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
full size image here:
http://weblogs.foxite.com//images/weblogs_foxite_com/ericdendoop/119/o_forum.jpg
Personal Member Page
full size image here:
http://weblogs.foxite.com//images/weblogs_foxite_com/ericdendoop/119/o_member.jpg