I've been taking to heart what Chris Toohey and others have said about application UIs and how they can impact what users think of an application platform like Lotus Notes.

Before I roll-out another database based on the drab and lifeless Document Library template, has someone already taken the existing emplate and jazzed it up?  Or created something like a Document Library and made it open source?

I checked OpenNTF but didn't see anything there.  This would be for Notes 8.5 Basic client users.  No web or Standard client users at this time.

1. JP Liggett02/02/2010 04:30:02 PM
Homepage: http://www.JPLiggett.com

A template thats jazzed up and has a web capability would be nice in case its needed in the future, or by mobile clients.

2. Tony Frazier02/02/2010 05:25:00 PM
Homepage: http://www.tonyfrazier.com

The Redbooks Wiki: Building Domino Web Applications using Domino 8.5.1 at { Link } has a section on web enabling an existing Notes client app; they use the Document LIbrary template for the case study. I think there is a download for the finished database. Not sure what it's status is regarding deployment and fit/finish; think it was used to demonstrate XPages development.

3. Steve Castledine02/03/2010 05:31:43 AM
Homepage: http://www.stevecastledine.com

The build doc library template is open sourced here: { Link } there is also an xpage version that the redwiki xpage project produced which will be available shortly.

Team room needs a new face and that is also on openntf as an open source base template. :)