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4D-driven website
by Janie Marlow-2
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Not a plea for help this time:
An invitation to view the 4D-driven website that I've been building the past several years. Probably not a technological marvel, but I am enormously proud of it, and I'd love for y'all to take a look. Last week I finally managed to "manage state" - and I want to show somebody who'll care! The site focuses on plants in the Carolinas and Georgia. As I've had opportunities to present it to audiences I'm often asked "what database did you use?" When I answer, the next question is why did I use something they haven't heard of (there's not a huge 4D community in this part of the world) and what will I do when I want to expand. I've been working with 4D since 1990, so I'm not a newbie, but my knowledge is limited. I tell them possibly they're not familiar with 4D because it's marketed primarily to developers? and that I'm not likely to exceed its capabilities. But I wondered to myself, would it even be possible to build this kind of a website using another database? There's so much "back-and-forth" between 4D and the browser. It serves pictures and sound files and adds links etc on the fly. I'm not familiar with other databases so I don't know. The website is <http://www.namethatplant.net>www.namethatplant.net. I haven't yet plugged in enough data for the "managed state" aspect to go public, but the mechanism seems to work; <http://www.namethatplant.net/query_a.shtml>www.namethatplant.net/query_a.shtml will put you on the path to where it can kick in. The database is maintained in v2003.2 and serves in v2004.2, from an iMac. Come see! Janie Marlow webmaster@... Travelers Rest, SC ********************************************************************** 4D Basics hosted by 4D, Inc. http://www.4D.com/ Register for 4D Summit 2009 Today Early Bird Pricing Ends August 28th - http://www.4D.com/summit To Unsubscribe: mailto:4DBasics-off@... ********************************************************************** |
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Re: 4D-driven website
by Pierre Coulombe
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Looking good! Works well, effective interface- especially like the data
complexity in the left side allowing quick access to more and more details.. Pierre Coulombe day2Day Solutions Janie Marlow wrote: > Not a plea for help this time: > An invitation to view the 4D-driven website that I've been building > the past several years. Probably not a technological marvel, but I am > enormously proud of it, and I'd love for y'all to take a look. Last > week I finally managed to "manage state" - and I want to show somebody > who'll care! > > The site focuses on plants in the Carolinas and Georgia. As I've had > opportunities to present it to audiences I'm often asked "what > database did you use?" When I answer, the next question is why did I > use something they haven't heard of (there's not a huge 4D community > in this part of the world) and what will I do when I want to expand. > > I've been working with 4D since 1990, so I'm not a newbie, but my > knowledge is limited. I tell them possibly they're not familiar with > 4D because it's marketed primarily to developers? and that I'm not > likely to exceed its capabilities. > > But I wondered to myself, would it even be possible to build this kind > of a website using another database? There's so much "back-and-forth" > between 4D and the browser. It serves pictures and sound files and > adds links etc on the fly. I'm not familiar with other databases so I > don't know. > > The website is <http://www.namethatplant.net>www.namethatplant.net. I > haven't yet plugged in enough data for the "managed state" aspect to > go public, but the mechanism seems to work; > <http://www.namethatplant.net/query_a.shtml>www.namethatplant.net/query_a.shtml > will put you on the path to where it can kick in. > > The database is maintained in v2003.2 and serves in v2004.2, from an > iMac. > > Come see! > Janie Marlow > webmaster@... > Travelers Rest, SC > ********************************************************************** > 4D Basics hosted by 4D, Inc. http://www.4D.com/ > > Register for 4D Summit 2009 Today > Early Bird Pricing Ends August 28th - http://www.4D.com/summit > > To Unsubscribe: mailto:4DBasics-off@... > ********************************************************************** > > > ********************************************************************** 4D Basics hosted by 4D, Inc. http://www.4D.com/ Register for 4D Summit 2009 Today Early Bird Pricing Ends August 28th - http://www.4D.com/summit To Unsubscribe: mailto:4DBasics-off@... ********************************************************************** |
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Re: 4D-driven website
by Gareth Home Openworld
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Good website ... did you use the basic 4d or some of its other stuff/
plugins ? Gareth On 14 Sep 2009, at 16:03, Pierre Coulombe wrote: > Looking good! Works well, effective interface- especially like the > data complexity in the left side allowing quick access to more and > more details.. > > Pierre Coulombe > day2Day Solutions > > Janie Marlow wrote: >> Not a plea for help this time: >> An invitation to view the 4D-driven website that I've been building >> the past several years. Probably not a technological marvel, but I >> am enormously proud of it, and I'd love for y'all to take a look. >> Last week I finally managed to "manage state" - and I want to show >> somebody who'll care! >> >> The site focuses on plants in the Carolinas and Georgia. As I've >> had opportunities to present it to audiences I'm often asked "what >> database did you use?" When I answer, the next question is why did >> I use something they haven't heard of (there's not a huge 4D >> community in this part of the world) and what will I do when I want >> to expand. >> >> I've been working with 4D since 1990, so I'm not a newbie, but my >> knowledge is limited. I tell them possibly they're not familiar >> with 4D because it's marketed primarily to developers? and that I'm >> not likely to exceed its capabilities. >> >> But I wondered to myself, would it even be possible to build this >> kind of a website using another database? There's so much "back-and- >> forth" between 4D and the browser. It serves pictures and sound >> files and