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UG: Domino Go Webserver at Phoenix OS/2 Society, Oct 14
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Esther Schindler)
Sun Sep 28 10:37:36 1997
To: os2ann.DISCUSS@bloom-picayune.MIT.EDU
Date: 28 Sep 1997 00:19:00 -0400
From: esther@bitranch.com (Esther Schindler)
Reply-To: esther@bitranch.com (Esther Schindler)
Reply-to: esther@bitranch.com (Esther Schindler)
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Getting your business on the Internet
by Esther Schindler
We all use the Internet for email and Web surfing. Now, a growing number of us
are responsible for providing Internet services to others -- and for creating
a Web presence for your (or another) business.
At the Phoenix OS/2 Society's general meeting on Tuesday, October 14, you'll
learn how to create a Web server using Lotus Domino Go Webserver.
A tangled Web
Domino Go Webserver is meant for Web developers, departmental managers, and
Webmasters who need to quickly and easily establish a Web presence to publish
business information.
The server is "buzzword compliant," offering the latest in Web security and
server application support on a wide range of computing platforms. It supports
all the expected Internet standards, including HTTP 1.0 and 1.1, NSAPI, ICAPI
(Internet Connection API), SNMP, CGI, PICS (Platform for Internet Content
Selection), and SSL. Java development support is included, along with servlets
and server-side includes. (Don't worry if you don't know what these mean.
You'll learn, at the meeting.) Tools for analyzing your server's performance
and behavior are built-in, as well as search tools for the site's users.
Domino Go Webserver is available for OS/2, AIX, Windows 95 and Windows NT, Sun
Solaris, HP-UX, and (soon) for OS/400 and OS/390. The same technology is also
available for S/390 mainframes, so you have plenty of room to grow. (Marketing
people call this "massive scalability and the ultimate in performance."
Techies describe this as "you won't have to reinvent the wheel.")
Domino Go Webserver Pro (which costs a couple hundred dollars more) includes
everything in the not-so-Pro version, plus Lotus' BeanMachine for Java and
NetObjects Fusion. These are available only for Windows 95 and Windows NT.
The BeanMachine lets you employ a set of reusable Java parts, called Beans, to
build or enhance Java applets on your Web site. Beans include sound,
animation, image, rollover button, ticker tape, URL link, E-mail link, and
JDBC data access. You can create new JavaBeans or classes, and connect them
with existing code, or parts you create yourself.
NetObjects Fusion lets you control a site's structure, create and maintain
individual pages, and manage the files and other resources of the site.
We won't stop there, however. We'll talk about the issues of creating a
lively, dynamic Web presence for your business -- what makes a Web site work,
and what problems you can avoid.
How cool is this subject? I can't miss this obvious opportunity to point out
that, by the time of the meeting, the Domino Go Webserver FrontRunner (by
Esther Schindler, Bill Schindler, David Moskowitz, Dennis Fowler, and Dirk
Terrell) should be on bookstore shelves.
About our speaker
IBM's Bob Kreigh has his Ph.D. in Experimental Psychology from Texas Tech
University. Bob has been employed as a Human Factors Engineer in various IBM
software development laboratories for the past ten years; he's a Certified
Human Factors Professional and a member of the Human Factors & Ergonomics
Society.
Bob has worked on various software areas, including text editors, GUI
standards (such as CUA), image systems, network management, and Internet
applications. For the past few years, Bob has been working with the IBM
Internet Connection Secure Server team, and more recently the Lotus Domino Go
Webserver team.
As a Human Factors Engineer, Bob's work focuses on "ease of use" issues in the
design of user interfaces. Common activities include: usability requirements
gathering, customer focus groups, GUI design & development, iterative testing,
competitive analysis, and competitive benchmark testing.
When and where
The general meeting will be held at 7:00pm on Tuesday, October 14, at the
Mountain Preserve Reception Center (1431 E Dunlap). The Q&A session begins at
6:30pm; we're certain to reconvene at Coyote Springs afterwards.
The Phoenix OS/2 Society is the world's largest user group devoted to OS/2.
Membership includes a subscription to the award-winning _extended attributes_
magazine, product discounts, and a voice heard all the way to the top at IBM.
More information about the Phoenix OS/2 Society is available at
http://www.possi.org.
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