Month: <span>September 2002</span>

Ok, now this may sound a bit strange, but I was talking with my brother on the phone tonight, showing him the new search features in Frontier 9. Of course, little punk that he is (just kidding Pete), the first term he searches for is “ass”. No results (duh).

We then had the (misguided) idea of searching Google for the word “ass” and among others, up pops the Ass-o-tron. This is the one that really got me laughing: www.whitehouse.gov (rated PG-13).

(Note: The only reason for this post’s existence is so I’ll show up higher on Google searches for the word “ass” — not!)

In Frontier 9.0, the options for Manila site hosting have been expanded. On the Manila Hosting Settings page, you can choose who’s allowed to create new sites, whether they will be sub-sites or top-level sites (using virtual domains), and whether new sites share their members with the hosting site.

New in Frontier 9.0, you can easily change the database in which new sites will be created. Periodically creating a new hosting database helps you keep the size of individual databases low, improving server performance.

Also new in Frontier 9.0, you can choose the default language for new sites, which editing tool they will use (WYSIWYG, HTML tags or none), and the default home page text for new sites. These features make it easy for server managers to tailor their Manila site hosting based on the needs of their users.

Tomorrow’s screenshot: Themes

Frontier 9.0 ships with over 50 Themes for your Manila users. At any time, a Manila site owner can switch their Theme, instantly updating the look and feel of their entire site.

Any site can easily be used as a template for a new Theme for use by other sites. If you’re setting up a collection of sites for a corporate intranet for example, you only have to design the site once and make it into a Theme. Then all other sites on the intranet can use the same Theme, keeping the look and feel of your intranet web presence consistent. Once you have the initial Theme, it’s a breeze to create new sites and pages with the same look and feel.

You can use the Themes that ship with Frontier 9.0 as a starting point for your own websites, or you can start from templates you already have, or completely from scratch.

Tomorrow’s screenshot: Legal Macros