In order to display multiple banners in single spot (and to keep web site from becoming tacky), you will need some sort of client side script that will display first one banner, then the second one etc. This is called banner animator (or even ad animator). In this case, the functionality is written in JavaScript, [...]
In the second part of Custom web forms series I will try to cover import of simple form to Notes database from DXL file. If you wonder how to export a form to DXL, please check Part 1: Exporting Form into DXL.
The one thing that in my opinion always lacked in Lotus Notes was the ability for users without designer access (and much knowledge of HTML) to build their own custom forms. One might argue that it is not that big of a deal and that it would take an experienced developer approximately one hour to [...]
State pattern is probably most used in review cycles. The definition says: State pattern allows an object to appear as it can change its class by altering its behaviour and state. What are you talking about? Well, imagine you are in need to build a bug tracking database. Bug reports in basics have four states. [...]
There are two rules I always respect and usually follow: If a code compiles and seems to work in first try, there is something terribly wrong with it. Never, ever, under no circumstances, move anything in production on Friday. I urge you not to break one of these rules, no matter how confident you feel [...]
When I was assigned to rebuild company’s web site for the second time in 7 or 8 years, I have decided that it is probably the time to implement some modularity to the database. First in line were sidebars. Why? Well, despite “awesome” notes rich text to HTML rendering, web content was always contained in [...]
