Think 2019 - The Collaboration Solutions Sessions  

By John Oldenburger | 2/17/19 7:12 AM | - | Added by Kenio Carvalho

In this blog post an overview of the Collaboration Solutions Sessions of IBM Think 2019. This blog post will be expanded during the coming period as more session slides become publicly available.

Quick Tip: LotusScript Agent for Updating all Documents in a View  

By John Oldenburger | 1/30/19 11:02 AM | - | Added by Roberto Boccadoro

After implementing a major design change in one of our Notes applications, it was necessary to update all documents with the latest design. To accomplish this task I use a simple LotusScript Agent that updates all documents in the given View in the Agent. I share this Agent in case someone can use it in his own Notes environment.

Comparing, Replacing and Restoring Design Elements with Local History using the Text Compare Editor in Domino Designer  

By John Oldenburger | 11/9/17 1:25 PM | - | Added by Oliver Busse

Last week something went completely wrong with some resources (design elements) in a modified design of an XPages application. Luckily Domino Designer has a very powerful feature, Local History. A standard Eclipse functionality of extremely great value.

IBM Presents the Notes Domino Application Modernization Plan  

By John Oldenburger | 2/1/17 4:06 AM | - | Added by Oliver Busse

On March 7th a very interesting webinar will be organized by T.L.C.C and Team Studio, IBM Presents the Notes/Domino Application Modernization Plan, by Barry Rosen (IBM) and Adam Kesner (IBM).

Using WebUI Popover in XPages  

By John Oldenburger | 11/15/16 4:50 AM | - | Added by Oliver Busse

For a project I was looking for a lightweight Popover plugin with some additional options as backdrop and iframe support. In my search I came across the WebUI Popover Plugin, a lightWeight Popover Plugin using jQuery that enchances the Popover plugin of bootstrap with some awesome new features. It works well with bootstrap, but bootstrap is not necessary!

The IBM Plan and Future of IBM XPages Revealed  

By John Oldenburger | 11/1/16 4:21 AM | - | Added by Oliver Busse

On November 3rd a very interesting webinar will be organized by T.L.C.C and Team Studio, IBM Presents the IBM Notes & Domino Roadmap by Barry Rosen (IBM Offering Manager) and Uffe Sorensen (IBM Social Collaboration Director, EMEA) and, newly added, the IBM Plan for XPages (Martin Donnelly).

Tokenfield for Elegant Taggable Fields with Copy-Paste and Keyboard Support  

By John Oldenburger | 10/11/16 5:58 PM | - | Added by Oliver Busse

Tokenfield is an advanced tagging / tokenizing plugin for jQuery and Twitter Bootstrap with a focus on keyboard and copy-paste support. Main features are copy and paste support, keyboard navigation, edit existing tokens, multiple lines of tokens and responsiveness.

Using Chosen for more User-Friendly Select Boxes in XPages  

By John Oldenburger | 9/30/16 5:33 PM | - | Added by Oliver Busse

As everyone knows I'm still a "cheer leader" when it comes to IBM Notes Domino. Although I sometimes have my doubts about the future of XPages given the current IBM Roadmaps hereby nevertheless a blog post on XPages.

ICON UK 2016 Summary: slides, videos, posts  

By John Oldenburger | 9/17/16 12:40 PM | - | Added by Oliver Busse

Below a recording of the Opening General Session at ICON UK 2016 by Teamstudio. The Opening Session includes the roadmaps for IBM Notes Domino.

The Actual Facts on the Future of IBM Notes Domino and XPages  

By John Oldenburger | 8/26/16 11:37 AM | - | Added by Oliver Busse

The past week has been dominated about the future of IBM Notes and Domino in the Notes Domino and XPages Community. Some predict the end of IBM Notes after 2021, others advise to quickly migrate to another platform or at least run away from IBM Notes Domino. But let's not forget that IBM Notes Domino and XPages still exist and will be maintained for a long period of time.

IBM Notes Domino And XPages Strikes Back  

By John Oldenburger | 8/23/16 3:16 AM | - | Added by Oliver Busse

There has recently been a lot synisme, criticism and negativity about Notes Domino and XPages. If you believe the latest tweets and blog post it seems as if Notes Domino and XPages as an application platform is depreciated by the community and everyone is looking for alternatives.

Using Bootstrap Touchspin a Mobile and Touch Friendly Input Spinner Component  

By John Oldenburger | 8/4/16 8:22 AM | - | Added by Oliver Busse

After some time a new blog post on Bootstrap Plugins in XPages. In this blog post I will show how to use Bootstrap Touchspin, a mobile and touch friendly input spinner component for Bootstrap 3, in XPages. Bootstrap Touchspin supports the mousewheel and the up/down keys.

XPages Tip: XPages Extlib DataView and Extra Column has Empty Value  

By John Oldenburger | 7/25/16 10:21 AM | - | Added by Oliver Busse

Last week I came across an very annoying problem with the DataView from the OpenNTF XPages Extension Library. In a new XPages Application the DataView from the XPages Extension Library (Release 16) is used to display the data.

Quick XPages Tip - XPages ViewPanel Hide Empty Start and End Rows using CSS  

By John Oldenburger | 7/20/16 10:59 AM | - | Added by Oliver Busse

Last week I was faced with an annoying problem with the presentation of a simple XPages View in an iframe on an IPad. In this case I was only using a simple ViewPanel.

Comparing, Replacing and Restoring Design Elements with Local History  

By John Oldenburger | 7/3/16 5:57 AM | - | Added by Oliver Busse

Last week something went completely wrong with some resources (design elements) in a modified design of an XPages application. Luckily Domino Designer has a very powerful feature, Local History. A standard Eclipse functionality of extremely great value.

