The Connections Blog

Good to see that the Lotus Connections RedWiki project has come to fruition:

Lotus Connections is social software for business that empowers you to be more innovative and that helps you execute more quickly using dynamic networks of coworkers, partners, and customers. It has components that work together to enable you to connect with the people and the information that you need. Together, these tools can help you and your colleagues interact with one another more effectively.

Often, an organization will want to modify components of Connections to meet their unique needs and preferences. Or the company will want to integrate Connections into one or more of its systems. This wiki explains how to do both of those activities.

This is how to access the new content:

Reading the Web-based wiki on this subject is as easy as 1-2-3:

   1. Access the following Web site:
      http://www-10.lotus.com/ldd/lcwiki.nsf?OpenDatabase
   2. Click the Customizations topic in the Navigator pane on the left.
   3. Click the link at the top of each page to navigate to the "IBM Redbooks" wiki project.

Actually it is the 'Customization' link you need, and once clicked through, you go to the list of Redwiki topics. This lists the topics in a very odd order - not by date or title. I can't quite work this out.  

However, there is a "Table of Contents for Customizing Lotus Connections 2.0" link eventually, which gives us this list:

This content was developed by IBM Redbooks residents.
Meet the authors

Lotus and IBM Redbooks have partnered together to provide tips and techniques to customize Lotus Connections. We wrote topics in two sections:
A. Re-branding and customizing Lotus Connections
B. Integrating Lotus Connections into 3rd part solutions and platforms

A. Re-branding and customizing Lotus Connections

1 Lotus Connections
2 Homepage
3 TDI
4 Profiles
5 Business card
6 Dogear
7 Blogs
8 Activities
9 Communities

B. Integrating Lotus Connections into 3rd party solutions and platforms

10 Using the API
11 WebSphere Portal Server
12 IBM Mashup Center
13 Lotus Connections plug-in for Sametime
14 Microsoft Outlook
15 RIM Blackberry client for IBM Lotus Connections

Much better!  I wish this was linked from the Wiki homepage.  There looks to be some good content in there, so do take a look and feedback to the team.  I know how much work goes into these things, especially when working remotely, so well done to those involved.