Syncing your Notes Contacts to Lotus Bluehouse
Tags :Lotus Bluehouse Domino 8
This has a good side and bad side (as usual with me to point out). First, here are the steps required to allow you to sync your Notes contacts up to Lotus Bluehouse:
I want to install sync for Lotus Notes 8. What do I do?
Perform the following instructions on the workstation where you have Lotus Notes installed.
1. Using a text editor, open the following file: [Notes Install Directory]\framework\rcp\plugin_customization.ini The [Notes Install Directory] is usually C:\Program Files\IBM\Lotus\Notes
2. Perform one of the following steps:
* If the following line is not present, then add it to the end of the file: com.ibm.notes.branding/enable.update.ui=true
* If the line is present, make sure that the value is equal to true.
3. Save the file and close your text editor.
4. Stop and restart Lotus Notes, if it is running.
Next, go Lotus Notes and perform the following instructions.
1. Select File > Application > Install. The Features Update box displays.
2. Select Search for new features to install, and then click Next. The Application Location box displays.
3. Click the Add Remote Location... button, and then add the following:
* Name: Bluehouse Updates
* URL: http://bluehouse.lotus.com/install/notes_plugin_install/site.xml
4. Click OK to continue. Bluehouse Updates displays in the list of locations.
5. Click Finish and a new window displays.
6. Select the check box for Bluehouse Updates, and click Next.
7. To continue, you must accept the license agreement, and click Next.
8. Click Finish. If a window displays about trusted signers, you must select Install this plug-in and OK to continue.
9. Select Yes when a message to restart Lotus Notes displays.
The good news is now I can move my address book up to the Saas solution to do more online work with customers and partners. They also offer this for Outlook and an imported CSV file. Big steps to move you to Saas
The bad news, no user should have the instructions to unlock the ability for them to do an Eclipse update. The idea is to centrally control this ability. The instructions should be for administrators to create a widget to include this update and push it to the right users. Lotus needs to address that issue. It is fine for beta users, bit not for production environments. How about a simple account in your personal address book that I provide credentials to Bluehouse to push contacts up?
blog comments powered by Disqus
On Wednesday, October 8th, 2008 by Chris Miller
