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Sunday, November 21, 2004

Dan just thinks he's done...

We've been working on Cartweaver ASP for what seemed like an eternity, and now it is finally available. Dan posted on his blog that he's finally done. Ha, he's too funny. There will be customers to support, add-ons to create and who knows what else... The way I see it, we're never "done". <grin />

Writing a single toolbar to manage multiple Cartweaver server models was no easy task let me tell you. (It's ok if you give me a blank stare, nearly everyone else does when I start talking about coding extensions.) I laid the groundwork for multiple versions from day one, but there were things that I couldn't have accounted for that needed adjusting when the time came to actually support multiple server models.

As it turned out, the ASP version required several more fields in its Setup, so that brought along a whole new interface for the Setup that is similar to the Preferences dialog in Dreamweaver. Then "feature creep" set in and I started adding other new features to the extension. Before we knew it I'd added context help icons for nearly every field in each dialog that pop up a little window that tells you what the field is for and its valid values.

I added a bunch more little features here and there that most people would take for granted. I won't bore you with all of them, but one of them is that if you make a mistake in a certain field, the error message tells you which field, then switches to the right category for you and puts focus in that field so you can make the correction right away.

If you read my post yesterday you know all about DWfaq CCR. Cartweaver ASP uses DWfaq CCR's syntax for conditional regions already because Dan has been using CCR nearly 2 years now. So it was decided among the Cartweaver Team that it would be cool if Cartweaver ASP could render the tabbed regions like you see when using <cfif> in ColdFusion.

So we decided to go ahead and add an ultra-lite version of the CCR translator, of DWfaq's CCR for Cartweaver since I already had the work done. Cartweaver ASP customers will see "CWASP: If" in the tab, but if DWfaq's CCR is installed the If statement itself renders in the tab.

You're still reading this? Wow, that's great...thank you. Anyway, I don't want to bore you so I'll quit while I'm ahead. <wink />

I'm sure I'll end up babbling about Cartweaver here again soon. Thanks for listening...

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Saturday, November 20, 2004

1 New Extension and 3 Updated...

Since I've been back from MAX it's been non-stop work! I've been coding extensions and making site updates all day and all night... Below is the official announcement of some the work I've been doing in addition to the soon-to-be-released Cartweaver 2 ASP.

DWfaq Custom Conditional Region makes it faster and easier to get conditional logic into your ASP pages. Gone are the days of hunting for that elusive End If block that matches the If statement 300 lines farther up the page.

Not only does DWfaq Custom Conditional Region allow you to quickly wrap conditional logic around your code, it also renders your If... Then... Else... End If code directly in Dreamweaver's Design view. (Say goodbye to all those yellow shields you know so well...)

DWfaq CCR is only $25 and available at:
http://www.dwfaq.com/store/detail/?id=DWfaqCCR

No matter how many words we use to describe what CCR is and all that it does, it can't compare to showing you. Please take a moment to view our demos and screenshots:
http://www.dwfaq.com/store/detail/?id=DWfaqCCR#demos

We've also recently made updates to the following extensions:
Strip List Whitespace (FREE,
Strip XML Tag (FREE),
Template Lover's Suite 3 ($18)

If you already own any of the above (free or commercial) products, please be sure to update. Visit DWfaq.com, log in, and then choose My DWfaq> My Order History to download.

If you have any questions please let me know!

CCR began nearly 2 years ago, but never got packaged for public use because I always had one thing or another going on. I can't express how pleased that I am to finally release it! I must take this opportunity to thank Dan for all his hard work and patience. I'd also like to thank Tom Muck for introducing me to writing translators the EDML way nearly 2 years ago. I wouldn't have been able to do CCR without you two...thanks guys! I'll add another tick to the tally of beers I owe you both... ;-)

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