Fw: Frequently used technotes and tutorials for Websphere Portal Server - October 13th 2005

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Frequently used technotes and tutorials for Websphere Portal Server - 
October 13th 2005






This note contains links (URLs) to recently published or updated technical 
support documents (technotes) which answer frequently asked questions 
(FAQs) regarding IBM Websphere Portal Server for Multiplatforms, as well 
as recently published or updated tutorials regarding the Websphere Portal 
Server.

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This list of links can also be found in a Knowledge Collection (
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=688&uid=swg27006531), which we 
encourage you to bookmark because we update the collection periodically. 
The Knowledge Collection also contains links to previously distributed FAQ 
Responses.

Technotes and DeveloperWorks articles:

Title: A step by step guide to configuring a WebSphere Portal V5.1 cluster 
using WebSphere Application Server V5.1.1.1
(Step through building a fully-functional WebSphere Portal V5.1 cluster 
using an external database and an LDAP for security. Also, configure a Web 
server for load balancing)
Link: 
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/websphere/library/techarticles/0509_dancy/0509_dancy.html


Title: Best practices for developing portlets using JSR 168 and WebSphere 
Portal V5.02 (Recently updated)
Link: 
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/websphere/library/techarticles/0403_hepper/0403_hepper.html


Title: What are the Common PIM Portlets in WebSphere Portal 5.1.x?
Link: http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=463&uid=swg21191453

Title: Fix required in order to run Common PIM Portlets with WP 
5.1.0.1/5.1.0.2 and Domino 6.5.4
Link: http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=463&uid=swg21206948

Title: Is performance tuning of caches possible for the Common Mail 
Portlet?
Link: http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=463&uid=swg21199570

Title: WebSphere Portal 5.1 Cumulative Fix 2
Link: http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=463&uid=swg24010518

Title: Required efixes for WebSphere Application Server and Websphere 
Business Integration Server Foundation when installing WebSphere Portal 
Versions 5.1.0.x
Link: http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=463&uid=swg21210966

Title: How to configure SSO between WebSphere Portal and Lotus Instant 
Messaging when each use a different LDAP directory
Link: http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=463&uid=swg21205909

Title: How to configure SSO between WebSphere Portal and Team Workplace 
when each use a different LDAP directory
Link: http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=463&uid=swg21205905

Tutorials:

Please consider forwarding these links to colleagues, who may benefit from 
these tutorials.

Title: Configuration and deployment options for IBM DB2 Content Manager 
Portlets V8.3
(Learn how to configure and deploy the IBM DB2 CM Portlets)
Link: 
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/edu/dm-dw-dm-0509minnaert-i.html?S_TACT=105AGX10&S_CMP=HP


Title: Creating and deploying a portlet service for IBM and JSR168 
portlets
(Make portlet applications flexible and maintainable with widely 
accessible portlet services)
Link: 
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/websphere/library/tutorials/0509_chen/0509_chen_reg.html?S_TACT=105AGX10&S_CMP=PORT


Title: Implementing JSR 168 inter-portlet communication using Rational 
Application Developer v6.0 and Websphere Portal v5.1
(Create JSR 168 compliant cooperative portlets, passing multiple values 
between them)
Link: 
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/websphere/library/tutorials/0509_saddal/0509_saddal_reg.html


Please consider providing us feedback on each of the technotes and 
tutorials above. Every IBM technote and tutorial referenced here has a 
Rate This Page section at the bottom that you can use to tell us whether 
the material meets your needs. Please mention "FAQ mailing" in the 
comments field, and please include suggestions for additional content, 
which would be helpful to you, but which you have not been able to find 
while searching on our web site.
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Here are some other ways that you can access Websphere Portal self-help 
support information on the Web:

1. Register for My Support, which allows you to build a custom portal of 
support information and to subscribe to email notifications for new 
technotes regarding your product:
(This is a great service. Tens of thousands of customers have signed up 
already)
http://www.ibm.com/software/support/einfo.html to learn more.

2. Visit the IBM Websphere Portal product support page at:
http://www.ibm.com/software/genservers/portal/support/

3. Participate in the user-to-user IBM Websphere Portal forum at:
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/forums/dw_forum.jsp?forum=168&cat=9

4. Access IBM Websphere Portal Product Documentation, Release Notes, White 
Papers, Redbooks, etc at:
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/views/websphere/library.jsp

5. Access the IBM Websphere Portal DeveloperWorks page for downloads, 
learning resources and more:
http://www.ibm.com/support/dlsearch.wss?rs=499&lang=en&loc=en_US&r=10&cs=utf-8&rankfile=0&cc=&spc=&stc=&apar=exclude&q1=websphere&dc=D400&atrn=SWPlatform&atrv=all&tc=SWH30&go.x=7&go.y=10


6. Determine what problems are fixed in each release by viewing the IBM 
Websphere Portal Fix List database:
http://www.ibm.com/support/dlsearch.wss?rs=493&lang=en&loc=en_US&r=10&cs=utf-8&rankfile=0&cc=&spc=&stc=&apar=exclude&q1=websphere&dc=D400&atrn=SWPlatform&atrv=all&tc=SWH30&go.x=11&go.y=9


7. Subscribe to the Lotus Collaborative Portlets support RSS feed:
http://www.ibm.com/software/support/rss/lotus/296.xml?rss=s296&ca=rsslotus
For help with RSS and for links to all the Lotus software RSS feeds, 
including the feed for the Lotus Collaborative Portlets, visit the URL 
above.

Kind regards,

The IBM Websphere Portal Server team