Lotus Connections information home
How to use this information
Notices
Terms of use
Lotus Connections User Help
Activities Overviews, How-tos, and FAQs
Frequently asked questions
What's new in this release?
Welcome to Activities
What is an activity?
Getting a list of To Do items
Opening an activity
Starting an activity
Copying an activity
What is a tag?
Editing tags
What is an activity template?
Creating an activity template from scratch
Creating a template from an activity
Editing activity templates
Deleting activity templates
Marking activity templates as favorites
Creating an activity from a template
What is an entry?
How do I add an entry?
Creating entry templates
Adding a To Do entry
Adding a comment
Adding a bookmark from a Web page
Adding a response to an entry
Getting the Web address of an individual entry
Moving an entry
Copying an entry
What is an entry template?
Membership roles
Adding members to an activity
Adding sections
Editing sections
Editing entry templates
Notifying members about an entry
Marking an entry private
Deleting an entry
Tuning out of an activity
Organizing activities by importance
Editing an activity
Exiting an activity
Marking an activity complete
Deleting an activity
Finding a person's activities or entries
Filtering activities and entries by tag
Searching entries
Searching activities
Subscribing to an Activities feed
Accessibility features
Printing from an activity
Adding a link to a related activity
Blogs overviews, how-tos, and FAQs
What are blogs?
Creating a blog
What are tags and how do I use them?
Creating a blog entry
Editing or deleting an entry
Notifying a user about a blog entry
Recommending an entry
Flagging an entry as inappropriate
Finding a blog or blog entry
Managing blog entries
Posting a comment
Editing blog settings
Using a feed to subscribe to blog entries or comments
Managing your blog
How do I create an announcement?
Deleting a blog
Managing blog comments
Uploading a file to a blog
Maintaining a blog
Managing member permissions for a blog
Who's looked at your blog today?
Customizing a blog template
Changing the blog theme
Keyboard shortcuts
Adding links to your blog
Managing flagged content
Monitoring the Blogs Cache Information
Collecting Blogs metrics
Managing Blog Comments for Your Site
Administering Blogs users
Adding an image to a blog posting
Using third-party blog editors to create entries for your blog
Adding a bookmark from a Web page
What's new in this release?
Communities Overviews, How-tos, and FAQs
Frequently asked questions
Welcome to Communities
What's new in this release?
Starting communities
Editing communities
Joining communities
Accessibility features
Leaving communities
Deleting communities
Sending e-mail notifications
Adding new members
Deleting members of a community
Browsing or searching for communities
Searching for bookmarks
Viewing members of a community
Viewing tags
Adding a bookmark from a Web page
Adding a bookmark from your community
Editing bookmarks
Deleting bookmarks
Using feeds
Adding a feed to a community
Creating a feed from a community
Editing feeds
Deleting feeds
Viewing discussion topics
Adding a discussion topic
Responding to a discussion topic
Editing discussion topics
Deleting discussion topics
Lotus Sametime Broadcast tools
Associated applications
Dogear overviews, how-tos, and FAQs
What is Dogear?
Viewing personal information cards
Viewing bookmarks
Keeping up with watchlists and feeds
Using tags
Adding bookmarks to your watchlist
Creating a feed from a Dogear view
Searching for bookmarks
Importing bookmarks from a Web browser
Getting started creating bookmarks
Refining the bookmarks list
Exporting bookmarks to a file
Copying a bookmark
Using advanced search options
Creating a bookmark
Tagging tips
Managing tags
Keyboard shortcuts
Adding a bookmark list to a Web site
Working with your bookmarks
Notifying other users about a bookmark
Adding a bookmark to another Lotus Connections feature
Flagging a bookmark as broken
What's new in Dogear?
Home Page Overviews, How-tos, and FAQs
Welcome to the Home page
What's new in this release?
What are widgets?
Adding widgets to the Home page
Moving widgets
Removing widgets from the Home page
Setting widget preferences
Accessibility features
Frequently asked questions
Activities Widget Help
Selecting a view
Using the calendar
Viewing responses to user entries
Viewing recent entries in high priority activities
Viewing updates to public activities
Accessing My Activities
Blogs Widget Help
Viewing blog updates
Communities Widget Help
Accessing community updates
Selecting a view
Dogear Widget Help
Selecting a view
Viewing bookmark updates
Working with bookmarks
Profiles Widget Help
Using the Profiles widget
Selecting a view
Profiles Overviews, How-tos, and FAQs
Frequently asked questions
Welcome to Profiles
What's new in this release?
