Web Deveopment

I need to start developing and converting existing database to work on the web. I’ve been reading a lot and playing around a little. But have some questions?

I know that an existing database may not work properly, but you should probably be able to open it and see what does and doesn’t work. But how do I get started? Do we have to enable HTML on the Domino server? Do we need to install a web server? Or is Domino already the web server and it just needs some settings modified?

And what about my development pc? Do I need a personal web server on it? I can preview a database in a web brower, but I can’t create a document or anything? But I can modify the address to open an existing database on my local, but I can’t really do anything but view pages. What am I missing? And sometimes Notes wants me to log in, but I don’t know what id\password it wants. I’ve tried my Notes log in and my network log in, but neither seems to be what it’s looking for. Is this because I need a personal web server? Or because I’m using preview mode?

And how do you enter addresses to navigate to a Notes database using a browser? When I preview in a web browser, Notes usings //localhost/ etc.

Once I have that, I can change the info after localhost and open a database on my development pc. But if I type in a path manually, I get a page not found. What is Notes storing in localhost?

Sorry about all the questions, but I’d really like to learn. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.

Subject: Web Deveopment

First of all you need to make sure you are running the HTTP task on the server. Do a “SHOW TASKS” command on the server console to see if it is already running. If not, you can load it by typing “LOAD HTTP”. If you want it to run all the time, then add HTTP to the list of tasks in the “ServerTasks=” parameter in the server’s NOTES.INI

You will probably not need to run a server on your development PC. You can get away with highlighting a design element in Designer and selecting the “Design, Preview in Web Browser” command. Or in the Notes client, go to a view and select the command “Actions, Preview in Web Browser”

You should edit your Person document in the server address book (Domino Directory). Give yourself a HTTP Password. You can also give yourself a short name which can also be used as your login.

As for addresses, you should ask an admin person to help you set this up. The typical address format is:

http:////?

e.g.

http://FinanceServer/Expenses.nsf/ExpenseClaim?OpenForm

Subject: You should check out the TLCC course on Domino web development

Howard