Web Crossing now provides everything you need to manage your community:
outstanding discussion services, state-of-the-art chat, integrated
directory service, automatic email validation, access control, a highly
customizable environment with complete server-side scripting, high
performance, and scalability to extremely high traffic levels.
» User Features
» Site Organization
Unlimited number of folders, each folder contains unlimited
number of discussions, sub-folders, links, and chat rooms
Discussions contain messages in chronological order
» Reading
Keeps track of most recent message read in each discussion for each user
User subscription lists customizable by each user, to quickly check for new messages in areas of interest
User preference settings: user profile information, number of messages per page, max characters per page, preferred folder sort sequence, etc.
User pictures can be uploaded and stored in Web Crossing, displayed with messages or user profiles
» Posting
Add Folders
Add Discussions
Add World Wide Web links
Post Messages
Quick-editor for user messages
Full HTML support in user messages
Automatic stripping of selected HTML tags from user posts
Automatic conversion of conference URLs to links
Edit own messages for up to 30 minutes after posting
Delete own messages at any time
» Community
User profiles with email address, bio, favorite URLs, recent posts
Search for users by specific criteria
» Message Database Searching
Full-text forum search
Web Crossing/Pro for Solaris includes Excite Search Engine
A "Search the Net" option in the Web Crossing search page, provided in cooperation with Forum One
» Conference Management
» User actions
Guest users can be allowed or excluded
Guest user access can be limited:
Permit guest users to post messages
Permit guests to add discussions
Permit guests to add links
Permit guests to add folders
Permit guests to edit any folder or discussion heading
Permit guests to rename any discussion
Permit guests to rename any folder
Permit guests to edit or delete anyone's links
Permit guests to delete their own message
Permit guests to delete anyone's messages (not just their own)
Permit guests to delete any discussion
Permit guests to delete any folder
Registered user access can be limited:
Permit registered users to add discussions
Permit registered users to add links
Permit registered users to add folders
Permit registered users to edit any folder or discussion heading
Permit registered users to rename any discussion
Permit registered users to rename any folder
Permit registered users to edit or delete any link
Permit registered users to delete anyone's messages (not just their own)
Control memory allocation by the Web Crossing server and disk cache
Page view "Hit" counts for all levels of folders/discussions
Ascii export/import user directory information
Add/edit/delete users
Search the user directory
» User Directory
Standard fields:
User name (Last, First)
Email address
Last login date and time
Second line of user information
User biographical information
User favorite URLs
User home page
Unique ID
Show pictures flag
Show pictures border flag
Has picture flag
Automatic logout time period
Maximum data per page
Font size for user name in responses
Font size for information in responses
Font size for response body
Maximum messages per page
User's preference for sorting folder contents
Show "prepared for" flag
Use cookie for authentication flag
Provisional user flag
Email code for provisional user reply
Add any number of additional custom fields per user record
User post tracking
Search the user directory for First, Last, Email, and custom fields
You can specify multiple indexes for the user directory, using any standard or custom field
All fields associated with a user can be exported to tab or comma delimited files
» Customization
Totally customizable user interface
» Sysop Settings
Customized Banners/Footers
Logo Advertising
Customizable Login, Greeting and Registration forms
Banners, Footers, Background/Foreground colors
Folder/Discussion/Message customization
Look and feel customization, including all buttons, folder icons, path icons, etc
Support for 2-byte character-sets
Time-zone aware time display for messages
Build survey forms for collecting information
Optional user pictures served with each user's message
Font sizes for the various discussion components
Default initial commands
List discussions by:
date/time created, oldest first
date/time created, newest first
most recently active
alphabetically
Show deleted messages or not
Log deleted messages
Message posting help text
Access sensitive toolbar
» Web Crossing Template Language (WCTL)
Full expression evaluation using C/Java syntax
Dynamic page creation based on user parameters
Complete server-side scripting environment
Macros
Conditional branching
While loops
Include files
Complete set of string operations
Add new database fields to any location or user record
Access form input variables and process forms
Access CGI environment variables
HTTP headers generated by Web Crossing
Select and sort folder contents
Select users from the user directory
Forwarding of URLs
Generate any HTTP response
Mime type customization
» Technical Capabilities
Platforms supported: Unix, Windows NT/95, MacOS
Accessible by any Web browser
Integrated backup and roll-forward logging
Pro version supports redundant servers, for a highly scalable and robust environment
FastCGI Support
Database backup done in the background
Remote server management/shutdown
Database holds up to 512 Megabytes of data; Version 2.1 supports up to 2 gigabytes of data
» Web Crossing Live Chat
Integrated real-time Chat is an optional feature. The chat client runs
in any Java-enabled Web browser. Web Crossing/Chat is a high-performance,
state-of-the-art implementation capable of supporting thousands of
users. The chat environment is specifically designed so that you can
build a "clean and well-lit" space for your community.
» Chat User Features
Automatic scrolling of new messages as they arrive
Scroll-back to review old messages
Word-wrapped multi-line message input area
Change current user nickname if enabled
Private rooms
Bozo filters
Announcement tones on entry/exit
Message coloring
List of users at the current table
Channel/table hopping
URL selection and display
Automatic user entered URLs displayed in other windows
User biographical/personal information
Help
Leave/reconnect
User created chat rooms
» Chat Host Actions
Host broadcast of messages to all tables
Eject users by IP address
Disallow users in chat room access list
Send commands to simultaneously change frames around every user's chat area
Send commands to simultaneously overlay every user's chat area with a gif image,
or to clear the gif
External text stream interface controlled from a stenographer's recording machine
» Chat Access Control
Host, participant, read-only (lurker/ghost), or no access
Host ejection of obnoxious users by IP address
» Chat Customization
Control font, size, applet size, chat room configuration, etc. through
applet parameters
Sysop selectable background/foreground colors for user interface components
Customizable Help option
Customizable "Macro Menu"
Customizable Banners/Footers
Dynamic commands to change surrounding frames
Logo advertising
Look and feel customization
Customizable logging of user's names, email, etc.
Customizable page layout around chat applet
» Technical
Capabilities
Platforms supported: Unix, Windows NT/95, MacOS
Java based client, applet size is 135 K
Java client source available for license
Dynamic creation of overflow rooms
Chat session recording
Chat playback:
Continuous
Once through
Time limited
Can limit number of users per table
1000 - 2000 estimated number of users per machine
Cooperating fan-out servers
Support for being in 2 or more rooms simultaneously
Configuration and management through HTML forms
Remote site management
Support for both ".zip" and ".cab" files for downloading the applet
Chat status of all active users/rooms/tables
Live audio and simultaneous text-transcript event support
Multi-layer special speaker/moderator/screener/audience configurations
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