Viewing profiles
Accessibility features
Searching profiles
Performing a quick search
Performing an advanced search
Viewing the search results
Using the Profiles business card
Exporting contact details
Deleting colleagues
Editing your profile
Updating contact information
Changing background information
Changing your profile image
Uploading an audio file
Using tags
Tagging your profile
Adding external links to your profile
Adding colleagues
Viewing colleagues
Accepting colleague invitations
Tagging people
Creating an audio file
Lotus Connections
Installing
What's new
IBM Lotus Connections installation overview
Product overview
Audience
Directory conventions
Planning a production installation
Installation checklist
Hardware and software requirements
Preinstallation tasks
Preparing the LDAP server to communicate with IBM WebSphere Application Server
Installing IBM WebSphere Application Server
Setting up profiles on WebSphere Application Server
Creating a WebSphere Application Server profile
Creating WebSphere Application Server processes
Enabling administrative security and application security
Setting up federated repositories
Specifying a global unique ID for the LDAP directory
Creating the feature databases
Preparing IBM DB2 databases
Registering the DB2 product license key
Creating IBM DB2 databases
Creating a dedicated DB2 database user
Preparing the database wizard
Using the Lotus Connections Database wizard
Using the database wizard in silent mode
The database wizard response file
Populating the Profiles database
Using the Profiles population wizard
Mapping fields manually
Installing Tivoli Directory Integrator
Tivoli Directory Integrator properties
Synchronizing the Profiles database with LDAP
Installing Lotus Connections features
Installing Lotus Connections features
Testing the SQL Server database connection
Installing Activities
Installing Blogs
Configuring Blogs
Installing Communities
Installing Dogear
Installing Profiles
Installing Home page
Creating data directories for features
Creating an administrative user
Launching the console interface from the installation wizard
Administering a stand-alone deployment
Linking features
Sample LotusConnections-config.xml file
Installing in a network environment
Creating a cluster
Installing the first node
Installing a subsequent node
Performing a silent installation
InstallResponse.txt file
Installing from the command line on AIX systems
Using the database wizard in silent mode
Using the Profiles population wizard in silent mode
The tdisettings.properties file
Configuring the IBM HTTP Server
Defining the IBM HTTP Server for a profile
Defining the IBM HTTP Server for a node
Adding certificates to the IBM HTTP Server plug-in
Configuring the IBM HTTP Server for SSL
Mapping features to the IBM HTTP Server
Mapping multiple profiles to a single IBM HTTP Server
Securing Lotus Connections
Instructing Web browsers to cache Dogear content
Setting up single sign-on using Tivoli Access Manager
Setting up single sign-on for Home page
Uninstalling Lotus Connections
Uninstalling a stand-alone deployment of Lotus Connections
Uninstalling a Lotus Connections cluster
Uninstalling: Remove files
Uninstalling: Drop databases
Uninstalling: Drop Oracle databases
Updating and migrating
In-place update
Beta1 to Beta 2 update
Side-by-side migration
Migrating a database to Lotus Connections 2.0
Roll back an update
Roll back a Beta update
Administering
Administering features
Starting the wsadmin client
Common configuration file tasks
Checking out configuration files
Viewing current configuration values
Applying property changes
Administering common Lotus Connections properties
Changing common configuration property values
Common configuration properties
Customizing the navigation bar
Adding content to the navigation bar
Changing the style of the navigation bar
Replacing navigation bar files
Adding content to the footer
Changing the default font style and background
Securing features from malicious attack
Mitigating a cross site scripting attack
Turning off active content filtering
Scanning uploaded files for viruses
Managing access to Lotus Connections features
Forcing traffic to be sent over SSL
Stopping a feature
Limiting a user or group's access to a feature
Synchronizing IDs between LDAP and the feature databases
Maintaining feature databases
Gathering DB2 database statistics daily
Compacting and defragmenting DB2 database data
Collecting metrics
Enabling e-mail notifications
Configuring notification
Administering Activities
Activities properties
Changing configuration property values
Activities configuration properties
Changing administrative property values
Activities administrative commands
Getting a list of activities
Narrowing down results
Managing membership
Synchronizing IDs between LDAP and the database
Managing member access to activities
Managing uploaded files
Enabling virus scanning
Setting limits on uploaded files
Changing content stores
