Category Archives: Web Site Stuff

I did 13.45ks in the park this morning, making three loops around, including the steep uphill section. Still have a tender toe that I have to be careful with. Tomorrow is a long run day, planned for afternoon. Weather should … Continue reading →

Went to the track this morning and did a fast km, a jog to recover, then another fast one. Planned to do 5 fast ones but the motivation just wasn’t there this morning.

Multi-locale site management with IBM Workplace Web Content Management Learn how to build a suitable multi-locale solution for your Web sites with IBM® Workplace™ Web Content Management. This white paper demonstrates how you can use Workplace Web Content Management to … Continue reading →

Setting up a debug environment for IBM Workplace Web Content Management Set up a debug environment for IBM Workplace Web Content Management 2.0 to develop and test your Web applications with the new Java API. This article uses a WebSphere … Continue reading →

Introducing the WebSphere Portal V6.0 Content API This article introduces the Content API included with IBM® WebSphere® Portal V6. It is for architects and system designers who are interested in building custom applications that use documents and other content stored … Continue reading →

Using the WebSphere Content Model and API in a portlet application This article shows developers how to use the IBM® WebSphere® Portal V6.0 Content API to build custom applications that interact with documents and other content stored in libraries that … Continue reading →

Moving to CSS-based layouts with the YUI Library While initiating a recent project to make substantial changes to an existing Web application, it was decided to dump the table-based layout used in its original design in favor of CSS. We … Continue reading →

Accessing portal content with custom URLs Uniform Resource Identifiers (URIs) play a central role in enabling portal users to navigate among different pieces of content. This part in the series on Leveraging the WebSphere Portal programming model shows how to … Continue reading →

Building composite applications and templates in WebSphere Portal V6 A key element in supporting a services oriented architecture is giving your business analysts the ability to implement complex logic using pre-built components. Enter composite applications, which are now supported in … Continue reading →

Spring Scheduling in WebSphere When building a batch component for a Spring application running on IBM WebSphere I came across a few problems that I found worth sharing. Mostly due to lack of proper and consistent documentation I spent some … Continue reading →

Work Manager for context-based scoping Improved thread performance with the WorkManager API

Converting the WorldClock portlet from the IBM Portlet API to the JSR 168 portlet API This article shows how to convert a portlet that was originally developed for the IBM® WebSphere® Portal proprietary Portlet API to one using the JSR … Continue reading →

Integrating IBM WebSphere Portlet Factory V6.0.1 with IBM WebSphere Portal Document Manager IBM WebSphere Portlet Factory V 6.0.1 provides builders that facilitate creating, retrieving, updating, and deleting content in IBM WebSphere Portal Document Manager. This article describes these new builders … Continue reading →

The portal performance and tuning sweet spot There are a lot of knobs and switches in the WebSphere Portal and Application Server software stack that you can play with in the process of tuning the environment. We provide guidance and … Continue reading →

Introducing the Java Content Repository API With the growing popularity of content management applications, the need for a common, standardized API for content repositories has become apparent. The Content Repository for Java™ Technology API (JSR-170) aims to provide such an … Continue reading →

How do I… Warn a user before they submit a form or follow a link on an HTML page?

Enhancing your portal using Google Gadgets with WebSphere Portal V6.0 Introduction WebSphere Portal V6.0 provides users with personalized and customizable access to information, business processes, and applications. Through WebSphere Portal’s composite application technology, users can create business mashups consisting of … Continue reading →

Leveraging the new Ajax features in IBM WebSphere Portlet Factory V6.0.1 IBM WebSphere Portlet Factory V6.0.1 gives WebSphere developers a toolset to speed their development. Each new version of the product gives you additional builders, many of which are designed … Continue reading →

Retrieving URL parameters from JSR 168 portlets using WebSphere services I recently ran into an interesting problem. I wanted to convert some portlets from the legacy IBM Portlet API to the standard Portlet API 1.0 (JSR 168). These portlets need … Continue reading →

Achieving optimal Authoring performance in v6 of Web Content Management How can you achieve optimal performance for Authoring in Web Content Management version 6? If you do not tune the system, users can experience slow Authoring performance, which can slow … Continue reading →