Lotus Quickr Services for Lotus Domino requires some type of directory services to function correctly. These directory services can come from an existing Lotus Domino environment, from an LDAP service or from the local contacts. Each of these allow for the product to authenticate the users, provide for group membership and store meta data about the members.

Leveraging the Lotus Domino directory natively is perhaps the least complicated, but can present challenges when trying to perform product integration with WebSphere Portal, Lotus Sametime, and Lotus Connections. To simplify product integration using the same LDAP source across each is recommended. This means that for a Lotus Domino based directory environment the preferred method is via an LDAP source.

A very common deployment requirement within today's enterprise environment is integration with Microsoft's Active Directory. This directory provides the backbone for all of the Microsoft enterprise solutions in the market today including the Windows operating systems.

Lotus Quickr 8.1.1 sports several new features and opportunities for integration. For example:

E-mail notifications

    * Send e-mail from a team place to its members
    * Send notifications (iCal) from a team calendar
    * Send e-mail notification when assigning a task
    * Send e-mail messages when documents change status in a workflow

New options for creating rich-text tables

New support for Mozilla Firefox 3.0, IBM Lotus Domino 7.0.3 and Lotus Domino 8.0.2

New connector support for forward proxies (Apache, IBM WebSphere Edge server); enhanced authentication support (two step authentication)

New connector support for IBM Lotus Notes 8.0.2, IBM Lotus Symphony 1.0, IBM Lotus Sametime 8.0.1, IBM Lotus Notes 8.5

New integration with Lotus iNotes 8.5; access team places from the Lotus iNotes interface

New options for integrating team collaboration with IBM Lotus Connections

    * Add a wiki or team place to a community
    * Membership integration between a community and its linked wikis and/or team places
    * New feeds to show wiki updates on the community's home page
    * New links on a community's home page to open the wiki or team place
    * New links in a team place or wiki to open the community's home page
    * Add a Lotus Quickr document library to a Lotus Connections activity
    * Publish a document from an activity into a Lotus Quickr document library

New integration options for working with enterprise content management (ECM) systems*

    * Move, Copy, or move a link from Lotus Quickr to the ECM system
    * Display feeds of ECM content in Lotus Quickr
    * Lotus Quickr connectors can directly interact with ECM content
    * Search of ECM content from Lotus Quickr

New J2EE APIs to mashup team collaboration with other applications and services

    * API to manipulate and apply document types
    * API to manipulate property sheet types
    * API to edit and retrieve extended metadata
    * API to post custom document queries
    * API for ATOM publishing and syndication of blog/wiki content
    * API for replication of document library content

* These ECM integration capabilities are for Lotus Quickr services for J2EE; integration with Lotus Quickr services for Lotus Domino is in the works.

Fix pack 2 (8.1.0.2)

