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We invite you to join the Lotus virtual communities via the resources listed on this page. You can discuss Lotus and related products with your peers, expand your understanding of these products, and create connections with others.

Join our public discussion forums, where the Lotus community meets to talk about Lotus software. You are welcome to read all our forums. To participate in some forums, you need to complete our free registration form to get a developerWorks Lotus user name and password. (If you have previously registered on Notes.net/Lotus Developer Domain, that is the user name and password to use here.) Other forums require an IBM ID to participate.

NOTE: RSS feeds on this page are all forum posts. Additional RSS feeds may be available from the forum. Also refer to the Lotus community RSS feeds tab.

Forum name	Feed	ID / registration to participate
IBM Mashup Center This forum is for discussions about IBM® Mashup Center, which includes Lotus® Mashups and InfoSphere™ MashupHub. Topics include getting started, best practices, and general use of the product, such as how to create feeds and widgets, and how to wire them together into new mashup pages.		IBM ID
Notes/Domino 8.5 This forum is for installers, developers, architects, and administrators and the IBM Lotus Notes® and iNotes® 8.5 clients, Domino® 8.5 server and other members of the Notes product family. Topic areas include administration, DAOS, ID Vault, security and the integrated Lotus Symphony productivity editors.		Lotus registration
Notes/Domino 8 This forum is for installers, developers, architects, and administrators and the IBM® Lotus Notes® 8 client, Domino® 8 server and other members of the Notes product family. Topic areas include Activities, composite applications, DAMO, DWA, and the integrated productivity editors.		Lotus registration
Notes/Domino 6 & 7 This forum is for installers, developers, architects, and administrators and the IBM® Lotus Notes® 6 & 7 clients, Domino® 6 & 7 server and other members of the Notes product family. Categories include application development, Common PIM Portlets, Domino Designer, Domino Everyplace, DWA, and toolkits.		Lotus registration
Notes/Domino 4 & 5 This forum is for installers, developers, architects, administrators and users of the IBM® Lotus Notes® 4 & 5 clients, Domino® 4 & 5 server and other members of the Notes product family.		Lotus registration
Lotus ActiveInsight and WebSphere Dashboard Framework This forum is for Lotus ActiveInsight and WebSphere Dashboard Framework Builders, including Summary and Drill Down, Record List and Detail, Status Indicator, filtering Builders, and Web charts. This forum features an updated Lotus Domino XPages design. Although the original developerWorks forum is closed to new posts, it will remain available online for reference.		Lotus registration
Lotus Component Designer Discussion topics in this forum related to Lotus Component Designer include data connections, deployment, installation, JavaScript and the user interface.		Lotus registration
Lotus Connections Discussion topics in this forum related to all releases of Lotus Connections include Activities, Blogs, Communities, Dogear, Profiles, installation and administration.		Lotus registration
Lotus Domino Document Manager (Domino.Doc) Discussion topics in this forum related to Domino.Doc include administration, deployment, development, document migration, integration with Lotus Workflow, Extended Products Portlets, and Lotus Records Manager.		Lotus registration
Lotus e-Learning This forum is for Lotus learning products, including the Learning Management System, LearningSpace, Virtual Classroom, and Workplace Collaborative Learning. Topics include administration, deployment, customization, and migration.		Lotus registration
Lotus Enterprise Integrator Discussion topics in this forum related to Lotus Enterprise Integrator for Domino include ESB, Domino Enterprise Connection Services (DECS), Connector for Notes, Connector for DB2, Connector for ODBC, Connector for SAP Solutions, Connector for Sybase, PeopleSoft Connector, and Oracle Applications Connector		Lotus registration
Lotus Expeditor This forum is for installers, developers, architects, and administrators of Lotus Expeditor. Topics include administration, application development, client for desktop, client for devices, deployment, installation, and the toolkit.		Lotus registration
Lotus Forms This forum is for discussions about IBM Lotus Forms, including Lotus Forms Designer, Lotus Forms Viewer, and Lotus Forms Turbo. This forum features an updated Lotus Domino XPages design. Although the original developerWorks forum is closed to new posts, it will remain available online for reference.		Lotus registration
Lotus Forms Feature Beta This forum is for discussions about the IBM Lotus Forms 3.5 Feature Beta, a web-based solution that makes it easy for line of business users to create, publish and route electronic forms, and perform basic analysis of data submitted via the Web.		IBM ID
Lotus Foundations Discussion topics in this forum related to Lotus Foundations include administration, deployment, and installation.		Lotus registration
Lotus Labs Discussion topics in this forum are related to the pilots, projects and programs listed in the Lotus Labs area of our site.		Lotus registration
LotusLive Notes Discussion topics in this forum for LotusLive Notes include activities, administration, file sharing, instant messaging, the Notes web client and plug-ins. (This forum uses an updated Lotus Domino XPages design.)		Lotus registration
LotusLive Meetings Discussion topics in this forum for LotusLive Meetings include How To/Getting Started, account and conference management, file publishing, application sharing, recording, and audiocast/videocast.		Lotus registration