adds links etc on the fly. I'm not familiar with other >> databases so I don't know. >> >> The website is <http://www.namethatplant.net>www.namethatplant.net. >> I haven't yet plugged in enough data for the "managed state" aspect >> to go public, but the mechanism seems to work; <http://www.namethatplant.net/query_a.shtml >> >www.namethatplant.net/query_a.shtml will put you on the path to >> where it can kick in. >> >> The database is maintained in v2003.2 and serves in v2004.2, from >> an iMac. >> >> Come see! >> Janie Marlow >> webmaster@... >> Travelers Rest, SC >> ********************************************************************** >> 4D Basics hosted by 4D, Inc. http://www.4D.com/ >> >> Register for 4D Summit 2009 Today >> Early Bird Pricing Ends August 28th - http://www.4D.com/summit >> >> To Unsubscribe: mailto:4DBasics-off@info. >> 4D.com >> ********************************************************************** >> >> >> > > ********************************************************************** > 4D Basics hosted by 4D, Inc. http://www.4D.com/ > > Register for 4D Summit 2009 Today > Early Bird Pricing Ends August 28th - http://www.4D.com/summit > > To Unsubscribe: mailto:4DBasics-off@... > ********************************************************************** > > ********************************************************************** 4D Basics hosted by 4D, Inc. http://www.4D.com/ Register for 4D Summit 2009 Today Early Bird Pricing Ends August 28th - http://www.4D.com/summit To Unsubscribe: mailto:4DBasics-off@... ********************************************************************** |
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Re: 4D-driven website
by Cplusplus
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Janie:
Beautiful and well done! Congratulations! Ken Bruce Janie Marlow wrote: > Not a plea for help this time: > An invitation to view the 4D-driven website that I've been building > the past several years. Probably not a technological marvel, but I am > enormously proud of it, and I'd love for y'all to take a look. Last > week I finally managed to "manage state" - and I want to show somebody > who'll care! ********************************************************************** 4D Basics hosted by 4D, Inc. http://www.4D.com/ Register for 4D Summit 2009 Today Early Bird Pricing Ends August 28th - http://www.4D.com/summit To Unsubscribe: mailto:4DBasics-off@... ********************************************************************** |
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Re: 4D-driven website
by Janie Marlow-2
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Thank you, Tom -
The "web part" went pretty smooth, if you mean the HTML. I used Dreamweaver. If you mean getting the database and browser to start talking to one another, that was difficult for me - and probably never would have happened if a computer-savvy friend hadn't come over one evening and loaned his expertise. As is the case with many things, the actual doing was not as hard as figuring out what to do. David Adams' The 4D Web Companion and associated WebCore were invaluable, and Paul Carnine's AutoDoc plug-in made it easy to use Dreamweaver with 4D. Janie Marlow webmaster@... Travelers Rest, SC >From: Tom Dillon <tomrdillon@...> >Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2009 07:13:46 -0700 >Subject: Re: 4D-driven website >To: 4D Basics List <4DBasics@...> > >*Looks and functions great. Very snappy. So the entire web site is powered >by 4D? I have not tried that yet. How hard was it to master the web part.* > > >On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 6:02 AM, Janie Marlow <themapshop@...>wrote: > >> Not a plea for help this time: >> An invitation to view the 4D-driven website that I've been building the >> past several years. Probably not a technological marvel, but I am enormously >> proud of it, and I'd love for y'all to take a look. Last week I finally >> managed to "manage state" - and I want to show somebody who'll care! >> >> The site focuses on plants in the Carolinas and Georgia. As I've had >> opportunities to present it to audiences I'm often asked "what database did >> you use?" When I answer, the next question is why did I use something they >> haven't heard of (there's not a huge 4D community in this part of the world) >> and what will I do when I want to expand. >> >> I've been working with 4D since 1990, so I'm not a newbie, but my knowledge >> is limited. I tell them possibly they're not familiar with 4D because it's >> marketed primarily to developers? and that I'm not likely to exceed its >> capabilities. >> >> But I wondered to myself, would it even be possible to build this kind of a >> website using another database? There's so much "back-and-forth" between 4D >> and the browser. It serves pictures and sound files and adds links etc on >> the fly. I'm not familiar with other databases so I don't know. >> >> The website is <http://www.namethatplant.net>www.namethatplant.net. I >> haven't yet plugged in enough data for the "managed state" aspect to go >> public, but the mechanism seems to work; < >> http://www.namethatplant.net/query_a.shtml> >> www.namethatplant.net/query_a.shtml will put you on the path to where it >> can kick in. >> >> The database is maintained in v2003.2 and serves in v2004.2, from an iMac. >> >> Come see! > > Janie Marlow >> webmaster@... > > Travelers Rest, SC >> ********************************************************************** >> 4D Basics hosted by 4D, Inc. http://www.4D.com/ >> >> Register for 4D Summit 2009 Today >> Early Bird Pricing Ends August 28th - http://www.4D.com/summit >> >> To Unsubscribe: mailto:4DBasics-off@... >> ********************************************************************** >> >> >> > >********************************************************************** >4D Basics hosted by 4D, Inc. http://www.4D.com/ > >Register for 4D Summit 2009 Today >Early Bird Pricing Ends August 28th - http://www.4D.com/summit > >To Unsubscribe: mailto:4DBasics-off@... >********************************************************************** ********************************************************************** 4D Basics hosted by 4D, Inc. http://www.4D.com/ Register for 4D Summit 2009 Today Early Bird Pricing Ends August 28th - http://www.4D.com/summit To Unsubscribe: mailto:4DBasics-off@... ********************************************************************** |
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