My LS12 SpeedGeeking Session
Wed, Jan 25th 2012 11:12a Mike McGarel The slides from my SpeedGeeking Session, "Two CCs of Layout -- Stat" has been posted on here on Slideshare.
In it, I describe the benefits of using the basic XPages technique of an outer custom control with common layout elements containing an inner custom control with specific page content. [read] Keywords: xpages
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Some LS12 Thanks
Wed, Jan 25th 2012 10:09a Mike McGarel I'll make this quick (much like Lotusphere 2012, which ended much too soon) . . .
Thanks to all who were involved in the organizing such a great conference.
Thanks to the track managers for bringing in the high number of excellent speakers.
Thanks to the speakers themselves for sharing their knowledge with us.
Thanks to those responsible for the OGS for listening and responding to last year’s comments.
Thanks to the sky gods for keeping the rain away from the Wednesday Ni [read] Keywords: lotusphere
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Updated XPages Workshop and GRANITE LUG Webcast
Fri, Oct 14th 2011 1:09p Mike McGarel Quick Announcement 1:
The updated version of the MWLUG 2011 XPages workshop, which concentrated on resurfacing data from a Notes client-based application to an XPages application, is now available on the MWLUG Presentations page. Roy Rumaner and I re-focused and re-tuned it -- we hope you like the result. The zip file has the instructions, a starting database, and a completed version.
Quick Announcement 2:
The next meeting of GRANITE, the Chicago-baseed IBM/Lotus user group, is Monday, Oc [read] Keywords: ibm
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Final Reminder - Win a Galaxy Tab With Your XPages Skills
Wed, Aug 3rd 2011 2:13p Mike McGarel There's only a few more days to enter the 2011 MWLUG XPages design contest (the contest ends August 8th).
The grand prize is a brand new Samsung Galaxy Tab.
The entries have been a lot fewer than anticipated, so if you're still thinking about it, now's the time to give it a go. [read] Keywords: xpages
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XPrize Design Competition Announces Its XPrize!
Wed, Jul 27th 2011 9:10a Mike McGarel The Midwest Lotus User Group (MWLUG) is happy to announce that first prize for the XPages design contest is a Samsung Galaxy Tab.
The Galaxy Tab features:
Operating system: Android 3.1, Honeycomb
Display: 10.1" HD (1280x800)
Memory: 16GB internal memory
Front Camera: 2.0 Megapixel
Rear Camera: 3.0 Megapixel Auto Focus with Flash
Connectivity: Supports WiFi a/b/g/n and Bluetooth v2.1
Full HTML Browser
Much more . . .
The contest deadline is August 8th, 201 [read] Keywords: lotus
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XPages Design Contest Deadline Extended to August 8th
Fri, Jul 15th 2011 3:14p Mike McGarel Due to the some developer requests, the MWLUG contest committee has decided to extend the deadline to the the XPrize Design Competition for another week. The new deadline date is August 8th, 2011.
It's the perfect place to show off your XPages skills! [read] Keywords: xpages
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MWLUG XPages Design Contest is Open
Wed, Jul 6th 2011 1:14p Mike McGarel The forms are ready, and if you are too, then the XPrize Design Competition is looking for your new mind-blowing XPages entry!
As a reminder, this contest is part of the 2011 Midwest Lotus User Group (MWLUG) conference, but non-attendees are welcome to submit as well.
Good luck to everyone who participates. [read] Keywords: lotus
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Important XPages Contest Update
Tue, Jun 28th 2011 1:18p Mike McGarel If things stayed the same for more than a day, life would be boring, wouldn't it?
It has come to the attention of the MWLUG XPrize committee that the original Nifty Fifty templates have no license and shouldn't be used as part of the contest entries, which are being licensed under Apache.
Therefore, the downloadable databases are for research and inspiration purposes only.
The contest page has been updated. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause those that have already s [read] Keywords: xpages bleedyellow
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MWLUG Announces Judges and Posts Templates for XPages Design Contest
Mon, Jun 27th 2011 1:15p Mike McGarel The Midwest Lotus Users Group is excited to announce a couple of changes to their XPrize Design Competition page.
First, five talented professionals -- and me :-) -- have volunteered to judge the XPages design contest. The five are:
Chris Blatnick, Linde
David Charney - Illumen Group
Susan Hosek - The Salvation Army
Kathy Howard - IBM
Jake Howlett - Rockall Design
Also on the site are the nine databases from the Nifty Fifty collection that can be used as a source of ins [read] Keywords: ibm
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Nifty Fifty Update
Mon, Jun 27th 2011 12:13p Mike McGarel Thanks to Stephan Wissel, updated versions of the Nifty Fifty databases are available in a zip file on BleedYellow.
