Frontier website on www.scripting.com
News & Updates -- Thru November 1996
Wed, Nov 27, 1996DaveNet piece: Thanks!
MacWEEK: WebCollage.
Tue, Nov 26, 1996
New design: http://www.wrldpwr.com/frontier/.
Sun, Nov 24, 1996
DaveNet piece: The Classified Ads Server.
Fri, Nov 22, 1996
Classified Ads service starts up. Please post any job openings you have. I will be available thru the weekend to work out glitches. We'll start publicizing the service next week.
Thu, Nov 21, 1996
WebSTAR 2.0 is shipping. Frontier people who are running 2.0, please check out this and this.
Wed, Nov 20, 1996
DaveNet piece: I Want a Demo.
Tue, Nov 19, 1996
is looking for a Frontier website developer. Go get 'em!
MacWorld on web robots.
DaveNet piece: Rainy Season.
Mon, Nov 18, 1996
Mac-Only ISP. Cooool!
Frontier 4.1 Wins Eddy Nomination!
Using the outliner to edit HTML text.
Frontier website: Illinois State University Psychology Department.
Sat, Nov 16, 1996
Frontier-based Web Chat.
DaveNet piece: If It's Boring, Buy In.
Fri, Nov 15, 1996
Thu, Nov 14, 1996
MacWEEK report on NASA's decision to keep using Macs.
PageSpinner supports editing of text objects in Frontier.
Wed, Nov 13, 1996
New AppleScript website: "Frontier 4.1 combines a much more AppleScript-friendly environment with a self-contained, Power Mac native, multithreaded database with a gazillion verbs to create a high-end CGI development environment. The price is right too- it's free! The HyperCard forum runs using Frontier's BBS system." Gosh. Thanks!
DaveNet piece: What is Power?
Mon, Nov 11, 1996
DaveNet piece: The Arrogance of the Mac.
Sun, Nov 10, 1996
Watch this page grow: Cooooler Frontier Sites.
Sat, Nov 9, 1996
If you manage a website with Frontier, or run CGI scripts written in Frontier, please register your site so other developers can learn from your work.
Fri, Nov 8, 1996
Free web server with strong Frontier support: Quid Pro Quo.
Thu, Nov 7, 1996
Wed, Nov 6, 1996
The BBS is back on the air. So is the Guestbook.
You can download the software from the Free Utilities that Run in Frontier page.
Frontier Control Strip plug in.
Fun! Roadster.
Tue, Nov 5, 1996
DaveNet piece: To Be or Not to Be.
Fri, Nov 1, 1996
DaveNet piece: Two Years of DaveNet.
Thu, Oct 31, 1996
DaveNet piece: New Apple System?
Tue, Oct 29, 1996
DaveNet piece: Stop that Prop!
Mon, Oct 28, 1996
Unofficial StarMax site -- scripted with Frontier.
Agenda, Marimba, DaveNet, URLs, Spotlight.
Sun, Oct 27, 1996
DaveNet Mail website returns.
Installed new version of Spotlight search engine on the Search page.
Fri, Oct 25, 1996
DaveNet piece: Looking Back.
Thu, Oct 24, 1996
Binary Compass Enterprises in the Job Fair.
Comparing AppleScript and UserTalk website.
DaveNet piece: Que Sera Sera.
Sat, Oct 19, 1996
A great Australian Frontier website.
For PC users: onlineDocs.zip. A preview of what's coming.
Commands in WebSTAR 2.0's Shared Menu -- For people who are testing StarNine's new web server software.
Fri, Oct 18, 1996
The ODB Plug-In and WebSTAR.root.
A fantastic Frontier website. Be prepared to spend some time here. Check out the Periodic Table fcgi. Very nicely done!
DaveNet piece: The State of the Net.
The Bangkok Post is a Frontier site.
Thu, Oct 17, 1996
Wed, Oct 16, 1996
New mirror site. Bookmark this if you depend on the Frontier site. It's a nightly mirror of the content on this server.
How to Create Frontier Install Files.
Mon, Oct 14, 1996
Got Shockwave? Check this out.
Finally! New Features in Frontier 4.1. Whew!
New: The Web Menu.
Sun, Oct 13, 1996
NetPresenz page.
Make Frontier faster: Save A Copy!
Revised: Website Scripting with BBEdit.
Sat, Oct 12, 1996
New tutorial: CGI Scripting in Frontier.
DaveNet piece: Remembering the Viet Cong!.
Fri, Oct 11, 1996
jayb@math.colostate.edu: RTFM means Read the Frontier Manual. ;->
Frontier tip of the day: You can call an OSAX from an AppleScript without loading the OSAX into the object database. You can just call it as you normally would, they can run from the System Folder.
DaveNet piece: Marcia Marcia Marcia.
Thu, Oct 10, 1996
Wed, Oct 9, 1996
New search engine in a trial run. It's fast!
Tue, Oct 8, 1996
Due to huge traffic on the server, and problems with MacSiteSearcher and/or Filemaker, the Search page has been disabled, hopefully just temporarily. We'll dig into this. Searching is way too important.
Mon, Oct 7, 1996
The Frontier 4.1 release is complete. See the Fronter 4.1 Download Page for download instructions. Tell your friends! There's never been a better time to get started with Frontier. Coooool!
The beer is on Preston! Coooool.
David Boroditsky in Stories from the Community.
DaveNet piece: Cast-A-Net.
New 4.1 Feature of the Day: When you get a runtime error, hold down the mouse button while clicking on the Go To button in the Error Info window. You get a popup menu showing the call stack. You can trace back thru the logic that got you the runtime error.
Sun, Oct 6, 1996
Worked on the What is Frontier? page. Still want to do some more work.
Installed Frontier 4.1 on www.scripting.com. If I don't do it, how can I ask other webmasters to? OK here goes!
Cleaning up the new website...
The The Low Tech Object Distribution Server page has been moved into the Frontier site and as a result is now included in the Frontier Site Outline.
Sat, Oct 5, 1996
The Frontier 4.1 Upgrade package is released. The full 4.1 package will come next week. In the meantime, if you're new to Frontier, you can start with 4.0.1, but be aware that the docs on this website are for Frontier 4.1.
Did the deed. Switched over the new website that had been in development for a month. Holding my breath!
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