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Extending 4D WebSTAR is a solutions guide to products, services and resources for adding features to your site, managing your 4D WebSTAR server, and developing content and plug-ins.

Development Tools | Network Tools & Monitoring | File Sharing
Forms Processing | Security Databases | Surveys | Search
Remote Control | Server Side | Utilities | CGIs
Shopping Cart / E-Commerce | HTML Editors / Link Checkers / Validators
Discussion / Chat | FTP Clients | Web Browsers | Log Analysis
Images & Animation | Multimedia | Other Servers | Miscellaneous

Development Tools

4D Business Kit

4D Business Kit (4DBK), the new 4-in-1 e-commerce tool from 4th Dimension, gives you a complete set of development tools in one easy to use package.

4D Portal

4D Portal benefits anyone who is looking for an efficient way of managing everyday applications and technologies within an easy-to-use interface.

4D WebMail

Access your email from any web browser using a full-featured, web-based email client program created entirely in 4th Dimension called 4D WebMail.

WebSonar

WebSonar is the best product available for the emerging web based document management market. WebSonar is based on Virginia Systems' mainstream Sonar Professional text retrieval and document imaging systems for Macintosh and Windows 95/98/NT.

DreamWeaver MX

Build professional websites and powerful Internet applications with Macromedia's Web development environment.

Fireworks MX

Design and Optimise animated and interactive web graphics.

Macromedia Flash MX

Create rich Internet content and applications using Macromedia's Flash technology.

Macromedia Studio MX

Flash MX, ColdFusion MX, Fireworks MX, Dreamweaver MX, and FreeHand 10.

Adobe GoLive

Full-featured Web development environment from Adobe.

BBEdit

Modify or reformat text files of any size or kind, or just write without any distractions.

BBEdit Lite

Lite version of BBEdit

Freeway 3

Web design without pain. Freeway is developed to meet the needs of graphic designers who require an intuitive tool for designing industrial-strength Web sites without the hassle of coding.

PHP

Scripting language embedded in Web pages for server-side processing. Both CGI and FastCGI versions of PHP4 are built-in to 4D WebSTAR V.

Perl

Popular scripting language for developing CGI and other simple applications. Built-in to Mac OS X.

Network Tools and Monitoring

Whistle Blower

Whistle Blower can perform regular checks of your servers and perform various actions upon discovering that one is not responding. Whistle Blower can email you or your pager. Server Sitter can launch any AppleScript, application or document upon failure and can also restart any socket of any connected PowerKey unit.

Kick-off!

Kick-off! provides comprehensive automatic crash detection and recovery for your USB Macintosh. Using the same technology found in our popular Rebound! product for ADB Macs, Kick-off! monitors your system and automatically restarts it when it crashes. Kick-off! provides two levels of application crash detection, advanced logging, "bookmarking" and preventive restarting capabilities.

Keep It Up

A shareware control panel by Karl Pottie which will monitor and attempt to restart applications that have crashed. Can also restart the computer at scheduled times.

EtherPeek

A graphical packet-level network analysis tool from the AG Group, EtherPeek can analyse all major network protocols and gives you detailed information about the flow of traffic on your network as well as potential problems.

IPNetMonitorX

Powerful Internet tool kit featuring 15 integrated tools designed to help you quickly identify and solve network or ISP problems.

IPNetTunerX

IPNetTunerX is a modest application that allows you to Optimise TCP/IP network performance under Mac OS X by tuning internal TCP/IP parameters to match your network environment.

AysMon

AysMon (Are You Serving Monitor) is a multi-purpose utility for monitoring system resources associated with network services.

Granet

Granet (Graph networking) is a simple, no-cost utility that graphs the throughput of each active network interface on your computer.

Xnet

Xnet monitors local and remote servers and routers, and send out alerts if services go down. Supports all common internet services like http, ftp, telnet, pop3 and much more.

Net Monitor

Graph network interface throughput in a floating window, the Dock or the Menu Bar

shadowIP

StupidFish programming - Displays your IP addresses on your desktop.

InterMapper

InterMapper is a network monitoring and alerting application that continually tests the critical equipment on your network and notifies you when it detects problems.

Net Tool Box

Enhanced network utility package, including geographic mapping of IP address locations.

Network Statistics Dockling

This dockling displays the network traffic generated to your computer

QuickDNS

QuickDNS is a multiplatform DNS management system with true ease-of-use. From an intuitive interface, QuickDNS allows central r emote administration of BIND, across a wide range of serverplatforms, including Solaris, Linux, FreeBSD, Mac OS X and Mac OS. Coming 2002 in QuickDNS is support for Windows 2000 DNS Server, enabling users to manage BIND and Windows 2000 DNS from the same interface.

