Lotus Rock Star :: Introducing Flippr, the easy way to admin Quickr

Category Flippr
Just weeks after the research & development labs at SNAPPS released PandaBear, we are introducing Flippr (Beta) for Lotus Quickr services for Domino.

While PandaBear is aimed at end users for uploading, downloading and locating files from/to your Quickr server, Flippr is for administrators. The application makes everyday Quickr admin tasks a breeze. Some of the initial functions that you can accomplish with Flippr are:

Lock and unlock places
Create and remove places
Archive places
Add persons and groups to places
Rename person and groups in places

Flippr has a friendly user interface including type-ahead for selecting places, people and/or groups from the server or LDAP directory. It also features three intuitive screens.

On the Commands screen, you get tree-style navigation of the most common QPTool commands. Just double-click, and you're prompted for parameters.
On the XML screen advanced administrators can upload XML commands to the server. This very powerful feature requires knowledge of the Quickr XML API, but we included it for those cases where you need to do something complex.
On the Settings screen, set up your connection to server(s), check for updated versions and check the latest release notes.

Designed on the Adobe Air framework, Flippr runs on Windows, Mac or Linux using the same application code. Just like PandaBear, Flippr features an automatic check for new versions and will download and install new versions with a one click operation.

Flippr is free during beta, and is not time-locked or disabled in any way. Post-beta plans are still under consideration.

To download now with your QuickrTemplates.com ID (a new one takes just a minute), visit

http://flippr.snapps.com

Comments

1 - Very cool.

Will this eventually do every thing the AnyPlace Administrator does?

Posted by Steve Smillie At 01:33:09 PM On 07/02/2009 | - Website - |

2 - Hi Steve,
Not sure yet - we're trying it out with the 14 functions for now and then will see what kind of demand it has...
Appreciate the testing!
-Rob

Posted by Rob Novak At 01:44:11 PM On 07/02/2009 | - Website - |

3 - Looks slick Rob, but I've found a couple of bugs Emoticon

Will not let me create a place unless Local box ticked (why have an option to do it any other way though?)

Once a place is created it is not available for use in any of the Member Management options, although it is accessible via a browser.

More as I find it ... Emoticon

Posted by Ruaridh McDonald At 12:20:29 AM On 07/04/2009 | - Website - |

4 - Thanks Ruaridh, this is why we call it beta! I will share this with Viktor. #1 seems to be a bug, or possibly a configuration thing. #2 might be timing - we are asking the Quickr servlet for the place list, if it doesn't show it then there may be some caching or indexing that needs to occur.

One measure to take is to full text index placecatalog.nsf. It may not be documented but I recommend it anyway.

Posted by Rob Novak At 07:29:59 AM On 07/04/2009 | - Website - |

5 - Cheers Rob, I'll check the placecatalog.nsf for indexing. Took a few hours but can now get into the Place and successfully doing everything that failed at #2.

Very intuitive interface, clean and uncluttered - I like it! Emoticon

Cool icon too!! Emoticon

Posted by Ruaridh McDonald At 11:05:09 AM On 07/04/2009 | - Website - |

6 - great and amazing work ! Emoticon

one function is cruelly missing in QuickR : the possibility to copy/paste a room in a place...

Do you plan to add this function in Flippr ? or perhaps in PandaBear ?

Posted by nrimbo At 05:04:24 AM On 07/08/2009 | - Website - |

7 - Hi Rob,

unfortunately I am still not able to get Flippr working with any of my servers here. It seems not to be the problem that I am using port 8080 for my server as I am unable to get it running with a standard server on port 80 also.

So maybe it is something about my configuration (all servers are configured the same way ... and all my customers could be the same problem I guess..)

If you do have some time, it would be great if you can get it contact with me to check this out.

The main problem seems to be that I am unable to choose any place. As far as I understood there should be some kind of type ahead while typing in the placename but nothing happens here.

Thanks a lot
Michael

Posted by Michael Urspringer At 02:08:55 PM On 07/28/2009 | - Website - |

8 - I've got a problem similar to the one Michael has. If possible, as you gain expertise, would you mind updating your blog with more information? It is extremely helpful and beneficial to me and I'm sure to many other readers.

Posted by Edward At 06:42:21 AM On 12/18/2009 | - Website - |