John Lewell

COAST Software Inc. will introduce this week at Mecklermedia’s Internet World Canada in Toronto WebMaster 3.0, the latest version of its Web site management software. This release is targeted at corporate Web and intranet site administrators. COAST WebMaster 3.0 can be used to identify the differences between Web sites, and is able to map and […]

FutureTense Inc. this week released the latest version of its Internet Publishing System (IPS). IPS is designed to allow developers to control the whole range of Web site production, including the design, development, management, and delivery of content. The product is geared toward larger Web sites, online newspapers, and magazines. FutureTense designed the Internet Publishing […]

Prime-Web’s Ted O’Neill yesterday released a new version of his Ultimate BB, or UBB system. UBB 3.0 is being used on sites to allow interactivity and to create a sense of community among visitors. The bulletin board system is full-featured, customizable, and, best yet, it’s free. Ted O’Neill (ted@prime-web.com), Director of Digital Media at Prospect […]

Microsoft this week previewed and released the beta of its new technology for server-side scripting. The technology enables developers to create server-side scripting components known as server scriptlets. The preview was presented to developers in order to receive feedback that they can incorporate into future versions. Server scriptlets are defined as reusable COM components that […]

Interwoven today announced OpenDeploy, its full-featured deployment solution for large-scale Web sites. OpenDeploy is designed to securely transport Web content from the development environment to a site’s production servers, which may include servers at external locations. It may be used as a stand-alone deployment solution, or as a component of Interwoven’s TeamSite Web site production […]

Microsoft Corp. introduced the newest version of the Microsoft Visual InterDev Web development system, the leading team-based development tool for rapidly building data-driven Web applications. A prerelease version–scheduled to be available in the second quarter of 1998–will give developers the opportunity to explore key new features and begin building applications for the latest Microsoft Web […]

BulletProof Corp. today announced its new Development Contract, a service for aiding Java developers of all skill levels to create applications using BulletProof’s JDesigrerPro Java development system. The BulletProof Development Contract could be a valuable service for developers with limited resources that are looking to deploy intranet applications. By essentially having a professional design team […]

The VRML Consortium announced this week that they have given their approval to the VRML97 specification, also known as ISO/IEC 14772. The VRML97 specification was first published in December 1997 by ISO/IEC, which was working at the time with the VRML Consortium. VRML attained a state of international endorsement as an ISO/IEC standard. It is […]

Microsoft, QUALCOMM, and Lotus today announced the acknowledgment by the World Wide Web Consortium of their HTML Threading Proposal. The proposal details how Extensible Markup Language (XML) may be utilized by developers to enable the data-rich features in HTML e-mail software. The HTML Threading Proposal was previously submitted to the W3C for consideration as an […]

WebPromote today announced that Netscape has taken note of its META Tag Builder tool, and has included a link to the tool in the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) page of the popular Netscape Search site. The META Tag Builder is a free utility that Web developers use to quickly, easily, and automatically add META keyword, […]

Oracle Corp. and Wallop Software this week announced a bundling agreement that integrates Wallop Build-IT for the Enterprise v2.5–a collaborative “workbench” used to build and maintain Web sites–with Oracle Application Server 4.0. By including Build-IT with the Oracle Application Server, Oracle is providing customers with a powerful solution that offers a collaborative means for developing […]

NetObjects Inc. today unveiled NetObjects Fusion 3.0 for Windows 95/NT, the latest version of its award-winning Web site building software, which includes more than 150 new features and enhancements. Using NetObjects Fusion 3.0, site builders can create pages in any combination of graphical, textual, or HTML modes, while taking advantage of the product’s robust management […]