Using Node.js, Bower, Git and SourceTree to install Bootstrap Plugins (8)   

By John Oldenburger | 6/22/16 4:42 PM | - | Added by Oliver Busse

In this blog post I will describe the solution to the last problem which with the use of bower-installer did came forward, the bower_components directory, that should not be included in SourceTree and the On-Disk Project. bower-installer is a tool for installing bower dependencies that won't include entire repositories.

Demo Database Webinar Expanding XPages with Bootstrap Plugins including Node and Bower  

By John Oldenburger | 6/19/16 4:22 PM | - | Added by Oliver Busse

On June 16th T.L.C.C. and Teamstudio have given me the opportunity to conduct a webinar, Expanding XPages with Bootstrap Plugins for Ultimate Usability. A big thank you to Paul Della-Nebbia and Howard Greenberg from T.L.C.C. and Courtney Carter from Teamstudio.

XPages Extension Library Release 17 Available For Download  

By John Oldenburger | 6/2/16 3:54 PM | - | Added by Oliver Busse

This release is the seventeenth IBM Notes Domino 9.0.1 version of the XPages Extension Library (ExtLib) to OpenNTF. It contains updates to the Bluemix tooling to support new environmental variables.

Using Node.js, Bower, Git and SourceTree to install Bootstrap Plugins (4)  

By John Oldenburger | 6/1/16 4:19 PM | - | Added by Oliver Busse

In the previous blog posts I described the basic structure of the environment needed to install Bootstrap Plugins in an XPages using Bower, Git and SourceTree and how to setup Source Control for an XPages Application.

Using Node.js, Bower, Git and SourceTree to install Bootstrap Plugins (2)  

By John Oldenburger | 5/25/16 4:00 AM | - | Added by Oliver Busse

In the previous blog post I described the basic structure of the environment needed to install Bootstrap Plugins in an XPages application using Bower. Bower requires node, NPM (Node Package Manager) and Git. In this blog post I will describe the next step, set up the Source Control in DDE for XPages application

Using Node.js, Bower, Git and SourceTree to install Bootstrap Plugins (1)  

By John Oldenburger | 5/18/16 4:43 PM | - | Added by Oliver Busse

In the next blog posts I will show how Bower can be used to install Bootstrap Plugins in XPages applications. This is not new and previously described by others but it should not be missing in this series.

Bootstrap Plugins in XPages Part VII - MagicSuggest A Highly Configurable jQuery Plugin For Auto-suggest Combo- and List Boxes  

By John Oldenburger | 5/6/16 4:46 AM | - | Added by Oliver Busse

In this blog post I will show how the MagicSuggest plugin can be used in XPages. MagicSuggest provides a multiple selection Combo Box built for bootstrap themes.

Bootstrap Plugins in XPages Part V - jQuery and JavaScript AMD (Asynchronous Module Definition) Fixes  

By John Oldenburger | 4/7/16 2:08 AM | - | Added by Oliver Busse

Many Bootstrap Plugins have moved during the past period to a new version. Examples include among others are Select2 and the Bootstrap Date-Time Picker. Problem with some of the newer version is the AMD Loader.

Bootstrap Plugins in XPages Part II - Bootstrap FileStyle  

By John Oldenburger | 3/31/16 3:03 AM | - | Added by Oliver Busse

In this blog post I will show how the Bootstrap FileStyle plugin can be used in XPages. Bootstrap FileStyle is a quick and simple plugin to help style your form's file upload inputs.

Bootstrap Plugins in XPages Part I - Bootstrap-select A jQuery plugin that utilizes Bootstrap's dropdown.js  

By John Oldenburger | 3/31/16 3:02 AM | - | Added by Oliver Busse

In this new series, 'Bootstrap Plugins in XPages' I will show several plugins that can be used in XPages for ultimate usability. All plugins will be made available in a demo database.

Engage - Slides Expanding XPages with Bootstrap Plugins for Ultimate Usability  

By John Oldenburger | 3/28/16 10:11 AM | - | Added by Oliver Busse

Because of serious personal reasons I had to cancel my Engage session at the last moment. My sincere apologies to the organizers of Engage. Nevertheless, I hereby share my slides for those who may have any interest in them. The slides are also available on the Engage UG website.

Combining Justified Gallery and Swipebox in XPages for an amazing Image Gallery  

By John Oldenburger | 1/31/16 8:54 AM | - | Added by Oliver Busse

In this blog post I will give a basic setup on combining Justified Gallery and Swipebox in XPages to create an amazing Image Gallery.

Upcoming XPages Webinars  

By John Oldenburger | 1/18/16 4:44 PM | - | Added by Oliver Busse

A new year, new upcoming webinars! And it will be another great year! For the coming period the following webinars are scheduled. For more information: T.L.C.C. XPages Webinar Series with Team Studio

Webinar Expanding XPages with Bootstrap for Ultimate Usability  

By John Oldenburger | 1/17/16 5:10 AM | - | Added by Oliver Busse

My Webinar 'Expanding XPages with Bootstrap for Ultimate Usability' 'is scheduled on 25th May 2016, at 13:00 UK time, 14:00 European time. It will be a maximum one-hour presentation, approximately 45 minutes plus 10 minutes for questions, conducted through Connections Cloud meetings.

Using Cool New Frameworks in (Mobile) Domino Apps! - A Great Webinar for XPages Developers  

By John Oldenburger | 12/18/15 4:41 PM | - | Added by Oliver Busse

On December 16th a very interesting webinar was organized by TLCC and Team Studio, Using Cool New Frameworks in (Mobile) Domino Apps! by Theo Heselmans. For those who missed this webinar below the content, video and slides.