Why did PCS send me this?
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 1999
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 23086
interpreted = N
texte = Why did I receive this message from 'Dave' at PCS? >Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1999 11:25:57 -0800 >to: ken@webdna.net >subject: WebCatalog >from: daved@smithmicro.com > >Hi Ken Grome, > > >There are a number of features WebCatalog has that other products do not address. >WebCatalog was designed for the web from the beginning, and not just some database >system 'backed onto' a web front end. > >* Unlimited number of simultaneous shoppers. >* Unlimited number of storefronts. >* ODBC/SQL Support >* CyberCash Support >* Encrypted Templates >* Store Builder Wizard (formerly Database Helper) >* Fast enough to process all pages on your site, adding dynamic headers, footers, performing real time hit analysis, page caching, etc. Others are typically just a database bridge >* Optimized for large databases. >* Incredible database search speed, especially when matching multiple words inside paragraphs of text -- SQL just doesn't have the speed for that >* Cool HTML things like that can automatically boldface words in database text so users can see *why* this particular record was found in their search request. >* Heuristic ranking of search results -- 'better' matches appear at the top of the list, similar to Yahoo and Lycos. >* Redirect ability provides things like banner ad impression counts as well as true click-thru statistics. >* All coding is done directly in your HTML -- and for the client no special browsers or Java necessary >* Browser sensing gives you the flexibility to present different HTML to browsers with different capabilities. >* Magic character conversion 'cleans up' unusual text in your database. >* Copyright, trademark symbols, curly-quotes, long dashes, etc. are converted to clean HTML text >* Security: visitors CAN'T hack the site to put their own prices into the shopping cart >* Record-level password protection -- each visitor can view/change ONLY their own records in a database >* File manipulating, such as listing files in a folder, creating new files, 'rendering' a site, etc. > >For more info please go to our site at http://www.smithmicro.com/ > >If you have any questions please feel free to contact me. Thanks > >David Daniels >Pacific Coast Software ******************************** >11770 Bernardo Plaza Court | eCommerce (WebCatalog) | >Suite 453 | Site Hosting & Development | >San Diego, CA 92128 | http://www.smithmicro.com | >619.675.1106 619-675-0372 | daved@smithmicro.com | > ******************************** >Sincerely, Ken Grome
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Why did I receive this message from 'Dave' at PCS? >Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1999 11:25:57 -0800 >to: ken@webdna.net >subject: WebCatalog >from: daved@smithmicro.com > >Hi Ken Grome, > > >There are a number of features WebCatalog has that other products do not address. >WebCatalog was designed for the web from the beginning, and not just some database >system 'backed onto' a web front end. > >* Unlimited number of simultaneous shoppers. >* Unlimited number of storefronts. >*
ODBC/SQL Support >* CyberCash Support >* Encrypted Templates >* Store Builder Wizard (formerly Database Helper) >* Fast enough to process all pages on your site, adding dynamic headers, footers, performing real time hit analysis, page caching, etc. Others are typically just a database bridge >* Optimized for large databases. >* Incredible database search speed, especially when matching multiple words inside paragraphs of text -- SQL just doesn't have the speed for that >* Cool HTML things like that can automatically boldface words in database text so users can see *why* this particular record was found in their search request. >* Heuristic ranking of search results -- 'better' matches appear at the top of the list, similar to Yahoo and Lycos. >* Redirect ability provides things like banner ad impression counts as well as true click-thru statistics. >* All coding is done directly in your HTML -- and for the client no special browsers or Java necessary >* Browser sensing gives you the flexibility to present different HTML to browsers with different capabilities. >* Magic character conversion 'cleans up' unusual text in your database. >* Copyright, trademark symbols, curly-quotes, long dashes, etc. are converted to clean HTML text >* Security: visitors CAN'T hack the site to put their own prices into the shopping cart >* Record-level password protection -- each visitor can view/change ONLY their own records in a database >* File manipulating, such as listing files in a folder, creating new files, 'rendering' a site, etc. > >For more info please go to our site at http://www.smithmicro.com/ > >If you have any questions please feel free to contact me. Thanks > >David Daniels >Pacific Coast Software ******************************** >11770 Bernardo Plaza Court | eCommerce (WebCatalog) | >Suite 453 | Site Hosting & Development | >San Diego, CA 92128 | http://www.smithmicro.com | >619.675.1106 619-675-0372 | daved@smithmicro.com | > ******************************** >Sincerely, Ken Grome
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