What I am trying to do is simulate a Blog within the Notes client–that is, viewed by a Notes client, not a browser.It would be a very basic blog–nothing elaborate.
My idea was to create a main form which contains the main topic. A person would create the main topic with his/her comments. Users can then view the main topic and post their responses/comments, which are stored as response documents.
In the main view, only the main topic documents will show up. When a user opens the main topic document, the responses (including author, time, body text) are computed, formatted and shown at the bottom of the document.
I am trying to create a Notes form, with the responses as HTML. I want to use HTML so I can apply basic formatting (bold font, perhaps a table to contain the responses). I know how to generate HTML from the response documents with LotusScript within the main doc, however the HTML doesn’t render, it just appears as the HTML code.
If I use a Rich Text item, it won’t display unless the document is saved.
I can get what I want using just plain text, but I would like to add some formatting to the text.
My other idea was to save the responses within the main document (as rich text) when the user saves the response, instead of using response documents.
I want to do something very basic, as I don’t think this internal Blog will get much traffic.
Any ideas, suggestions from your own experience? Thanks in advance.