Minimizing cross-site scripting risks
Managing trash
Completing activities that are not being used
Deleting activities
Restoring deleted activities
Emptying the trash on a schedule
Purging specific activities or entries from the trash
Monitoring statistics and metrics
Activity statistics
Defining which statistics to collect
Getting a list of server statistics
Scheduling statistics collection
Collecting metrics and writing them to a file
Importing statistics and metrics into a spreadsheet
Specifying an administrator e-mail address
Managing the scheduler
Exporting activities
Importing activities
Changing the context root association
Administering Blogs
Administering Blogs from the User Interface
Specifying site-wide setting for Blogs
Administering Blogs users
Managing Blog Comments for Your Site
Managing flagged content
Monitoring the Blogs Cache Information
Administering Blogs using wsadmin
Collecting Blogs metrics using wsadmin and writing them to a file
Configuring the Flag Inappropriate Content feature
Configuring Blogs email notification
Configuring anti-virus scanning settings for Blogs
Customizing a blog theme
Standard Blogs theme templates
Changing the blog theme
Customizing a blog template
Example: Adding a logo to a blog theme
Extending a theme
Making a custom theme available to your users
Administering Communities
Communities properties
Changing administrative property values
Communities administrative commands
Changing configuration property values
Communities configuration properties
Accessing the Communities configuration file
Controlling community content
Removing unwanted or inappropriate content
Filtering active content
Setting the size of the community description
Configuring display settings
Managing members and member IDs
Enabling third-party integrations
Confluence Wiki integration
Enabling the community card
Configuring formatting macros for Confluence
Configuring the Confluence plug-in
Socialtext Wiki integration
Enabling Socialtext Wiki integration
Administering managed applications
Configuring a proxy
Making feeds trusted
Viewing and collecting Communities metrics
Using hash maps to store data
Filtering community lists
Enabling virus scanning
Administering the discussion forum
Administering discussion forums
Managing the forum scheduler
Managing forum trash
Managing the index
Configuring indexing settings
Example: Changing community settings
Administering Dogear
Accessing the Dogear configuration file
Applying property changes
Filtering active content
Managing search and index operations
Changing view thresholds
Configuring favicons and the favicon cache
Clearing the favicon cache
Determining whether a site is an internet or intranet site
Denoting sites as intranets
Assigning URLs to intranet sites
Updating member IDs in the LDAP database
Deleting unnecessary links
Starting or purging the index
Collecting Dogear metrics using wpsadmin and writing them to a file
Enabling content types in Dogear
Configuring the 4-in-1 bookmark form
Administering the Home page
Administering the Home page from the user interface
Adding widgets to the Home page
Enabling widgets
Disabling widgets
Testing Home page widgets
Editing widgets
Removing a widget
Administering the Home page using the wsadmin client
Viewing and collecting Home page metrics
Accessing the Home page configuration file
Applying property changes
Administering Home page search
Indexing Lotus Connections features
Indexed information
Home page search scheduling
Managing the index schedule
Configuring the search index
Managing the index
Scheduling a full index crawl
Synchronizing member IDs between the Home page and LDAP databases
Administering Profiles
Profiles properties
Changing administrative property values
Profiles administrative commands
Changing configuration property values
Profiles configuration properties
Accessing the Profiles configuration file
Filtering active content
Removing inappropriate content
Controlling indexing
Starting or purging the index
Enabling tagging
Enabling virus scanning
Configuring the display of organizational structure information
Administering cache
Controlling cache operations
Configuring the mini reports-to cache
Configuring the full reports-to cache
Managing the Profiles search operation
Managing statistics
Configuring Profiles statistics
Writing Profiles statistics to a file
Viewing and collecting Profiles metrics
Enabling RSS feeds
Enabling tagging
Configuring the photo upload utility
Customizing Profiles
Editing property files
Feature property files
Working with profile attributes
Specifying attributes that can be edited
Specifying read-only attributes
Customizing login attributes
Profiles attributes
Adding profile types
Adding extension attributes
Adding widgets to Profiles
Configuring the Recent Posts widget
Adding custom fields
Enabling custom fields
Specifying a custom field label
Specifying a required field
Using business cards
Creating profile business cards
