blogStract

I know, I wanted to finish v3 before now, but in the middle of the redesign, our daughter was born, so I took some time off for that.

Now, I am back to work on dbStract v3, and it is shaping up nicely.

The system is coming together quickly, and there are only a couple things left to do before I take it out of beta.

In the meantime, we’ve got more and more people signing up for dbStract, so I’ll be sending out invites for them to check out the beta of v3 sometime in the next couple weeks.

The list of new features for dbStract that are currently in development have grown to the point of dbStract getting a new version number.

Originally, this newest update would be dbStract 2.5, but now, it has been officially named dbStract 3.

Some planned features:

• New Suite of Widgets for embeddng your databases into your websites / blogs.
• Drag-and-drop functionality for table creation.
• Improved report creation interface
• Pre-built templates, we will be adding a new template system where you can select from dozens of pre-built databases and have them added to your account
• Database styles, customize the look and feel of your databases using our database theme manager.
• And more, this is just the tip of the iceberg

The last couple days have been spent doing some updates to the user interface for dbStract.com.

We’ve moved from using open source javascript libraries to using our own in-house library, which means a few areas of dbStract has been redone.

Our form validation now uses our library, as well as several other areas.

In the next month or so, we will be getting more features added as well, complete with a whole new suite of tools to use for embedding your databases onto your website seamlessly

Basically, gonna be a fun 2008.

So, we have a new project launching shortly that should be keeping everyone happy when it does.

Also, we have launched ChatPiece.com, which is a plug-and-play chat room widget for creating your own chat rooms to place on existing websites or blogs.

We have other plans for that project soon, but first let’s let people beta test it

Today we launched DBStract version 2.

After all this time working on it, now we have finally got it done.

Still some finishing touches, but aside from that, DBStract2 is now live!

DBStract v2 is nearly finished.

Both the rewrite of the site’s frontend and the site’s core workings.

People will see a new design on both sides, and a completely new site for the most part.

All of this work, has been so we can bring you the best service available for managing your data online.

The rewrite of dbStract is 95.999999999999% done.

There are just a few things left to do, and that’s mostly estethic items, which will be done within the next couple of days.

Our beta testers have had positive reviews and have been loving the new site.

As the rewrite progresses, I keep getting more and more ideas to add in.

This update is definitely making the site a whole new site and should be a pretty interesting experience for everybody involve.

One new and cool feature we’ve added to dbStract is a field type called “Link to Entry”.

This lets you create a database, and in that database create a table called products (or whatever name you want to use), then you can create another table called bug tracker and in bug tracker, you can have a field that is linked to products.

Then when you enter new entries into bug tracker, you can choose what product the bug is for.

We’ve also added a field type called “Workgroup Users”, this lets you have a dropdown list that is populated with users from your workgroup (for people with an account that can have more than one user).

These new features are helping shape dbStract into a lean, mean, database machine.

Work on version 2 of dbStract has been continuing on schedule, and we are still aiming for the May 1st date for the relaunch.

The site has seen a huge restructuring as part of our version 2 overhaul with some features being added that had been planned since our first launch a year ago.

This shows some great promise and our beta testers have had some excellent feedback as they’ve been playing with the new features.

Keep watching, as we take you into new territory.