This article provides end-to-end steps that explain how to create a new component (news list) in IBM Lotus Quickr Services for WebSphere Portal 8.1. This news component supports basic features for a news item: title, summary, body, and type (normal and important news).

This article explains how to create a personalized view of announcement items across all the teamplaces to which a user belongs. This article uses the IBM Lotus Web Content Management menu component for searching all the announcement content (items) that are created in different teamplaces to which the user belongs. The resulting set from the menu component is then filtered using JavaScript based on criteria. A similar approach can be used to create a personalized view of any other Lotus Web Content Management components, such as the Contact or Task components in IBM Lotus Quickr.

This article, the third in a three-part series, demonstrates how to expose the IBM Lotus Quickr content (items) as a custom Atom feed. The new Atom feed can be used to fetch Lotus Quickr content from components such as task or announcement across all teamplaces to which the user belongs. The content can also be filtered based on any option field of the component, such as the priority field of the task component or the type field of the announcement component.

The following Quickr 8.2 resources are now available from the Lotus Quickr Support site:

Planning your upgrade to Lotus Quickr 8.2  
Lotus Quickr 8.2 Detailed System Requirements  
Lotus Quickr 8.2 Release Notes  
Lotus Quickr 8.2 Installation Guides  
Lotus Quickr 8.2 Information Center

Also, be sure to review these important technotes:  
Blank page or JavaScript error "Object expected" after install or upgrade of Lotus Quickr 8.2 if you do not enable Domino Servlet Manager (#1389017)  
What are the supported upgrade paths for Lotus QuickPlace and Lotus Quickr? (#1316190)

IBM Lotus Quickr is very capable of performing as a document management solution for SMBs. Stable, quick, customizable and with lots of integration options, its default setup has only one (potential) pitfall. Which one? Keep on reading...

What is the purpose of the document management systems (DMS)? Simply put:

 * to allow access control,
 * to simplify document search,
 * to allow groups to work on the same document, while preventing conflicts arising from two or more people trying to alter a document at the same time,
 * to provide means of versioning, meaning that system keeps older versions of the document, and
 * to allow formal review and approval of documents.

Quickr is actually very good in each of these points. It is not perfect (e.g. one cannot save drafts, only versions of a document; review and approval functionality is rudimentary) but more than adequate for the needs of an SMB looking for a simple solution to start managing documents. And, in case you wonder: No, shared folders are not considered to be a document management system!

The target date for eGA is now June 4th - the ship date for the physical media is not expected to change.

IBM Lotus Quickr 8.2 enhances end-user experience and streamlines infrastructure requirements

Lotus Quickr 8.2 is focused primarily on Lotus Quickr services for Domino. It includes many feature enhancements requested by customers, in addition to a strong focus on the overall performance and maturity of the product.

End-user-oriented enhancements to the Lotus Quickr services for Domino include:

    * Faster browser response time
    * Sticky user preferences in views
    * Button to add a Quickr place to connectors
    * Simplified document editing and versioning interfaces
    * Integration with Lotus Connections Communities to provide an associated team place or wiki with synchronized membership
    * Integration with Lotus Connections Activities to provide publication of Activity content to a Quickr place

Enhancements for Lotus Quickr services for Domino that simplify administration and help to streamline the infrastructure include:

    * Support for Lotus Domino 8.5 DAOS (Domino attachment and object service) to enable storage of attachments in the file system
    * Increased flexibility in configuring integration between Lotus Sametime and Lotus Quickr (allowing shared Domino directory)
    * Simplified process for upgrades and installation of hot fixes
    * Security enhancements to address potential exposures identified by ethical hacking project
    * Support for Firefox 3.0 and additional directories (Sun SAM and Novell eDirectory)
    * Support for additional standards (FIPS/FDCC and IPv6)

Enhancements to the Lotus Quickr connectors are available for both Quickr services for Domino and Quickr services for WebSphere Portal:

    * Domino Web Access connector (available with Domino 8.5)
    * Improved e-mail drag and drop from Lotus Notes connector
    * Improved error handling when sending Quickr links via e-mail
    * Ability for administrator to automatically populate Quickr connectors with a list of places
    * Forward proxy support
    * Enablers to customize single sign-on
    * Support for local groups (Quickr services for Domino only)

Note: For customers upgrading from Quickplace releases (6x and 7x) to Lotus Quickr 8.2 services for Domino, we will provide documentation describing the steps to upgrade and migrate data. Planned availability for this documentation is August 2009 for English and 30 to 90 days later for other national languages. If you have questions about your upgrade or migration options or system requirements, contact your local services team for further instructions and guidance.

Planned availability date

May 28, 2009 (electronic software delivery).

June 19, 2009 (media and documentation).

Refer to the complete letter for national language availability.

This page describes the minimum product levels that need to be installed before opening a problem report with the IBM Lotus Quickr Support team. Because other products frequently ship fixes, updates, and new releases, testing every configuration is not possible. In general, you can install and run with updates to supported products if those updates are forward compatible.

IBM Lotus Quickr on Microsoft Windows supports:                

   * Microsoft Windows 2003 Enterprise Edition and Standard Edition with SP2 (Microsoft Windows product site)(See Required detail 1)
   * Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 on 32-bit only (Microsoft Windows product site)(See Required detail 1)
   * Microsoft Windows XP Professional with SP2 on 32-bit only (Development platform only) (Microsoft Windows product site)(See Required detail 1)

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Required details:
1. Bit-Architecture Supported: Lotus Quickr and WebSphere Application Server = 32-bit mode only; Operating System = 32-bit only.

