes DominoBlog Template
Steve Castledine
IBM Lotus Software
© 2006 IBM Corporation
What is a Blog?
A blog (short for weblog) is a online journal that is frequently updated and intended for general consumption.
Blogs are defined by their format: a series of entries posted to a single page in reverse-chronological order. Blogs generally represent the personality of the author/s or reflect the purpose of the Web site that hosts the blog.
The author of a blog is often referred to as a blogger. Many blogs syndicate their content to subscribers using RSS (Really Simple Syndication), a popular content distribution tool.
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What is a Blog (more)?
Visitors can post comments to entries on the site.
Each individual entry can be linked using a “Permanent Link” (or Static URL) from other sites
Contains archives of posts – By Month, by Category
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A typical “Blog”
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Where did blogs come from?
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Blogs in the Enterprise
So what do blogs do in the Enterprise?
They enable groups of people to Communicate, Discuss, and therefore collaborate. So not just for personal use.
Who are these Groups?
CEO’s Office (organisation communication)
Projects (You can email in Content, Central store of project data)
Teams
Organisations (free marketing, instant response to negative market information, product research, solicit customer opinion)
Yourself – just sharing ideas with others
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The IBM Lotus Notes Domino Blog Template
Introduced at version 7.0.2 as part of the “Innovation Pack” (includes the blog template, Notes in a USB Stick and RSS template) – will run on 6.x+ but not supported or licensed
Included within the server install
Allows end users to create blog websites on a Domino Server
Easy as creating a new database from the server side template
Template is powerful and allows end users/customers to customize the web site entirely and without changing the underlying notes design.
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It is a standard Lotus Notes Application
Blog Database
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Key Features
Content can be added via a Notes Client or Web Client
Inbuilt RSS feeds – Content/Categorised Content/Comments
Comment System (with built in SPAM protection)
Podcasting – iTunes feeds
Social Bookmarking – Categories/Tags
Automatic content archiving, searching, future publishing and expiry
HTML Template and Tag based system for ease of Web Design editing
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Why use Domino for blogging? Key Features mentioned before
Security
Replication
Ease of Use
Existing Architecture
Notes on a Stick – take your Lotus Notes Client on a USB stick and blog anywhere
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Creating a New Blog
Creating a New Blog is as simple as creating a new Notes Database from a Template
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Creating a New Blog - Wizard
Database then asks some questions and you are away
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Out of the Box Website – www.jeffeisen.comLotus Notes Chief Architect
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Customising the Blog Application
Entire Website can be customised (via Lotus Notes Documents)
Database can be customised via:
– HTML Template and Tag system
– Stylesheet (CSS)
– Configuration Document
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Customised Template – www.edbrill.comBusiness Unit Executive, Worldwide Lotus Messaging Sales
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Customised Template – www.stevecastledine.comMyself
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Customised Template - developerWorks Blog
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Domino Server Team Blog – www.dominoblog.com
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Theme - CoffeeSpot
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Theme - Regulus
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Add On – Statistics Template
Allows you to capture usage information for your blog. For example:
Daily Page Impressions
Monthly Page Impressions
Referrers – Any “linkage” to your site from others
Site Searches (including Googles if a public site)
RSS Feed Hits
Available from Lotus Support Website:
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=463&context=SSKTMJ&context=SSKTWP&q1=blog&uid=swg21246924&loc=en_US&cs=utf-8&lang=en
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Add On – Statistics Template
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Add On – Theme Template
Allows you to capture, manage and distribute themes easily between databases
Build a list of preferred company themes
“Push” updates to existing blog databases
Download Themes from a central source
Available shortly (version 1 Early May) ….
Probably direct from my website, maybe it will get upgraded to Lotus support download
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Add On – Theme Manager
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Manual “Theme” editing/customisation
HTML Templates (stored as Lotus Notes Documents) hold the html and system tags.
Three Template Types for Customisation
Page – For formatting each web page eg homepage
Item – For formatting each entry
Block – So we can reuse blocks of html within our pages
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HTML Templates
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TagsTags tell the blog application where to place key data
<$DXSubject$> - Subject of Post
<$DXAuthor$> - Author of Post
<$DXItemContent$> - Actual Content of Post
<$DXTitle$> - Title of Blog
Example:
<html><head>
<title> <$DXTitle$> </title>
</head>
<body>
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Stylesheet (CSS)
Edited within Notes Document so do not need to edit Lotus Notes design.
Database “parses” Content Rich Text when saved so stylesheet takes precedence on formatting (removes font tags – can be switched off)
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Configuration Document
Configuration document stores all the key settings for the database – including:
Any text/html generated by the system
Site Settings/Options
Switching on/off various features: Emailing Content, Logging Statistics, Email Subscriptions, Technorati Pings, Podcasting
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Configuration Document Location
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Resources Lotus Support site under “Domino Server” – search “Blog”
Lotus Notes 8 Help Documentation
Personal Website http://www.stevecastledine.com
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Resources Two Articles on creating Themes from Scratch: http://www.stevecastledine.com/sc.nsf/dx/Creating-a-new-Theme1.htm
http://www.stevecastledine.com/sc.nsf/dx/Creating-a-new-Theme2.htm
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