blogStract

The development blog to show people the latest happenings around the stract network of sites.

About blogStract

blogStract is a member of the Freekrai.net network of websites.

This project was started as a blog to feature ideas and tools focusing on our Stract network of sites.

Archive for the 'dbStract' Category

dbStract V3 Updates

Thursday, April 24th, 2008

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 […]

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dbStract v3

Thursday, December 27th, 2007

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 […]

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dbStract Updates

Thursday, December 13th, 2007

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 […]

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DBStract Version 2 Re-launched!

Friday, May 18th, 2007

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!

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Getting there….

Thursday, May 10th, 2007

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.

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Almost There…

Thursday, May 10th, 2007

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.

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So many ideas…..

Friday, April 20th, 2007

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.

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New Field Types

Monday, April 16th, 2007

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 […]

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dbStract v2 update

Sunday, April 15th, 2007

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 […]

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