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Fergal Mckenna of the Lotus QuickR Domino (SEAL) Team in Dublin contacted me with an update on Quickr content on OpenNTF.org:

I wanted to let you know about the Customisation Samples Template that we published onto OpenNTF along with a reference document on the Quickr Wiki by the Lotus Quickr SEAL Team.

I'm not sure if you have seen this before? We are trying to get the word out to the Quickr Community that there is somewhere to get Quickr Code & Quickr Samples. And it is also somewhere for people to add code as well. This is going to be an ongoing project and we will be adding more Templates. The Next Template that we will be releasing is a Media template, this will happen in a few weeks..

OpenNTF is a software development community aimed at collaborating on Lotus Notes/Domino applications and to release the applications as open source. In January 2009 IBM announced that we had agreed to sponsor a collaboration with OpenNTF.  Following on from this we are going to be placing some Lotus Quickr Domino Templates onto OpenNTF.

The Customisation Samples Template is designed to assist users to start customising Quickr Domino Places. It provides easy to follow examples of the broad customisations that can be done using - Forms, Placebots, The Extended Javasscript file and Themes

Wiki Article: http://www-10.lotus.com/ldd/lqwiki.nsf/dx/The_Quickr_Domino_Customisation_Samples_Template_on_www.OpenNTF.org

OpenNTF Catalog: http://www.openntf.org/catalogs/a2cat.nsf/topicThread.xsp?action=openDocument&documentId=093E45ABCC25088786257693003F4256

OpenNTF Project System: http://openntf.org/Projects/pmt.nsf/ProjectLookup/Quickr%20Domino%20Customisation%20Samples%20Template

This is an excellent initiative, and one that I was unaware of until Fergal's email.  Here's some more info on the template itself:

The Customisation Samples Template



Each folder is broken down into the 6 different areas of customising with explanations and samples of how to customise in each area.

Example of a Folder covering a HTML form (Photo)


The areas covered include.

• Simple Forms: How a standard Simple Form works, What are the different types of workflow that can be used with Simple forms and then how Versioning works.
• Microsoft Office Forms: How to create Microsoft Office forms with examples of MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint forms
• HTML Forms: How to create a HTML form in Quickr and examples of what can be done. Examples included are
• Photo form where a photo is displayed when published rather than just seen as an attached file.
• Video form which plays an attached flash-compatible Video.
• Feed form, which can display an RSS or ATOM feed.
• Audio form, a published page can have audio files played from the page.
• WebCam form, this published page can launch a connected webcam so that a user can take a snapshot and then save it.
• PlaceBots: Placebots which are triggered when a document is getting submitted or is triggered from a Schedule.
• OnSubmission: This Placebot is triggered when a Simple Form is submitted, it will take data(Company Name) from the form and create a new folder. The method for creating the new folder is that it takes a copy of a previously created folder and uses this to create the new folder. This allows for an easy way to upgrade if the Quickr folder structure is changed by the development team. Simply create a new folder and use it as the template for creating the new folders. The Placebot also moves the page published with the Simple form into the new folder.
• Scheduled: Each night a Placebot runs which checks the pages to see if a page is Active or InActive, If there is InActive pages then an email is sent to a nominated person and informs them to amend the InActive pages.
• Extended JavaScript: Tagging Box is added with the extended javascript file quickr81_ext.js. This loads in the browser after the Theme files have been loaded.
• Themes: There are 2 themes used in the Place, Theme one has some simple customisation (images, colour, icons...etc) and Theme two is the same as Theme one with some advanced customisation (content on the left "lotusColLeft" moved to the right side).

It's pleasing to see the IBM teams contributing such impressive content into OpenNTF, and particularly to see that OpenNTF is truly expanding beyond just being a Notes/Domino-focused resource.  Thanks Fergal!

By: Stuart McIntyre - Quickr Blog | 1 Comments | On: 28 January 2010 05:23:09 | Tags:  quickr  openntf 

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