Based on Zephyr, Mailer is a user-friendly mass mail campaign management utility that allows you to create Dear <firstname>-style Email Templates and push Job Documents from click-to-integrate sources like the IBM Lotus Notes Client Personal Address Book or even custom NotesDatabase CRM solutions.

Mailer leverages contact information - with click-to-integrate ease - from your existing systems. You can use Mailer with contact information from your Lotus Notes-based CRM solution or even from your Personal Address Book.

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Having designed the HTML, CSS, and FBML Facebook fan/like pages for not only dominoGuru.com, but also the official IBM LotusKnows and IBM Lotus Technical Information and Education team... the news that Facebook is changing their Fan Page layouts just adds yet another item onto my to do list!

The changes, scheduled to go live August 23rd, 2010, are being shown to Page Admins when they browse to their page:

Get Ready for Your Streamlined Page

Starting August 23, we'll be simplifying your Page to make it easier to browse: 1) Boxes are going away, including the Boxes tab; and 2) All custom tabs will be narrowed to 520 pixels. If you have a custom tab, we recommend you visit your tab now for a preview of how your content fits in the new layout -- please make adjustments as needed. The rest of Facebook will see the old tab width until August 23. Read More

The HTML, CSS, and FBML markup that I used -- of course -- relied on the larger screen real-estate, and as far as I can tell the CSS overflow is set to none... which makes the screen appear cut off, and otherwise looking like crap.

Perhaps this is a good thing, as it gives us all an opportunity to revamp the welcome/default landing pages.

I'll be in talks with the IBM page admins of course to see if they have any ideas, but I'll give you guys first crack at it: what would you like to see on the dominoGuru.com, IBM LotusKnows, and IBM Lotus Technical Information and Education team Fan/Like Pages?

To celebrate YellowDay: From now - 2:00PM Eastern - and for the next 24 hours, it's buy-one-get-one-free time for all dominoGuru.com apps! Simply purchase any of the following applications, email me at ctoohey@dominoguru.com with your get-one-free request, and you get two apps for only $5!

Eligible Applications

Tesla v1.0: IBM Lotus Notes Client App Signer Utility for $1.99!

Tesla, my IBM Lotus Notes App Signer Utility, addresses a simple need: to quickly and securely sign a NotesDatabase Template without the need to access the Domino Admin Client (or the 8.5.2 Domino Designer Client for that matter...).

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Junction Lite v1.0 - Microsoft Excel Import Utility App for the IBM Lotus Notes Client for $5 / Lotus Domino Domain

Junction Lite allows you to create NotesDocuments in a defined target NotesDatabase from data in a Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet.
Each Job Document allows you to define a source Spreadsheet, a target NotesDatabase, and additional @Formula-driven NotesItems that are evaluated at import Runtime.
The idea is simple: Each Row in your Spreadsheet == 1 new NotesDocument in the defined target NotesDatabase!
Junction Lite allows you to import data sourced from Microsoft Access, SQL, or any other spreadsheet-generated data source.
Sales people tracking their leads and customer contacts in Excel? Bring that business-sensitive information into a Lotus Notes application within minutes with Junction Lite!

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Remote Console v1.0 - IBM Lotus Domino Remote Console Command App for your iPhone, BlackBerry, or Web Browser for only $5!

Remote Console is an IBM Lotus Notes Domino Application (for Releases 6.0 and above) that allows you -- the Lotus Domino Administrator -- to create a list of Lotus Domino Console Commands accessible via smartphones (including the iPhone and BlackBerry mobile devices) and web browsers (including Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, and Google Chrome).
You can maintain the list of Console Commands via the Lotus Notes Client application user interface (Admin Client), which gives you the ability to restrict access to individual Server and Command Documents. You can perform Remote Console Commands against defined Domino Servers via the Web Browser or Mobile Device application user interface (User Client).

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Controller API Utility for IBM Lotus Notes Domino - Bring MVC Architecture to your Lotus Notes Apps for only $5

The Controller API Utility allows you to completely maintain application and business logic separate from user interface design, allowing you to evolve the application as needed with minimal code and design maintenance.
The Controller API Utility -- or Controller -- consists of Control Documents that you define, which can conditionally set values of fields (NotesItems) on a document (NotesDocument), or launch an agent from the active Lotus Notes application.
This document will first walk you thru the setup of Controller, and then it's use in your own Lotus Notes apps.

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Each of these applications are licensed per Domino Domain and entitle you to point-release updates for the life of the app (for example v1.0 purchase gets you v1.n updates, etc.).

Happy YellowDay!

This site - dominoGuru.com - runs on IBM Lotus Notes Domino... but you wouldn't know that from the URL. This quick tip highlights the technique of using Domino URL Substitution Rules for domain-specific Internet Site Documents to create cleaner URLs while still maintaining Domino NotesData Domino URL Command functionality.

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Sitting through the blogger IBM debriefing for LotusLive Notes, I couldn't help but listening to the call with my developer ears on.

IBM creating a SaaS messaging solution based on IBM Lotus Notes Domino certainly addresses an SMB market requirements, and the hybrid approach that allows growing organizations to evolve their business based on it's needs.

Need to quickly ramp-up a new Domino server in the cloud that's a part of your existing infrastructure? LotusLive Notes (or LLN) is a great solution, especially for the price.

LotusLive Notes is an offering that's meant to -- from what I gathered -- compliment your existing Lotus Notes Domino solution, or allow a 25+ new Lotus Notes Domino customer to quickly ramp-up a no-fuss Domino solution, and get your teams using the messaging, calendaring, and task management capabilities of the standard Domino mail template.

...but again, I couldn't help but listen with my developer ears, and specifically my platform developer ears.

As a result, there was a big take-away for me...

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