Defect ID	Build #	Description
PKAY7KDJ4P	8.1.0.2	Blog view column entries other than the leftmost column are misaligned
RTIN7JYH4V	8.1.0.2	Multiple-file import filesets show some extensions incorrectly as .htm when viewed in a Connector
AGAI7K6K6X	8.1.0.2	QPServlet in portal environments incorrectly adds places from which a member has been removed to My Places list
SORA7JRJ5N	8.1.0.2	Searching a single place using more than one keyword returns an empty result.
TSNG7KL8XK	8.1.0.2	Can't check documents into a folder via connectors after the folder has been moved to a subroom via Quickr Web UI
WWGO7KFT2Q	8.1.0.2	Custom theme displays Chinese characters incorrectly and breaks Web UI in IE 6.0
CWIR7KMPVP	8.1.0.2	XSS security fix  (see security secton in qpconfig_sample.xml for current settings)
MMOI7KGQ9W	8.1.0.2	UI does not allow reverting  to Classic 1.0 theme after upgrading a place and changing its theme
THES7F9NVR	8.1.0.2	XSS security fix  (see security secton in qpconfig_sample.xml for current settings)
GMUN7JZGNY	8.1.0.2	Connector Learn More link for not respecting qpconfig variable
PNOT7DXMQD	8.1.0.2	Entry places are displayed in My Places after qptools upgrade/register
JCHG7K66FX	8.1.0.2	Java script error occured when clicking Add button on Security page.
PNOT7JXLF3	8.1.0.2	load qptool register -install -a generates QPExceptions messages
MMOI7KAKBC ESEO7H4KV9	8.1.0.2	Mail notifications sent from 8.1 theme have name backwards
PNOT7JZN6C	8.1.0.2	Upload form in a Blog does not have Title field
JSAG7KCBBC	8.1.0.2	Upload Logo listing within "Create.." page of Blog and Wiki Place After qptool upgrade
THES7H2PMK	8.1.0.2	Mail notifications may contain blank "From:" field
BBAR7FKQQ8	8.1.0.2	Disabling ActiveX for a place prevents uploading custom themes
PKAY7JEJ7W	8.1.0.2	Group members not notified when the external group is added to a place
DAMC7FZS97	8.1.0.2	Qptool install -a leaves extra place "Entry Template" in Public Places view
SHYN7HMMJP	8.1.0.2	Qptool sendmail losing newlines in email body sections
WZBI7J63LG	8.1.0.2	Html import corrupts some Traditional Chinese character content
MPUL7JQJW6	8.1.0.2	Search.nsf contains multiple scope config documents after replication in a cluster
GMUN7J3DRU	8.1.0.2	Canceling save draft command leaves a stray file (FIELDTITLE_UNTITLE) in the document index
MMOI7K2366	8.1.0.2	Classic QuickPlace 1.0 theme gets wrong colors after upgrade from QuickPlace R7 to Quickr
MMOI7K22D5	8.1.0.2	Deleting member name in Add Member UI iprevents further lookups in the 8.1 default theme
MZHA7EFD9M	8.1.0.2	Search full-text index not being generated in clustered environment
KABS7H7FTG	8.1.0.2	Domino Native Authentication should work with Sametime integration in Quickr
RELS7JBVDA	8.1.0.2	Members by implicit membership in a group can't authenticate in a SiteMinder environment
GMUN7JCD3Q	8.1.0.2	Connector shows standard forms despite Quickr  user's configuring to show only custom forms
TSNG7HV9MR	8.1.0.2	Initial author can delete a workflow document after it has gone through final approval
XMXU7JD95D	8.1.0.2	Check-in fails after changing a document's type
DAMC7GKDHM	8.1.0.2	Nested folders don't inherit the Default Form setting from par ent
JROE7JSLZV	8.1.0.2	Extra file (images.htm) appears in library after adding blog or wiki to connectors.
MMOI7K7QWS	8.1.0.2	Authors can't delete own page in dual-directory SiteMinder environment
KABS7FXJBL	8.1.0.2	Exact match search within a place returns some inexact words variant matches
MROI7JTK32	8.1.0.2	Heap corruption when loading language directory text resources into system memory
GMUN7JCD3Q	8.1.0.2	Connector shows standard forms despite Quickr  user's configuring to show only custom forms
XMXU7JD95D	8.1.0.2	Check-in fails after changing a document's type
TSNG7HV9MR	8.1.0.2	Initial author can delete a workflow document after it has gone through final approval
RTIN7JSN9U	8.1.0.2	Slideshow folder pages are missing a link to download the presentation
RELS7JAVF9	8.1.0.2	Rich text editor content loses indenting when published
SHYN7GMTY2	8.1.0.2	Drag and drop applet upload will fail uploading large documents.
BBAR7FKQQ8	8.1.0.2	Disabling ActiveX for a place prevents uploading custom themes
DAMC7HPLUP	8.1.0.2	Not all files and folders are copied from file system when using the Explorer connector
MPUL7J7HYJ	8.1.0.2	If a user checks out a file using the Explorer connector, no other non-manager user can see that file.
SHYN7JMKVB	8.1.0.2	Prompted to authenticate when adding members from the Quickr 8.1 default theme in a SiteMinder environment
RELS7HER77	8.1.0.2	Clicking "Place Administration" changes user name to Anonymous in a SiteMinder environment
JFLD7GZT25	8.1.0.2	Server crash in docnote string handling code
RELS7C83C8	8.1.0.2	Submitting new folder options permanently removes "New Event" button for authors / editors using calendar and task views
RELS7HPTHY	8.1.0.2	Folder options allows selecting a hidden form as the favored form for this folder
XFXF7JDBCX	8.1.0.2	Server crash when processing a URL requesting an image from resources.nsf
"17%" >BBAR7FCMZW	8.1.0.2	Layout problems if custom theme lack HTML DIV in member management page