DNS Expert

DNS Expert is a powerful DNS diagnostic utility. It is the only diagnostic tool that verifies DNS setup for 100% reliability and systematically investigates all DNS problems and suggests solutions. DNS Expert can analyse any DNS server regardless of operating system.

File Sharing

4D WebSTAR Directory Indexer and File Upload

These 4D WebSTAR V plug-ins provide browser-based file sharing services, and you can use them separately or together.

4D WebSTAR FTP

This 4D WebSTAR V plug-in provides FTP-based file sharing services.

4D WebSTAR WebDAV

This 4D WebSTAR V plug-in provides WebDAV file sharing services over HTTP, and works with many clients including OS X's "Connect to Server" feature, Macromedia Dreamweaver, Adobe Golive, and many more.

Forms Processing

4D WebSTAR Flexmail

This 4D WebSTAR V plug-in emails or saves form submissions in any format you choose.

Security

Passenger

Passenger is an account creation and password generation tool which can be used to import database into, formulate usernames & folders, generate passwords, and set account parameters.

Who's There? Firewall Advisor

Helps you analyse and react to access attempts detected by your firewall, and to get attacks stopped.

NetBarrier X

Software-based firewall package for net security.

SSL Enabler

This application is to simplify the installation and configuration of Stunnel for client computers. Stunnel allows you to configure SSL for applications that do not support SSL.

Firewalk X 2

Firewalk X 2 is a full featured firewall for Mac OS X. Offering flexible firewalling plus features such as restricting application connections and interactive, real-time alerts.

Impasse

Impasse is a firewall front-end for Mac OS X.

InterGate

InterGate is a powerful security and connection management tool. It connects all networked computers securely to the Internet through one account, using any connection type from a modem to high-speed ADSL.

XNmap

XNMap is a GUI front-end for nmap, which tests servers for vulnerabilities. It includes nmap 2.53 within the bundle with all necessary files.

MacAnalysis

This utility tests for vulnerabilities then reports back on how it operated and provides solutions for security problems.

sunShield

sunshield is a preference pane that helps manage Mac OS X's built-in firewall.

BrickHouse

BrickHouse is a front-end for Mac OS X's built-in firewall.

Who's There? Firewall Advisor

Helps you analyse and react to access attempts detected by your firewall, and to get attacks stopped.

SecureMac.com

Security-focused Web site.

Databases

4th Dimension

WebSTAR V offers out-of-the-box connectivity to the 4th Dimension RDBMS via the 4DLink Plug-In.

4D Rewrite

This 4D WebSTAR V plug-in can redirect or proxy browser requests to your database's built-in Web server, including 4D Web Server.

4D WebSTAR SSI

This 4D WebSTAR V plug-in's little-known <!--#include fetch="url"--> and <!--#include fetchbody="url"--> commands can be used to retrieve data from other Web servers, including 4D Web Server.

4D Web Extension

Give your 4D Databases a Web interface for access from browsers, 4D Link, 4D Connect, 4D Rewrite, 4D WebSTAR SSI, and more.

SQLBoss

Database & Content Management System that supports many databases, incuding 4th Dimension.

Active4D

Victory-Heart Productions Active4D can execute 4D code embedded inside of Web pages, much like ASP or PHP works.

Lasso

Lasso allows Web developers to quickly build sites that serve content from many popular data sources, including 4th Dimension.

Lasso Professional 5

Lasso Professional 5 is a next-generation Web application server tightly integrated with WebSTAR V which provides an easy to use environment for building and serving powerful data-driven Websites.

Lasso Studio

Lasso Studio provides a complete solution for building data-driven Web solutions to be served via Lasso Web Data Engine or Lasso Professional 5.

ZipBurst CGI

Multi-threaded, ISP-friendly standalone CGI for search & reporting databases. Optional add-on license for ZipBurst Proximity Engine enables searching database files based on geographical distance.

Surveys

Test Pilot

Test Pilot is a web server extension for the creation of tests and surveys for delivery and collection via the Internet. Optionally, it can automatically score responses.

Search

4D WebSTAR Search

This 4D WebSTAR V plug-in crawls and indexes local or remote Web sites, and provides a customisable search query interface.

Remote Control

Timbuktu Pro

Popular software for remote control of your server machines.

OSXvnc

VNC server for remote control of Mac OS X machines.

VNCDimension

You can remote control any machine with a VNC server with VNCDimension, a VNC client written specifically for Mac OS X.

Server Side

4D Rewrite

This 4D WebSTAR V plug-in can redirect or proxy browser requests to your Tomcat Web server for processing Java servlets and JavaServer Pages (JSP).

4D WebSTAR Tomcat Services

This 4D WebSTAR V plug-in passes requests to your Tomcat 3 server for processing Java servlets and JavaServer Pages (JSP).

4D WebSTAR SSI

This 4D WebSTAR V plug-in processes SSI tags on HTML pages, and is oftenused to include a Web site's universal headers and footers.

