blogit: Lotus Domino Server addin-task
_blogit_ is a proof of concept on being able to do XML-RPC from within Lotus Notes and Domino (well, to be honest, not really from "within" as most of the work is done by external libraries). _blogit_ consists of a Notes database, a set of dynamic link libraries (DLL) and optionally a server add-in task which does the brunt of the work.
There are a number of Lotus Notes based blogging tools out there (examples include "OpenNTF":http://www.openntf.org/ "BlogSphere":http://www.openntf.org/Projects/pmt.nsf/ProjectLookup/BlogSphere, Jake Howlett's "Domblog Template":http://codestore.net/store.nsf/unid/EPSD-5GLMNB, and others), but I don't have a host willing to offer Domino-based blogging to me (apart from which, I currently prefer "WordPress":http://www.wordpress.org anyway).
What I do use to a great extent is a Lotus Notes client, which I drag all over the place with me, together with replicas of important databases and documents. Since I travel a great deal and spend lots of time in dubious looking hotel rooms, I wanted to be able to "blog" from Lotus Notes and having those documents (or posts) replicated to my _WordPress_ installation.
Being in the mood, I created a Domino server add-in task which does just that. It retrieves modified documents from an NSF called _blogit.nsf_ and submits them as either new posts or as updated posts to _WordPress_ via the "MetaWeblog API":http://www.xmlrpc.com/metaWeblogApi.
Jan-Piet Mens / IBM Blog Template wrote on 04-Oct-06 at 1:32 pm
[...] The idea of being able to blog from the Notes client is very good, because it allows people to post when offline, having the blog then replicate back to Domino as soon as they are back in the office (or via PassThru if that is available). That was in fact the reason I created blogit, a Domino server add-in task which posts via XML-RPC to my WordPress (or any other compatible) weblog. [...]
Rehan Merchant wrote on 24-Dec-06 at 8:30 pm
Dear Jan-Piet Mens,
One of my clients SEO consultants has requested them to use WordPress and I am facing problems/errors after installing it at http://www.dominodeveloper.net
I searched google for wordpress and domino and reached this article.
What does wordpress do other than being FREE that Lotus Notes cannot do?
Once I know what WordPress does other than just being a blog it will help me create something in Domino itself or use an existing app that is a WordPress equivalent in Domino.
Regards
Rehan
Jan-Piet Mens wrote on 25-Dec-06 at 2:20 pm
Wordpress is a weblog platform. Domino is a groupware system. If your research hasn't told you that, you are going to have a hard time.
Rehan Merchant wrote on 07-Feb-07 at 12:23 am
Sorry I gave you a wrong impression about my Domino Knowledge. Yes I know all about Groupware and why Lotus is KING KONG. I have a feeling that we should be able to do all what wordpress can do but I really dont know how so I wanted to confirm if it was right for me to think this way.
Regards
Rehan