Connector fix HF8

Defect ID	Build #	Description
LO28175 206905 207705	8.1.0.92	Cumulative Connector fix, which addresses Outlook Crash and Upgrade install failure (supersedes APAR LO27612)
207117	8.1.0.95	Office: prompt window does not stay on top
206314	8.1.0.95	Outlook: Sort order of library list on Taskpane
206332	8.1.0.95	Outlook 2003: Error opening unsent msg files (MS word editor)
206933	8.1.0.95	Office: save to Place As, wrong toolbar status
206388	8.1.0.95	DnD email contain attachment and title end with space issue
200167	8.1.0.95	DnD a mail containing " in subject does not work
208531 MMOI7DHK2U MMOI7DKPX9	8.1.0.95	Policy to disable Remember this password option not honored in Quickr html link; Policy to disable Remember this password option not honored for multiple NT users
208329	8.1.0.95	Upgrade from connectors 8002 to connectors 8.1
210857	8.1.0.101	Quickr 8.1- need to enable install sidebar in Notes 802 and 8.5
THES7DRQP8	8.1.0.101	Can't disable Quickr Icon on desktop
YXIO7E9563	8.1.0.102	Notes crashes when folder/file path too long
JFLD7FZJPN	8.1.0.104	Quickr - Notes Shelf pane drag in uses http to retrieve files rather than https (ssl)
MMOI7GZRBF	8.1.0.104	Sametime Connector Chat About Document option - https links not used even if place added that way
216380	8.1.0.106	increment the value of provisioning.manifest.version property in <notes install dir>\framework\rcp\rcplauncher.properties file by 1
215666	8.1.0.110	Notes 8.0.2 - Mail template items are not working
218467	8.1.0.110	connector saving e-mail with invalid char.
DAMC7GSC8D	8.1.0.110	Quickr connector for Notes not working if using local copy of mail file.
216380	8.1.0.110	Increment provisioning.manifest.version for MU installations.
LO34412 LO32453 LO31487 LO31847 LO33338	8.1.0.117	- Save to Place in Office with '/' in name causes problems, folders get created - Excel temp file is uploaded - Long NLS filenames can fail through the Connectors - Connector keyboard shortcut in excel interferes with Excel's Insert Menu - Notes Connector problems when working in the Offline/Island (disconnected) profileDownload a document - receive error "A shutdown is needed" - Invalid or non-existant document when replying to email - Download a document - receive error "A shutdown is needed" - Notes 802 HHF52 can occasionally crash with Connectors

With the new fixpack 8102 for Quickr Domino the SPR KABS7H7FTG is closed. This should mean that with this version you can integrate Sametime into Quickr (Domino) also when using the native Domino authentication. This was only supported with LDAP directories before.

Yep, one of the emails I received after a weekend away was to confirm the acceptance of a Lotusphere session. In fact, three of those emails were! So, in no particular order I'll be presenting:

...

Integrating Sametime and Quickr using LDAP - this is the biggie. As part of the SNT track, we'll be installing, configuring and integrating all of this, live, in 2 hours. Because there's nothing like a challenge!

Fix pack:          
8.1-Quickr-Domino-Connector-HF8-ENGLISH
        Fix name:         8.1-Quickr-Domino-Connector-HF8-ENGLISH
        Release date:         11-Nov-2008
        Platforms:         Windows
        Applies to versions:         8.1.0
        Upgrades product to version:         8.1.0
        Severity:         30 - Moderate Impact/High Probability of Occurrence
        Categories:         Function
        Abstract:         Lotus Quickr 8.1 Connector for Domino, Hot Fix 8. See Readme-Quickr8.1-Connector-HF8.doc for installation instructions and additional information.

Use these instructions to update the level of the Lotus Quickr connectors that reside on a Lotus Quickr 8.1 services for Lotus Domino server. Once the updated connectors are installed on the server, users can download and install them on their client workstations.

Fix pack:          
8.1-Quickr-Domino-FP8102-ENGLISH
        Fix name:         8.1-Quickr-Domino-FP8102-ENGLISH
        Release date:         11-Nov-2008
        Platforms:         Windows
        Applies to versions:         8.1.0
        Upgrades product to version:         8.1.0
        Severity:         30 - Moderate Impact/High Probability of Occurrence
        Categories:         Function
        Abstract:         Lotus Quickr 8.1 Services for Domino, FP8102. See Quickr81FixPackReadMe.doc for installation instructions and additional information.