Instant ASP

iASP is a portable active server framework that lets developers deploy Active Server Pages (ASP) on any Java™ technology-enabled Web Server or Application Server, including Tomcat.

PHP

4D WebSTAR V comes with CGI and FastCGI implementations of PHP4, allowing you to process pages that contain PHP code.

MacASP

Macasp is a development tool that provides server side processing to Macintosh web servers. Providing a simple and easyto learn scripting language, similar to Basic, it is designed to use specific functionnalities of Macintosh (like Applescript).

NetCloak

NetCloak is quite simply the easy way to a better Web site. NetCloak provides dozens of easy to use commands that make any Macintosh Web site dynamic, interactive and more managable.

Utilities

Rumpus

A high-performance FTP server that is easy to set up and maintain, Maxum Development's Rumpus offers numerous features and allows you to use either Users & Groups security settings or its own built-in security scheme which does not have the limitations of File Sharing.

synchronise Pro

From Qdea, synchronise Pro will automatically keep documents on two or more Macs up to date, including automatically mirroring and backing up files on or between several servers.

World Wide Web Weaver

World Wide Web Weaver is the premier web page development tool. Supports the latest web features and offering both total control and the only true WYSIWYG preview as you type!

CyberGauge

CyberGauge is an easy to use utility for monitoring your Internet bandwidth information, with email and pager alerts for both non-responsive devices and for interface traffic thresholds.

Super Get Info

Utility designed to serve as a supplement for the Mac OS X Finder's Show Info command.

Get Info

Allows you to set a files permissions, change the owner of a file, and change the group of a file.

shadowDisk

Displays your used and free disk space on your desktop and/or in your menu bar.

xFiles

Allows you to change the HFS+ type and creator, filename, Posix owner and group, modification date, and permissions of files you drop on it.

Interarchy

All-in-ine file transfer client and network debugging tool.

Common Gateway Interface (CGI)

Python

Python is a cross-platform, high-level programming language that combines power with clear syntax; the Macintosh version has a framework for writing CGI scripts.

WebSTAR API SDK

Download the latest version of the W*API Software Developer's Toolkit, including documentation, examples, and source code.

ACME Script Widgets

Several useful AppleScript extensions from ACME Technologies which can simplify CGI creation, including Tokenize, and other tools for changing case, manipulating lists, and replacing text.

AppleScript

Included in MacOS, AppleScript is an easy to use scripting language that allows a wide range of actions. AppleScript CGIs can be created even by non-programmers to perform various useful functions; different scripting additions can further simplify or extend CGI creation.

Shopping Cart / E-Commerce

Ch-Ching!

Developed by Imacination Software, Ch-Ching! is an an e-commerce solution for building fully-functional online stores with built-in credit card processing, shopping cart, and search capabilities. Merchants can remotely administrate Ch-Ching! and fully customise their store appearance and operation. Requires Lasso Web Data Engine.

Cybercash

Credit card and payment processing service.

Verisign Payment

Verisign Payment is an Internet-based payment processing service (also known as a "payment gateway") which can be linked to from e-commerce applications running with WebSTAR.

Banner Mania

Banner Mania maintains and tracks rotating ad banners on your server. It supports multiple domains and web-based administration, with options for banner ad expiration dates, maximum number of impressions, plus statistics on impressions and click-throughs. BannerMania is designed for use with Maxum's NetCloak.

WebDNA

E-commerce applications generator and programming languange.

HTML Editors / Link Checkers / Validators

PageSpinner

By Optima System, PageSpinner is an easy-to-use HTML editor which gives a number of options for rapid creation of web pages. Very useful for people who wish to see the actual HTML they are working with.

Link Alarm

LinkAlarm automatically and regularly checks every link on every page of any web site. A summary report is emailed showing the type and number of broken links and the online report provides a detailed list of problems so they can be viewed and easily repaired. With the Linkalarm [browser] plug-in, you can zoom straight to your HTML editor to fix the link there and then. The webmaster fixes the links, rechecks the site and waits for their next scheduled report. The service is available on a free 2 month trial. Web sites can receive LinkAlarm from $20 each year.

Discussion & Chat

Ceilidh

Ceilidh is a compiled Web forum application, written in ANSI C, with a Mac OS version that works as a CGI for WebSTAR. It runs self-maintaining discussion forums and offers administration options through the Web-based administrative program, Fiddler.

Facilitate.com

An application to provide a virtual meeting area over the Internet, the Facilitate.com software allows you to set up and maintain multiple structured, focused online discussions and meetings for everything from employee forums to process improvement teams to corporate conferences. Discussions can be either real time or ongoing, and groups can make use of different tools (votes or surveys, for example).

