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Subscribe via EmailI don't know about you, but I love the Lotus product wikis - they're becoming treasure troves of useful information voluntarily entered by both IBMers and members of the community. As the 'barrier to entry' of content submission is much lower than with the Lotus Infocenters, more relevant content gets added, kept up to date and modified according to best practice. It's getting to the stage when we would struggle to do without them on most complex projects we take on.
So that said, what's the problem?
I cannot find the blasted things using a memorable URL!
I tend to end up using Google to search for the individual wiki I need, even when I've been there multiple times in the past. 'What's up with using a bookmark?' I hear you ask... Well, like many consultants, I'm very rarely using my own machine as I'm expected to used the PC, VM or remote desktop session that my customer gives me, and so my bookmarks aren't always available. To some extent, IBM doesn't help this as the name of the site isn't as simple as it might be (www-10.lotus.com) and the wiki database names are formatted differently for many of the products.
My solution?
LotusWikis.com
Simply enter LotusWikis.com/'name of the product' and you'll get redirected instantaneously to the appropriate wiki, e.g.:
| LotusWikis.com | the list of all the Lotus/Portal wikis |
| LotusWikis.com/notes | Lotus Notes/Domino wiki |
| LotusWikis.com/domino | Lotus Notes/Domino wiki |
| LotusWikis.com/quickr | Lotus Quickr wiki |
| LotusWikis.com/sametime | Lotus Sametime wiki |
| LotusWikis.com/connections | Lotus Connections wiki |
| LotusWikis.com/symphony | Lotus Symphony wiki |
| LotusWikis.com/designer | Lotus Designer wiki |
| LotusWikis.com/appdev | Lotus Designer wiki |
| LotusWikis.com/lotuslive | LotusLive wiki |
There are more redirects configured than listed above, so most links you try should work... Let me know if you need additional aliases added or that there are Wikis that I've missed.
Hope this helps some of you be more productive when searching for Lotus content - to be honest it's fulfilling a selfish need of my own, but if it helps the community then all the better!
By: Stuart McIntyre | 10 Comments | On: 10 March 2010 11:45:42 | Tags: lotus wikis
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Brilliant! I have the same problem as well, had just figured out going to notes.net, select forums/community, then select wikis would get me there, and I have been using notes.net for years!
Thanks or setting this up!
What a great idea!
Thanks for your feedback folks - much appreciated, and glad you like the idea...
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Impressive page showing the breadth of content that is available, but not exactly a quick route to the content itself, Keith.
The wikis are all listed, you have to scroll down a bit.
Quickest route no, but one IBM supplies.
Have a discussion with Chris toohey about getting that page changed or a similar idea to yours being done from IBM.
They haven't, and despite much pushing over the years, we still dont have standardised URls for the Lotus product pages themselves, e.g.:
Some URLs work through www.lotus.com shortcuts, others dont etc.
Anyway, it wasn't meant to be a criticism of IBM's site. If you'd like to use the domains I've set up, please do. If not, then carry on using the official pages. Horses for courses as we say on this side of the pond ;-)
Great idea Stuart. That's save a whole load of time.
Gareth