IBM Lotus Quickr is the latest evolution of IBM Quickplace bringing powerful web 2.0 features to the product, while retaining its ease of use. In this webinar Lotus expert Warren Elsmore shows you how you can easily take advantage of this new product. Learn about the new features available in Quickr 8 and how you can take advantage of them. Walk through an upgrade of an existing Lotus Quickplace server to Quickr, and see how an in-place upgrade can be accomplished with little impact.

IBM Lotus Quickr 8.1.1 provides enhanced integration
IBM United States Software Announcement 208-386
November 11, 2008

At A Glance
New features of IBM Lotus Quickr 8.1.1 include integration with:

 * IBM FileNet Content Manager
 * IBM Content Manager
 * IBM Lotus Connections

New APIs for customers and independent software vendors can extend IBM Lotus Quickr or integrate it with other applications.

Overview

IBM Lotus Quickr 8.1.1 combined with IBM enterprise content management capability addresses a broad spectrum of collaboration, document sharing, and content management needs. Users can leverage the intuitive user interface of IBM Lotus Quickr to work on projects together and then easily move the final product of their collaboration to the organization's Enterprise Content Management (ECM) repository.

Users can use the IBM Lotus Quickr Web interface or the Quickr connectors for a consolidated view of content in Quickr places and content in their ECM repository. This integration combines the flexibility and ease of use of IBM Lotus Quickr with the structure, discipline, and business-process capabilities of IBM ECM offerings.

IBM Lotus Quickr 8.1.1 integrated with Lotus Connections combines social networking for business with the structure of Quickr places for sharing content and ideas. In addition, the results of a collaboration that begins with a Connections Activity can be published to a more formal Quickr place and combined with other work efforts.

New APIs make new events available for customers and independent software vendors to extend IBM Lotus Quickr:

 * Ability to manipulate and apply document types
 * Ability to manipulate property sheets
 * Ability to edit and retrieve extended metadata
 * Ability to make post custom queries
 * ATOM publishing and syndication of blog/wiki content
 * Ability to replicate document library content

Note:IBM Lotus Quickr 8.1.1 is an update to the base code for IBM Lotus Quickr services for WebSphere Portal only. IBM Lotus Quickr 8.1 must be installed prior to installing the IBM Lotus Quickr 8.1.1 updates. In addition, updates to the IBM Lotus Quickr connectors will be available for download for customers who have IBM Lotus Quickr services for Domino and for customers with IBM ECM software.

This article presents an example of a customized team place component for IBM Lotus Quickr services for WebSphere Portal, Photo Book. This component uses both a Lotus Quickr document library for storing content and for rich desktop integration and Lotus Web Content Management capabilities for presentation on the Web with photo gallery and slideshow-style presentations.

The new U.S. Coast Guards Command, Control, Communication, Computers, and Information Technology (C4&IT) Strategic Plan for Fiscal Years 2008-2012 gives us a little insight into what's in store for Coasties on our electronic desktops.

Looks like Lotus Quickr is going to power the new Coast Guard Portal.

An objective in the CG-6 Performance Plan (Appendix A to the Strategic Plan):

Portal Consolidation
Deliver web-based data and applications via an enterprise Coast Guard Portal (CG Portal) that transcends any particular customer base. This organizational approach to consolidation of multiple portal platforms and disparate web-content delivery mechanisms will provide a single interface for information sharing with Active Duty and Reserve Personnel, Civilians, Auxiliarists, and the public. The CG Portal will serve as the single access point for enterprise content and Coast Guard applications, and a collaborative environment for information sharing between Coast Guard members and external industry partners. (Primary POC: CG-63/OSC)

Major Milestones

        * FY08 Q4: Deliver collaboration (Quickr and Sametime) functionality to all Active Directory users
        * FY08 Q4: Provide Quickr training and migration assistance to Microsite owners

While the full session is for CU attendees, it'd be mean of me not to share the list. So I'll be nice. My decision in choosing this topic came out of the experience I've had with the majority of Quickr customers who have deployed on their own, or even with assistance, and at some point faced tough decisions, ran into brick walls, or seen their deployments run amok. In some cases, my recommendations are just common sense responses to IBM's packaging or deployment choices that cause problems down the road (in other words, product problems). And while not every suggestion is for every operation, I'm confident that most of them will apply in any given company.