Lotus Mobile Connect Discussion topics in this forum for Lotus Mobile Connect include administration, Connection Manager, deployment, devices, Gatekeeper, installation, client, and security.		Lotus registration
Lotus Protector This forum is for discussions about the trial versions of the Lotus Protector products.		Lotus registration
Lotus Quickr Discussion topics in the Lotus Quickr (and QuickPlace) forum include administration, application development, blogs, calendar, connectors, content libraries, Domino repository, forms, forums, Java repository, portlets, PlaceBots, PlaceTypes, QPTool, Team places, templates, and wikis.		Lotus registration
Lotus Quickr integration with IBM ECM Share questions, thoughts, and ideas about IBM ECM Services for Lotus Quickr. IBM ECM Services for Lotus Quickr leverages Lotus Quickr technologies to provide integration between your desktop applications and ECM repositories. IBM ECM Services include IBM Content Manager Services for Lotus Quickr and IBM FileNet Services for Lotus Quickr.		IBM ID
Lotus Sametime Discussion topics in this forum for the Lotus Sametime family of products include applications development, administration, toolkits, Sametime Advanced, client, Sametime Enterprise Meeting Server, Sametime Entry, Sametime Mobile, Sametime Gateway, Sametime Standard, server, and usability issues.		Lotus registration
Lotus Sametime Unyte Events Discussion topics in this forum for Lotus Sametime Unyte Events include How To/Getting Started, account and conference management, file publishing, application sharing, recording, and audiocast/videocast.		Lotus registration
Lotus Sametime Unyte Share Discussion topics in this forum for Lotus Sametime Unyte Share include How To/Getting Started, account and conference management, file publishing, application sharing, recording, and audiocast/videocast.		Lotus registration
Lotus SmartSuite Discussion topics in the Lotus SmartSuite forum include each product area: 1-2-3, Approach, FastSite, Freelance, Organizer, ScreenCam, and WordPro.		Lotus registration
Lotus Symphony Join the Lotus Symphony support forums to request a new feature, look for answers to issues, or post your own question. Share your experience and to help others like you.		N/A
Lotus Symphony Developer Toolkit The Lotus Symphony Developer Toolkit forums are for developers looking for support creating plug-ins. Topics include troubleshooting, hints and tips.		N/A
Lotus Web Content Management This discussion forum is for both the Domino and Java editions of Lotus Web Content Management. This forum features an updated Lotus Domino XPages design. Although the original developerWorks forum is closed to new posts, it will remain available online for reference.		Lotus registration
Lotus Widget Factory This forum is for developer discussions about IBM Lotus Widget Factory topics including getting started, best practices and general use. This includes setting up your deployment environment, configuring related products and guidance on which builders to use and how to combine builders to achieve desired functional behavior for data integration and user interface components. This forum features an updated Lotus Domino XPages design. Although the original developerWorks forum is closed to new posts, it will remain available online for reference.		Lotus registration
Lotus Workflow Discussion topics in this forum for Lotus Workflow include converting existing workflows, installation, deployment, integration with Domino Document Manager, Lotus Workplace Application Database, Lotus Workflow Architect, Workflow Engine, Workflow Organization Directory Database, Workflow Viewer, and the Lotus Workplace Web Viewer.		Lotus registration
Lotus Workforce Management This forum is for questions and discussions related to Lotus Workforce Management, including comments and question on features, functions, defects or other issues. This forum features an updated Lotus Domino XPages design. Although the original developerWorks forum is closed to new posts, it will remain available online for reference.		Lotus registration
WebSphere Portal This forum mirrors the ibm.software.websphere.portal-server newsgroup. Join this forum to discuss WebSphere Portal and Portal Express, including installation, configuration, development, administration and use.		IBM ID
WebSphere Portal Beta This discussion forum is for the beta version of WebSphere Portal. Join this forum to discuss the beta, including installation, configuration, development, administration and use.		IBM ID
WebSphere Portal on Z This forum is for installers, developers, architects, and administrators of Websphere Portal on Z implementations. Discussion topics include issues that might be unique to the z/OS platform.		IBM ID
WebSphere Portal on i5/OS This forum is for installers, developers, architects, and administrators of Websphere Portal on i5/OS implementations. Discussion topics include issues that might be unique to the i5/OS platform.		IBM ID
WebSphere Portal and Portlet Development This forum is dedicated to WebSphere Portal and portlet developers.		IBM ID
WebSphere Portal Integration with Lotus Products This forum is for discussing various options and techniques used to integrate Lotus Domino and WebSphere Portal. Forum questions cover various Lotus products—such as Lotus Domino, Lotus Quickr, and Lotus Sametime—and their ability to be re-used within WebSphere Portal. The forum can serve as a starting point for administrators and developers who want to surface Lotus Domino within WebSphere Portal.		IBM ID
WebSphere Portlet Factory These forums are for developer discussions about installation, configuration, deployment, best practices, Web Services and XML schema and the Lotus Collaboration, PeopleSoft, SAP and Siebel extensions.		IBM ID

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