Who Is Here V5.1

The Who Is Here V5.1 portlet displays an inline list of people in the page or virtual page with whom the user is able to chat. Instances of this portlet appear on pages of the Collaboration Center.

For information about working with the Who Is Here portlet, see the Help that is available from the portlet title bar.

 

Using the Who Is Here portlet

The Who Is Here portlet displays information from a Lotus Instant Messaging server that is set up to work with WebSphere Portal.

Note: Avoid adding Who Is Here to a page if you think that more than 200 users will regularly visit the page.

 

Portlet security

Users must have the appropriate access to the Lotus Instant Messaging server that has been set up for use with Lotus Collaborative Services. Collaborative Services logs the user into Lotus Instant Messaging, so a user does not have to enter a name and password.

 

Test assumptions

The Who Is Here portlet has been tested on and is compatible with all supported WebSphere Portal platforms, as listed in Supported hardware and software.

 

Set up the Who Is Here portlet

For Who Is Here, make sure your WebSphere Portal environment meets the following client and server requirements.

 

Client requirements

This portlet supports browsers and devices capable of rendering HTML markup. The following table provides detailed information.

Minimum requirements for HTML
Markup level
HTML 4.01 Transitional
Java applet
1.1 applets
JavaScript
1.20
<iframe>
No
Style sheets
Portal styles only
Software
This portlet has been tested on the following browsers:

  • Internet Explorer V6.0 with the following Java software:

    • Sun JVM 1.4.1
    • IBM JDK 1.4.1 or IBM JDK/JRE 1.4.1
    • Microsoft JVM 1.1.8

  • Mozilla 1.41 on Linux with the following Java software:

    • Sun JVM 1.4.1

Accessibility
Yes

 

Server requirements

The Who Is Here portlet displays information from a Domino back-end server that is configured to work with Collaborative Services in the portal and that is running Lotus Instant Messaging and Web Conferencing.

The portlet is compatible with the following versions of Domino:

  • 6.5.1, 6.5.2, and 6.5.3
  • 5.012

The portlet is compatible with the following versions of Lotus Instant Messaging and Web Conferencing (previously known as Sametime):

  • 6.5.1
  • 3.0 and 3.1 (3.1 requires Domino 5.0.12)

As portal administrator, configure the Lotus Instant Messaging and Web Conferencing back-end server after the installation of Collaborative Services, if the server is not already configured. See See also.

Note: You are also responsible for restarting the Lotus Instant Messaging and Web Conferencing server and then the portal server if users report seeing the following error in the Who Is Here portlet: 

Sorry, Sametime is either not enabled in the portal, or the Sametime server is unavailable

 

Deployment/Installation

This portlet is installed automatically as part of WebSphere Portal installation.

Note: This portlet is not supported as a remote WSRP service.

For information about Lotus Instant Messaging installation, see Planning for collaboration and Installing IBM Lotus Instant Messaging and Web Conferencing under See also.

 

Configuration parameters

There are no configuration parameters for this portlet.

 

See also

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