If you work with Oracle Weblogic Server(WLS) in an enterprise environment, then you likely have many managed servers, clusters, applications, and services that you have to keep an eye on. The clusters and instances in a Weblogic domain add to the complexity of the application infrastructure. So how is a Weblogic administrator supposed to keep track of the various applications and services running across several different domains and servers? Currently, there are a few known existing resources and/or tools available that would be able to assist with monitoring as well as proactively...
Thawing a Frozen Publisher Explorer
Recently a client came to me with a problem where Publisher Explorer was freezing up on them while they were attempting to edit a particular content item. The first thing that we tried was to copy the content item to see if the copy was still behaving badly. It was and the copy of the content item was also causing Publisher Explorer to freeze (we copied the problem over as well...um duh?). While tinkering, I did notice that the content item would open just fine and that you could scroll up and down without issue, that is until you focused on a particular field. In this case it was "body...
Ext GWT Basics
Over the past couple months, I have had the opportunity to have somewhat of a crash course in Ext GWT while helping to develop Function1’s new product FormBuilder. Thus, I thought it prudent to write about some of the basics of Ext GWT and pass on the knowledge.
As you all may know, GWT (Google Web Toolkit) allows you to write code for AJAX web applications in Java, and then compile your code into Javascript. “Sencha” Ext GWT takes that to the next level, and many components of FormBuilder take advantage of Ext GWT advanced features, such as high-performance widgets,...
Product Announcement: Collab Explorer 1.0 Released
Hi all,
Please pardon the interruption in our blog posts for the past month. It's not that we didn't have anything to write about, but wanted to focus on delivering some important Function1 products. As usual, at Function1, we are always looking for ways to improve the user experience for our customers. And today, we are staying on course with that mantra with the release of our Collab Explorer product for customers using Oracle WebCenter Collaboration. This product is essentially a portlet which...
Have you seen Watcher?
So you, the Plumtree / AquaLogic / WebCenter admin, get a call from a user indicating that Collab email notifications are not being sent (a plausible symptom that the Collab Notification service is in "stopped" status), or that Publisher is not responding (an indication that the Publisher service might also be down),...