Web Crossing

A CGI for providing discussion groups, bulletin boards, and online chat, Web Crossing allows you to set up multiple discussion forums, allow different access privileges, customise the look and basic setup of your groups, search discussions for information, and so on. It is different than a real-time chat program, and tends to result in more in-depth discussions; suggested uses include help desks, on-line classes, and town-hall meeting places.

DigiChat

From Digi-Net Technologies, DigiChat gives you the ability to create multiple, individual chat rooms on your web site offering a wide variety of features including an attractive interface and complete remote control. DigiChat is written completely in Java, so it runs on multiple server and client latforms, and its ChatGuardian technology even gives you control over the nature of the chat on your sites.

Java chat

A version of the sample server-side Java demo chat room that is included with WebSTAR 2.0, cleaned-up and improved by Paul Didzerekis. Does not require browsers to support Java.

iSync

File Transfer client program for Macintosh specifically made to simplify updating Web sites.

FTP Clients

Fetch

Includes all the standard features of a modern FTP client, presented in a user interface that is straight-forward and easy to use.

Interarchy

Enables a user to access files on other computers over the Internet.

Transmit

Used to update Web sites, download software from thousands of worldwide archives, send files to friends, and much, much more.

iSync

File Transfer client program for Macintosh specifically made to simplify updating Web sites.

Web Browsers

Netscape X

The latest update to the Netscape browser suite, this greatly enhances the performance and stability of Netscape 6 while improving functionality and adding a number of key features.

iCAB

A new Web browser for the Macintosh. It has an easy-to-use interface with a built-in download manager, a hot list that stores your favorite sites, a search tool that you can configure to use your search engine of choice, and intelligent drag-and-drop capabilities.

OmniWeb

A full-featured native Web browser for Mac OS X. Highly multi-threaded and written using Apple's advanced Cocoa frameworks.

Opera

The legendary speed of the Opera Web browser is now available on the Macintosh.

Fizzilla

An open-source Web browser, designed for standards compliance, performance and portability.

Logging Analysis

Traffic Report

Traffic Report is a robust Web log analysis tool. Designed with the simplicity and elegance that is Macintosh, it has the power (and sophistication) to analyse many of the most popular log formats, including WebSTAR. It is easy to use, comprehensive and very flexible! Available in both Classic and OSX versions.

Funnel Web analyser

Funnel Web analyser is a fast, full-featured log file analysis tool, with a sophisticated GUI. Processes any log file format, and produces reports in HTML, PDF, Word, Excel and CSV formats. Available as Enterprise or Standard editions.

Sawmill

Sawmill is a log analysis tool which can be used to analyse Web site traffic, proxy usage, ftp usage, and much more.

Wusage 8.0

Wusage is a Web server log analysis package that runs just as well on virtually every operating system. Wusage also can read logs generated by nearly every type of Web server, including Apache, Microsoft IIS, WebStar, and many others.

Analog

It is the most popular Web server log analysis tool in the world. It's fast, flexible, easy to use, produces attractive output, and it's FREE!

Summary

Web server log analysis software with more unique reports to monitor your server's traffic.

Images and Animation

GraphicConverter

Lemke Software's GraphicConverter is a shareware application that can display, manipulate, and convert images in a wide variety of different formats.

DeBabelizer

Available in both lite and commercial toolbox versions, DeBabelizer from Equilibrium can convert images to nearly any format and gives a number of options for controlling the image output.

Cumulus Internet Image Server

By Canto Software, the Image Server CGI acts as an interface for any Cumulus image database, permitting you to publish a catalog of multimedia files on the web, and giving you a number of search, display, and download options.

SuperGIF

GIF optimiser from Boxtop Software

Other Servers

Rumpus

A high-performance FTP server that is easy to set up and maintain, Maxum Development's Rumpus offers numerous features and allows you to use either Users & Groups security settings or its own built-in security scheme which does not have the limitations of File Sharing.

QuickDNS

QuickDNS is a DNS management solution that allows many users to simultaneously manage DNS servers on different platforms through an easy-to-use interface.

Multimedia

Version Master Mac

The new Version Master Mac CGI is a powerful CGI program that is used to display, in real time, the latest Macintosh Software updates, including version numbers and URLs. The CGI connects to the Version Master Mac database (50,000 titles in 50 countries). This database is contiuosly updated, providing the most comprehensive listing of updated Mac software in the world. The version information can be displayed in the style of the webmaster's choosing, including tables, ordered and unordered lists. URLs to the software sites and the date of the updates can be included or excluded.

Miscellaneous

Optigold

Cross platform software to run the billing, management, sales, etc. for an Internet Service Provider.

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Minimum System

Mac OS X
Mac OS X compliant machine (G4 or newer recommended)
Mac OS 10.2.x or later
800 X 600 monitor resolution
128 MB total RAM, as required by Mac OS X (256 MB or more recommended).
50 MB free hard disk space
TCP/IP connectivity (DSL or faster Internet connection recommended)

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