..:: Your Foxite.COM host ::..
i’d like to give you an update on the future of
foxite.com. as announced late 2004, i’ve been working on a new design and new
features, mostly suggested by our forum members. at that time, the new site was
build around foxisapi.dll (just like the current web site). in february 2005, i
decided to rewrite the entire thing in asp.net because i think asp.net is a much
better tool for building web applications. of course, just as the current site,
the new web app is still using a vfp database with vfp stored procedures and vfp
sql / oledb. in addition to the vfp database, i am using the sql server indexing
services for high speed free text search features and an ms access mdb is used
to power a small part of the web site.
new feature include:
- message rating (to tell the poster
you appreciate his or her solution) - personal favorites
- advanced thread filters (including date
range, author, ‘my threads’ and ‘my favorites’) - high speed free text search engine
- preview window
- printer friendly message reader page
- forum rss feed
- ‘thread alert service’ (receive an alert
by e-mail when somebody responds to your question) - date / time information is automatically
converted to your local time zone - you can build your own personal member page to
publish your resume, hobbies/interests, contact information (skype, msn,
yahoo etc) - integration of foxite community weblog (http://weblogs.foxite.com)
- the site will be running on a brand new
server
when? probably august 2005. if i am
unable to launch in august, you’ll have to wait until october 2005.
here's a couple of screen shots:
forum
http://weblogs.foxite.com//images/weblogs_foxite_com/ericdendoop/119/o_forum.jpg
personal member page
http://weblogs.foxite.com//images/weblogs_foxite_com/ericdendoop/119/o_member.jpg
Hi Eric,
sure looks great. i can’t wait for the launch of the new and my i say "good looking" foxite.com
more power and wishing you all the best.
thanks for everything.
UG UG. Eric – please – don’t swallow the Kool aide ™.
Have you at least tried to implement it on Active FoxPro Pages? There are a few ug’s that have – check out the German UG and have a long talk with Rainer Becker before you make ‘that second swallow’ ..
warmest regards [Bill]
Geee….Foxite.Com power with 50% Visual Foxpro 25% SQL Server 25% MS Access. No offense Sir but isn’t it the FOX identity is compromise. Oh well add ASP.NET too (I wonder what West-Wind might say – cheers to West-Wind when .NET excluded VFP they bridge the gap to make things happen) compared to new Web Dev platforms intentionally made for VFP (AFP 3.0 Rules!). I don’t want to offend anybody but I’m pointing on the different angle on this move and I praised the motives also – to give better service. I love Foxite.Com and I love the people in this community as well as I love Visual Foxpro.
The fact is we liked Foxite.Com because we like Foxpro.
Image + Principles = CREDIBILITY
Re Joel: you couldn’t be more wrong with your numbers. Where did you get these? And why would the FOX identity be compromised? Personally, I think that combining ASP.NET with VFP data as well as VFP code is a huge step forwards.
Good developers like you and me always choose the best tools for the job that needs to be done. Sure I could have used AFPWEB or West-Wind for this job, but after developing web apps with foxisapi and west-wind for over 6 years, I think I can say which tool is best for me a project like this.
I am glad you are such an enthousiastic AFP developer and I really hope you’ll support the VFP/AFP community the same way I continue to support the VFP community with the new website, with new knowledge and a ‘new’ statement: .NET is not the end of VFP.
Eric,
This is great! E-Mail notification is what I was waiting for!
Thanks!
Eric,
These new scrren shots look like we are gonna have a much more user friendly interface on the new site. I can’t wait. Also email notification is a great idea!
Also thanks for the site in the first place, it’s great.