So without further ado:

10. If you just installed Quickr using an administrator's name from the directory, STOP. UNINSTALL. READ THE DOC AND START OVER.  This is perhaps the most common initial mistake and it causes numerous difficult-to-diagnose problems until the question is asked, answered, and the admin is trying to reverse engineer ten years of underlying authentication code to get themselves out of the jam.

Secunia Advisory:            SA31634            
Release Date:         2008-08-27

Critical:        
Less critical
Impact:         Cross Site Scripting
Where:         From remote
Solution Status:         Vendor Patch

Software:        IBM Lotus Quickr 8.x

Description:
Some vulnerabilities have been reported in IBM Lotus Quickr, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct cross-site scripting attacks.

Input via unspecified parameters e.g. when creating a local group, adding a page using "Imported Page", in the WYSIWYG editors, in the html import functionality, and in the Rich text editor is not properly sanitised before being returned to the user. This can be exploited to execute arbitrary HTML and script code in a user's browser session in context of an affected site.

The vulnerability is reported in Lotus Quickr 8.1. Other versions may also be affected.

Solution:
Update to Lotus Quickr 8.1 Hotfix 15 or later.

Provided and/or discovered by:
Reported by the vendor.

Original Advisory:
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg27013341

The SNAPPS Quickr Templates at QuickrTemplates.com have been updated with various fixes and a new feature I’ll describe here. But first, a note on versions.

We elected to match version numbers with Quickr when 8.1 shipped, so 90 days ago when they were posted, our versions revved to 8.1. Now we also have fixes to the templates unrelated to the Quickr version number or hotfix level, so have taken our versioning out two decimal points - the new version is 8.1.0.1. If we have another release before IBM revs to 8.1.1 (or whatever’s next), our version will be 8.1.0.2. Clear? Good.

This workshop helps you gain the technical skills to solve these concerns using IBM Lotus Quickr. It is a new Web 2.0-based collaborative content offering designed to transform the way everyday business content such as documents and rich media is shared and to enable more effective team collaboration. You will use the included connectors that integrate with popular desktop applications such as Microsoft Office and Lotus Notes to help businesses manage information in a security-rich environment. We will cover Lotus Quickr services for Lotus Domino, which use similar concepts but a different user interface than the Lotus Quickr services for WebSphere Portal.

The intended audience is IBM Business Partners, but customers will be accommodated on a space available basis. Attendees can participate in the IBM Lotus Business Solutions Catalog entry offering and be eligible for no charge technical support for 90 days.

This workshop is offered in multiple formats: traditional classroom, virtual and self-paced. All are no charge and cover the same content.

What you will discover by attending

   * Features, functions and capabilities of Lotus Quickr
   * Installation, configuration and troubleshooting Lotus Quickr server
   * How to use and manage Lotus Quickr places with its activities and tools
   * Using Lotus Quickr connectors to integrate to other desktop applications and Lotus Sametime
   * Extending Lotus Quickr with composite applications
   * Creating Lotus Quickr templates for applications and teamspaces
   * Managing a Lotus Quickr operational environment

Highlights

   * Understanding the value to solution developers, service providers and users by Lotus Quickr
   * Architecture of Lotus Quickr
   * Supported platforms, databases, directories, servers and clients
   * Hands-on labs for installation, configuration, Lotus Quickr places, connectors for Microsoft Office and Lotus Notes, integration with instant messaging and Web collaboration, customization of themes and places, tools and administration functions
   * Integration with Lotus Notes, Lotus Sametime, IBM Lotus Symphony, Microsoft Office (without upgrade to Office 2007), Microsoft Windows (without upgrade to Vista), Windows Explorer, WebSphere Portal
   * Business oriented templates
   * Enterprise level scalability and performance
   * Extensible programming model
   * Content libraries, wikis, and blogs
   * Team collaboration services
   * Lotus Quickr administration functions and processes

The latest fix packages for Lotus Quickr 8.1 services for Lotus Domino are:

for Microsoft Windows

  * Hotfix 19: 8.1-Quickr-Domino-HF19-ENGLISH
  * Connector fix: 8.1-Quickr-Domino-Connectors-HF5