This document contains the presentation from Quickr masterclass covering planning optimal deployments – crawl/walk/run.

Discussing simplistic deployment architectures which can be linearily scaled over time (e.g. from POC to simple-non-clustered to clustered)

Sharing of key tips/recommendations from SVT and Perf - so as to help avoid expensive crit-sits in the field

Tuning for performance, stability and reliability

Abstract
This white paper provides application tuning for IBM Lotus Quickr V8.1.1 services for WebSphere Portal. Both the tuning and capacity are affected by many factors, including the workload scenario and the performance measurement environment. For tuning, the objective of this paper is not to recommend that you use the values we used when measuring our scenarios, but to make you aware of those parameters used in our configuration. When tuning your individual systems, it is important to begin with a baseline, monitor the performance metrics to determine if any parameters should be changed and, when a change is made, monitor the performance metrics to determine the effectiveness of the change.

Integrating Lotus iNotes with Lotus Quickr

Integrating Lotus Quickr with Lotus iNotes enables the following capabilities within Lotus iNotes:

   * Browse and insert links to Lotus Quickr files, folders, or places while composing outgoing messages
   * Store received attachments in a Lotus Quickr place
   * Choose to either store any outgoing attachments into a prespecified Lotus Quickr place and send links to those files, or have Lotus iNotes display a prompt asking whether it should move such attachments to a Lotus Quickr store and send links or send the attachments as is

Registration is now open for IBM Lotus Quickr and Sametime!

Since our first event in 2006, Collaboration University has been enabling technical professionals and business managers with the tools and skills they need to get the most from their investment in Lotus Software. By focusing squarely on a few products, providing only the most qualified industry experts as speakers and facilitators, and being an independent, business partner produced event, Collaboration University has become a premier technical training event. With a focus on Quickr, Sametime and a few Connections sessions concentrated in one place, you get the most in-depth training possible, with unprecedented access to well-known industry experts.

With feedback from our alumni - whose comments you can review on this site - Collaboration University continues to offer a clear return on your training investment. Between the quality sessions, networking opportunities, and real-life workshops, you can immerse yourself in the training you need to be more productive...and do it all in three days.

In 2009, we return to the Chicago and London venues that were so popular last year - to make it easier for you to join us! So please have a look around, ask questions, and we'll see you in Chicago or London!

• Quickr Detailed System Requirements

• Quickr Installation Guides

• Quickr Information Centers

• Quickr Documentation

Question
Is Lotus Quickr services for Lotus Domino supported for Lotus Domino 7.0.4? What about Lotus QuickPlace?
 
Answer
Supportability varies by platform.

For Microsoft Windows, Lotus Quickr 8.0.0.2 is not supported, and should not be installed, on a Domino 7.0.4 server; instability and crashes will occur. The last release of Lotus Quickr supported on Domino 7.x was Lotus Quickr 8.0.0.2 installed on Domino 7.0.3. Although Lotus Quickr cannot be installed on a Domino 7.0.4 server, Quickr can still operate and communicate with a Domino 7.0.4 server.

Customers have the following options:

    * Install and run Quickr 8.0.0.2 on a Domino 7.0.3 server. It will interoperate successfully with Domino 7.0.4 servers. This option is best if a fix in Domino 7.0.4 is not critical for the server running Lotus Quickr.
    * Upgrade the server running Quickr to Quickr 8.1 and Domino 8.0.x. This system will interoperate successfully with the other Domino 7.0.4 systems.
    * Customers who cannot upgrade to Quickr 8.1/Domino 8.0.x, yet have a need for a critical fix, can contact IBM Support to request that a hotfix (test fix) be built for their Domino 7.0.3 environment.

For AIX and Solaris, Lotus Quickr 8.0.0.2 on Domino 7.0.4 has been tested and is a supported configuration.

For i5/OS, Lotus Quickr 8.0.0.2 on Domino 7.0.4 is supported once you apply the enabling fix. For details, refer to "About 'Lotus Quickr 8.0.0.2 i5/OS Enabling Fix for Domino 7.0.x'" (#1285465 ).

Integrating IBM Lotus Quickr with IBM WebSphere Portal using IBM WebSphere Portlet Factory

Level: Intermediate

Robert E. Loredo (loredo@us.ibm.com), Software Engineer, IBM Software Group, IBM
Shiva Nistala (shivan@us.ibm.com), Advisory Software Engineer, IBM

07 Apr 2009

Learn how to integrate IBM Lotus Quickr Web 2.0 services with IBM WebSphere Portal applications, creating list and detail portlets that allow you not only to browse all the contents of a Lotus Quickr Library but also to allow access to the contents of a document.

With the recent developments in Web 2.0, businesses are quickly realizing the potential benefits of using collaboration software such as wikis, team collaboration programs, and forums. It has become imperative to provide a mechanism for users to collaborate at different levels.

Existing WebSphere Portal users can quickly take advantage of these new modes of collaboration by using custom integration portlets. This article explains a method for integrating WebSphere Portal applications by using Lotus Quickr Web 2.0 services. We include a working example that can give immediate benefits to your customers.