Create the Desktop Settings document and then use the Basics tab to specify general options for users of the policy, including options for homepage/welcome page, location, server, mail template information, calendaring and scheduling, and menus.

Procedure

1. From the Domino® Administrator, click the People & Groups tab, and open the Settings view.

2. Click Add Settings and then choose Desktop.

3. On the Basics tab, complete the following fields:

• Name -- Enter a name that identifies the users of settings.
• Description -- Enter a description of the settings.

Table 1. Homepage/Welcome Page Options fields and actions

Field	Action
Corporate Welcome Pages database	Add the database link to the database containing custom welcome pages and/or custom My Work pages.
Default Welcome page	Do one: Select the welcome page that users see when they start Notes®. Select Workplace if you want users to see and use the My Work Welcome page for Notes instead of a default or custom Welcome page. Select No default Welcome Page if there is no default welcome page. (default)
Home page selection	Choose this option if you want to prohibit users from choosing their own home page. If you check this check box, users cannot change the welcome page or the My Work page to anything other than what is defined in the policy.

Table 2. Discover Page Options and Actions

Field	Action
Discover Page	Choose to set the Discover Page as the home page, or not to display it.
First tab shown	If you chose to display the Discover page, choose which Discover Page tab displays first: What's New For new users Hints and tips Quick Links
Links to external content	If users are not allow to access external links, select Hide.
Video Links	Specify whether to show or hide video links. You can also specify that video links should be internal, not external, links.
Quick Links tab	Specify links to applications that appear on the Quick Links tab of the Discover Page.

7. Optional: Enable Instant Messaging Provider to enable HCL Sametime® instant messaging.

8. Under Server Options, complete the following fields:

Table 3. Server options fields and actions

Field	Action
Catalog/Domain Search server	Choose the name of the server used for domain searches.
Domino Directory server	Enter the name of the server whose Domino Directory you want users to use.
HCL Instant Messaging server	Enter the name of the server used to connect to Instant Messaging.

Table 4. Mail Template Information fields and actions

Field	Action
Prompt user before upgrading mail file	Do one: Check Yes to inform users before upgrading their mail files. This option allows users to defer the upgrade. Uncheck (default) to upgrade without notification.
Old design template name for your mail files	The default asterisk (*) uses any mail template. Enter the name of the current template you are using.
If Running This Version Of Notes: Use This Mail Template	Enter the build version of the Notes client. Do not include the date, but do include all of the text before the date. To upgrade all versions, use an asterisk (*). Enter the file name of the mail template to be used for the specified version of Notes.
Ignore 200 category limit	By default the number of folders created during conversion is limited to 200 folders. Do one: Check Yes to override that limit and create as many folders as necessary (default). Uncheck to enforce the limit.
Mail file to be used by IMAP mail clients	Do one: Check if mail file will be used by an IMAP mail client. Uncheck if IMAP will not be used (default).
Upgrade the design of custom folders	The conversion does not upgrade private folders automatically. Do one: Check Yes to include custom folders in the design upgrade (default). Uncheck to exclude custom folders in the design upgrade.
Prompt before upgrading folder design	Do one: Check Yes to inform users before upgrading their mail folder design. Allows users to defer the upgrade. Uncheck (default) to upgrade folder design without notifying users.
Notify these administrators of mail upgrade status	If you chose to notify users before upgrading, enter the names of administrators who should receive mail upgrade status information.

Table 5. Browser options fields and actions

Field	Action
When clicking on a link in the Standard client, use the browser:	Select set as default for this operating system or embedded in this client. The default honors the setting the user has already made. Note: The embedded browser is also sometimes called the Notes native browser.
Default Web search engine	Specify the Web search engine to be used for Web searches.
Internet browser	Specify the internet browser to use for rendering external emails and linked web pages.

12. If your organization does not use the widget catalog, under Provisioning, you can enable the Eclipse update manager user interface by selecting Enable for Allow user initiated updates.

Note: The widgets catalog supersedes the Eclipse update manager method and is recommended.

Table 6. Menus fields and actions

Field	Action
Display Advanced menus in the client	Click Yes to display the Advanced Menus option on the View menu in the Notes client. Notes users can then specify whether to display Advanced Menu items. If you do not want users to see or use the Advanced Menus option, leave this check box blank.
Open list/Launcher	Choose one: Open button - To set the Open button to display when a user opens the Notes Client. The Open button opens a list of user bookmarks when the user opens the Notes client. Docked as a bookmark bar - To set the "docked" list of user bookmarks as the default when the user opens the Notes client. The Notes user does not have to click Open to see their bookmarks.

15. Under Contacts, complete the following fields:

Table 7. Contacts fields and actions

Field	Action
Enable "Synchronize Contacts" on the Replicator	Select Yes to enable this Replication item for users of the policy. For client users who store contacts in their mail file, synchronizing contacts automatically through replication keeps the contacts in sync with contacts in the local mail file.
Mark new contacts as private by default	Select Yes so that new contacts that end users create are private entries. This setting is useful for client users who delegate access to their mail and contacts, and want to maintain a set of private contact names.
Do not automatically add names to the Recent Contacts view	When the Recent Contacts view grows too long, client users may see a message warning them that contacts have exceeded 500 names. The default setting of Yes prevents population of the list. Select No to allow the list to be populated.

Parent topic: Creating a Desktop Settings document
Next topic: Specifying Smart Upgrade settings for a desktop policy

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Custom welcome page deployment
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