Portal, Express Beta Version 6.1 Operating systems: i5/OS, Linux,Windows

Checking the page source for awareness configuration

In a browser, determine whether awareness provided by the Lotus Sametime server and the STLinks applet is properly configured by examining the page source.

When a user logs into IBM^® WebSphere^® Portal Express, the Lotus^® Collaborative Services checks the CSEnvironment.properties file on the WebSphere Portal Express server to see whether IBM Lotus Sametime^® is configured. If it is, Collaborative Services authenticates the user with the Lotus Sametime server, and builds the STLinks applet into the user's browser.

The STLinks applet handles all awareness in WebSphere Portal Express. If a portlet is enabled to show awareness, it sends names to show awareness to STLinks. Then STLinks contacts the Lotus Sametime server directly to determine the user's status (active, away, do not disturb, or not online), and passes this information back to the portlet to display the user's status in the portlet.

If the STLinks applet has loaded properly, information appears in the source of all pages in WebSphere Portal Express.

Perform the following steps:

1. Log into WebSphere Portal Express (with single sign-on enabled, logging into WebSphere Portal Express also authenticates you as a user of the Lotus Sametime server).
2. Select View > Source. If you see the following information in the source, the STLinks applet is loaded:

   <script type="text/javascript" language="Javascript">
   if (typeof writeSTLinksApplet == "function")
   writeSTLinksApplet("uid=wpsadmin,cn=users,o=ibm,c=us", "<token written here>",
   true);
   </script>

If the STLinks applet has not loaded, see the following technote for several tests you can perform to troubleshoot the issue:

Technote 1163790: Troubleshooting Sametime Awareness in WebSphere Portal Express

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