Adding third-party links via the XML configuration file
Adding third-party links using JavaScript
Integrating with Lotus Quickr
Example: Changing configuration settings for Profiles
Example: Changing administrative settings for Profiles
Troubleshooting
Lotus Connections log file
Error messages
Extending Lotus Connections
Extending Lotus Connections
Lotus Connections Portlet
Enabling single sign-on between Lotus Connections and a WebSphere Application Server configured for standalone LDAP
Installing the Lotus Connections Portlet
Lotus Connections Plug-in for Sametime
Installing the Lotus Connections Plug-in for Sametime
Adding the Lotus Connections Plug-in for Sametime to your client
Removing the Lotus Connections Plug-in for Sametime
Lotus Connections Plug-in for Notes
Installing the Lotus Connections Plug-in for Notes
Removing the Lotus Connections Plug-in for Notes
Lotus Connections Plug-in for Microsoft Windows Explorer
Installing the Lotus Connections Plug-in for Microsoft Windows Explorer
Removing the Lotus Connections Plug-in for Microsoft Windows Explorer
Lotus Connections Plug-in for Microsoft Office
Installing the Lotus Connections Plug-in for Microsoft Office
Removing the Lotus Connections Plug-in for Microsoft Office
Lotus Connections Plug-in for Microsoft Outlook
Installing the Connections Plug-in for Microsoft Outlook
Configuring Lotus Connections
Enabling the trust association
Lotus Connections API
IBM Lotus Connections application programming interfaces
Lotus Connections API overview
Versioning
What's new
Updates to version 1.0.2 documentation
Authenticating requests
Activities API
Navigating Activities resources
Retrieving the Activities service document
Accessing other installed features
Searching activities
Searching the My Activities view
Searching the Completed view
Searching all activities
Searching the To-do item list
Working with activities
Creating activities
Retrieving activities
Updating activities
Deleting activities
Restoring activities
Working with activity entries
Creating activity entries
Retrieving activity entries
Updating activity entries
Deleting activity entries
Restoring activity entries
Working with members
Activities Atom entry data types
Activity content
Entry content
Reply content
Section content
To do item content
Activities field element
Date field
File field
Link field
Person field
Text field
Activities feeds
Blogs API
Navigating Blogs resources
Retrieving the Blogs service document
Accessing other installed features
Searching blogs
Searching all blogs
Searching a blog
Searching a person's default blog
Searching blog comments
Retrieving the media link entries of a blog
Working with blog entries
Creating blog entries
Retrieving a blog entry
Updating blog entries
Deleting blog entries
Commenting on blog entries
Creating blog comments
Retrieving a blog comment
Deleting blog comments
Working with media resources
Creating media resources
Retrieving a media resource
Updating media resources
Deleting media resources
Blogs Atom entry types
Comment entry content
Blog entry content
Media link entry content
Blogs feeds
Communities API
Navigating Communities resources
Retrieving the Communities service document
Accessing other installed features
Searching communities
Searching the All Communities view
Searching the My Communities view
Working with bookmarks
Working with communities
Creating communities
Retrieving a community
Updating communities
Deleting communities
Working with feed links
Creating feed links
Retrieving a feed link
Updating feed links
Deleting feed links
Working with members
Communities Atom entry types
Community entry content
Feed link entry content
Communities feeds
Dogear API
Navigating Dogear resources
Retrieving the Dogear service document
Accessing other installed features
Searching bookmarks
Adding bookmarks to a Web page
Adding a list of bookmarks to a Web page
Adding popular bookmarks to a Web page
Working with bookmarks
Getting a list of bookmark tags
Getting a list of popular bookmarks
Dogear Atom entry types
Dogear feeds
Homepage API
Accessing other installed features
Profiles API
Navigating Profiles resources
Retrieving the Profiles service document
Accessing other installed features
Searching profiles
Searching Profiles
Searching for a user's profile
Searching for a user's report-to chain
Searching for a user's direct reports
Working with profiles
Retrieving a profile entry
Updating profile entries
Profiles Atom entry types
Profile entry content
Profiles feeds
Samples
Sample: Retrieving names from the Profiles directory
Common entry types
Bookmark entry content
Member entry content
Common tasks
Terminology
Viewing information in the information center
Accessibility and keyboard shortcuts in the information center
Prerequisite software for the information center
Navigating in the information center
Searching in the information center
Using the master index
Setting bookmarks and printing in the information center
Viewing information in different languages