• Community updates - the latest news from the information development team
• Member spotlights - two contributors share their stories
  - Handly Cameron from Softchoice
  - Lynn Quigley from IBM
• Special Topic: A review and discussion of the new XPages forum design update
  You'll get a demo of the new XPages forum template and have an opportunity to
  share your feedback and suggestions. In preparation, check out the forum trial!

Tues, December 15th 10:00 AM EASTERN TIME (US)

• North America Toll Free - 888-989-8136 (Global access numbers in table below)
• North America Toll - 517-308-9477
• Verbal passcode: Kickoff

• Launch this URL to attend online - https://apps.lotuslive.com/meetings/join?id=001-637
• Enter your name (please include you company name in parentheses)
• Click the 'Join Meeting' button  

• Visit our community landing page to learn all about who we are, what we do, and
  how you can join the party!      

• XPages design
• Sticky posts
• Answered column
• More views
• Tag and authors clouds
• Resource links
• Most useful documents
• Thank this author
• RSS feeds
• Unread marks

• Community updates - the latest news from the information development team
• Member spotlights - two contributors share their stories
  - Gabriella Davis from The Turtle Partnership
  - Jeff Smith from IBM
• Special Topic: Podcasting and Lotus Information - Bruce Elgort, Elguji Software, LLC and Julian Robichaux, SNAPPS
  - Learn about podcasting to share technical information and expand your Lotus product knowledge.
  Bruce and Julian have been hosting the Taking Notes Podcast for 4 years, and 100 episodes! Hear how
  they got started, get recommendations for other Lotus-related podcasts, and learn tips on how you can
  produce your own podcasts to share your knowledge!

Tues, November 17th 10:00 AM EASTERN TIME

• North America Toll Free  - 888-989-8136
• North America Toll - 517-308-9477
• Verbal passcode: Kickoff

• Launch this URL to attend the meeting - https://apps.lotuslive.com/meetings/join?id=001-637
• Enter your name (please include you company name in parentheses)
• Click the 'Join Meeting' button  

• Visit our new community landing page to learn all about who we are, what we do, and how you can join the party!      

• Usability evaluations - if you'd like to help evaluate Lotus Connections online help, or test the usability of documentation in the wiki, please contact Cara Viktorov at cviktorov@us.ibm.com
• Redbook update pilot - Vove for which Redbook you'd like to be updated in a wiki. Go to the discussion forum on our community page in Lotus Greenhouse.
• Experienced Domino developers - apply to be highlighted on developerWorks Lotus. Complete the interview survey in Lotus Greenhouse. (Note: Lotus Forms Turbo is undergoing scheduled maintenance Tuesday, November 3rd, so the survey will be unavailable that day.)

• Community updates - the latest news from the information development team
• Member spotlights - two contributors share their stories
  - David Leedy from www.lotusnotebook.com
  - Andre Guirard from IBM
• Special Topic: Lotus documentation in wikis - Jennifer Heins, WPLC Wiki and Technical Content Architect and Strategist
  - Learn how we are using wikis to improve product documentation for IBM Mashup Center and Lotus Foundations,
   and find out about our plans to expand to other products.

Tues, October 27th 10:00 AM EASTERN TIME

• North America Toll Free  - 888-989-8136
• North America Toll - 517-308-9477
• Verbal passcode: Kickoff

• Launch this URL to attend the meeting - https://apps.lotuslive.com/meetings/join?id=001-637
• Enter your name (please include you company name in parentheses)
• Click the 'Join Meeting' button  
  

• Visit our new community landing page to learn all about who we are, what we do, and how you can join the party!      