No login is required to download them. They can be a great source of inspiration. [read] Keywords: bleedyellow
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Anyone have a copy of the Nifty Fifty?
Wed, Jun 15th 2011 12:10p Mike McGarel As part of of the Midwest Lotus User Group (MWLUG) XPages design contest, I provided a link to a Stephan Wissel blog post explaining the "Nifty Fifty" applications from the Notes R3/R4 days. There is a link on his post to a page with a link to an FTP site with these databases. Unfortunately, many of the ones I've downloaded from that site are corrupted.
MWLUG would like to have the selected databases available for the contest participants as a source of inspiration and/or as a starti [read] Keywords: lotus
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Announcing the MWLUG XPages Design Contest
Mon, Jun 6th 2011 3:08p Mike McGarel This June is Learning XPages month, and the Midwest Lotus User Group (MWLUG) wants to make July "Build XPages" month :-).
MWLUG is sponsoring an XPages application design contest called the XPrize Design Competition. The idea to create a new application based on one of the Nifty Fifty templates from the Notes R3/R4 days. Modernize an application while you modernize your skills!
Everyone, not just MWLUG attendees, is invited to participate. Test your design skills and win one of the [read] Keywords: lotus
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ATLUG Presentation File
Tue, Apr 5th 2011 2:10p Mike McGarel As promised, I put the presentation I did at the special XPages ATLUG event on SlideShare: Approaches to Enhancing the User Experience It was a great time and, I hope, a great learning experience for all attendees. A big thank you goes out to Randy Davison (Matrix Resources) and Howard Greenberg (The Learning Continuum Company) for their time, effort, and generosity. And another to fellow 2011 Lotusphere Idol speaker Lisa Duke (Simplified Technology Solutions) for the initial introduction. [read] Keywords: lotusphere
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XPages and an ATLUG event are like jelly and doughnuts
Tue, Mar 29th 2011 4:08p Mike McGarel How? One's the good stuff inside the other. ATLUG (Atlanta Lotus Users Group), TLCC (The Learning Continuum Company) and IBM are co-sponsoring a special XPages learning event this Thursday, March 31st in Atlanta. Here's the description of the Main Event: Heard the buzz about XPages? Wondering what
they are all about? Howard Greenberg of TLCC will deliver a free, two hour,
hands on, Intro to XPages Development Workshop in a computer equipped training
lab. You will get hands-on exper [read] Keywords: domino
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SnTT - Computing the Month Name Using SSJS
Thu, Dec 16th 2010 11:14a Mike McGarel div /divdivSchools almost out for the holidays, but i have some Show and Tell anyway. br /br /Heres a combination of server-side JavaScript (SSJS) functions that will display the name of the month and the year when you deliver the year and the months number in a text string separated by a tilde (~)./divdiv /divdivFor example, calling getMonthYear(quot;2010~12quot;) returns quot;December 2010quot;. br //divdiv /divdivprefunction getMonthName(n) {br / return(@Select(n, quot;Januaryquot;, [read] Keywords: show and tell
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Dojo Examples Database
Fri, Nov 5th 2010 1:25p Mike McGarel div /divpThis morning I put a quot;Dojo Examplesquot; database into the Code Bin on OpenNTF.org./p
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This database demonstrates the following Dojo dijits:
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lidijit.MenuBar/li
lidijit.TitlePane/li
lidijit.Tooltip/li
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/pdivfont size=2It also has examples of a simplified layout based on OneUI and some validation/confirmation messages./font br //divpI hope others find it useful. This is the direct link:/pdiv a href [read] Keywords: database
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Quick Reference Sheet for New XPages Developers
Fri, Sep 10th 2010 3:25p Mike McGarel div /divdivAt our MWLUG workshop a few weeks ago, Roy Rumaner and I passed out an XPages tip sheet for new XPages developers. We updated it a bit and hope it helps:/diva href=../../McGarelGramming/resource/QuickRefForXPagesDev.jpg Quick Reference Sheet for New XPages Developers/adiv /divdivFeedback is welcome, either in the comments or via email (mcgarelgramming at gmail.com). br //div [read] Keywords: xpages email
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YellowDay - All our troubles seem so far away
Wed, Aug 11th 2010 1:21p Mike McGarel div style=text-align: center;img alt=YellowDay 2010 image - thank you, Nathan src=http://www.bleedyellow.com/blogs/McGarelGramming/resource/yellowday2010.png //div
p style=margin: 0px; font: 12px Helvetica; min-height: 14px;span style=letter-spacing: 0px;br /br /Today is Yellow Day, when we Loti, in our own special ways, celebrate all manner of Notes/Domino goodness./span/p
p style=margin: 0px; font: 12px Helvetica; min-height: 14px;span style=letter-spacing: 0px;br //span/p
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