• Sept 28th – Oct 2nd: Lotus User Group Moderated forum - Lotus Domino Designer Help Usability
  The documentation team for Lotus Domino Designer is looking to get feedback on how the product Help system works in Domino Designer and would like you to pitch in with your comments and observations. Join Bob Harwood, the Information Development (ID) Lead for Domino Designer, the Domino Designer ID team, and Cara Viktorov, ID Customer Feedback Lead, in this week’s online discussion on Domino Designer Help functionality and content. Got commentary on the usability of the Eclipse functionality vs. the NSF functionality? Have some feedback on the way F1 context help works? This is your chance to really impact the Help system functionality and content. Join us in the forum this week to ask questions, share experiences, and collaborate about Domino Designer Help.
• Oct 6th: Webinar - Lotus Notes & Domino is "App" It Again
  Delivering business value and innovation are table stakes for Lotus, and the 8.5.1 release is poised to turbocharge the Domino developer community! IBM is delivering much more than fixes in this release so come hear the Lotus Notes & Domino product management team dive into the specifics and announce some major changes that are sure to open your eyes. From innovative new features in Lotus Domino Designer, to new initiatives that will expand the Domino developer community, 8.5.1 is the release application developers have been wanting! You'll also hear about great new features for Lotus Notes, Lotus Notes Traveler and Lotus Domino that will have you clamoring for an 8.5.1 upgrade. The presentation is free to LotusUserGroup.org members (membership is free) but requires pre-registration
• Oct 5th - 9th: Follow-up moderated discussion forum on the webinar above. (Link to be added when the forum is created becomes active.)
• Starting Oct 6th: Domino developers - tell us about yourself and be highlighted on developerWorks: Lotus!
  In an effort to help raise the visibility of the expert Domino developers in the Lotus community, and help you connect with others, we'll be starting a series of articles called "Meet the Developers." We'll be posting a Lotus Form survey where you can submit answers to a set of questions that will serve as an interview article to be highlighted on developerWorks: Lotus.
• Oct 19th – Dec 11th: Redbook wiki residency - Best Practices for Building Web Applications for Domino 8.5 and its new XPages capabilities
  In this Redbooks wiki effort - we will discuss and incorporate best practices when building a new Domino 8.5 web application from scratch. This effort will also address modernization of your existing (non-XPages) web applications and more importantly, converting your Notes client applications to XPages. Content in this Redbooks wiki will build upon an exisitng Lotus wiki Best Practices for Domino 8.0 Web Application Development. For this effort , we will use a new scenario as a context for creating new web applications and modernizing existing domino web apps and Notes client apps.

• Carlos Casas from The Rock Team and Per Henrik Lausten from IBM introduced themselves as active community members.

• Niklas Heidloff and Ludwig Nastansky provided an overview of OpenNTF.org and explained some recent changes and developments.

• Niklas Heidloff provided a demonstration of the OpenNTF.org site and even downloaded several open source apps and showed them in action!

IBM Custom Content Assembler provides the following features: Access a variety of content, such as product documentation and learning information Retrieve content based on audience and task View collections of topics (known as maps) through familiar navigation on the left Single-click to create a custom PDF or HTML document

• IBM Lotus^® Quickr™ services for Lotus Domino^® 8.5 documentation.
• DAOS (Domino attachment and object service) for IBM Lotus Notes^® and Domino 8.5 learning.
• New and larger buttons to draw attention to features that customize content and create a document.
• Help is now easier to find in the top corner of the window.

To get started, click here: http://info2.lotus.com/cca.


Step #1: Filter content source
Select a content source from the available list or the Browse Content tab, use the criteria selectors to select the type of content that you want to find, and then select .
 

Step #2: View topics
IBM Custom Content Assembler displays the resulting topics in a table. To view a topic, click the topic title and it opens in a new window or tab.

Step #3: Build a custom document

Click  to build a custom document.

Select the portions of content to include in your custom document using the check boxes next to each topic:


Step #4: Name and create the document
Enter a name for your custom document, select whether you want the output in PDF or HTML format, and click .

Follow the Feedback link at the bottom of the window to let us know what you think. Information
Development
Center

• Describe the basic products within the IBM Lotus Forms toolset.
• Understand the Eclipse development environment and be able to customize as appropriate.
• Understand the components of the IBM Lotus Forms Viewer and set preferences as needed.
• Recognize and understand the syntactical fundamentals of the XFDL language
• Build simple XFDL forms.
• Apply advanced XFDL concepts.
• Build simple XForms forms.
• Recognize and understand the fundamentals of XPath
• Apply advanced XForms concepts.
• Choose between XFDL and XForms.

• Community updates - the latest news from the information development team
• Member spotlights - two contributors share their stories
  - Carlos Casas from The Rock Team
  - Per Lausten from IBM
• Special Topic: Update on OpenNTF.org - Niklas Heidloff (IBM), Ludwig Nastansky (PAVONE AG)
  Niklas and Ludwig will present an introduction and update of the new OpenNTF Alliance, and describe how you can become a member and contribute. They will explain the new governance and IP model of the Alliance, and demonstrate the new OpenNTF Apache catalog and some its new samples. Come learn how you can benefit from this vibrant open source community, and share your input with two of its leaders.

Tues, September 29th 10:00 AM US EASTERN TIME

• North America Toll Free  - 888-989-8136
• North America Toll - 517-308-9477
• Verbal passcode: Kickoff

• Launch this URL to attend the meeting - https://apps.lotuslive.com/meetings/join?id=001-637
• Enter your name (please include you company name in parentheses)
• Click the 'Join Meeting' button  

• Visit our new community landing page to learn all about who we are, what we do, and how you can join!