College Front Page Major Software Engines

• Personal Pages System
• Summary
• Nothing
• Versions
• May 2005 – Alpha 1.0 Released
• Uses DHTML drag and drop functionality with heavy client side programming
• Save to database with static rendering for public viewing
• Aug 2005 – Alpha 1.2 Patch
• User database management added (add remove)
• Static pages auto generated with new user
• Jan 25 – Alpha 2.0 Release
• New code / retooled version
• Uses wizard based system for template based dynamic pages
• Usermanagement tried directly into Universal Accounts
• Adds new feature friends
• Adds new feature personal message
• Adds new feature recent forum posts
• Adds new feature portfolio gallery
• Adds new feature links
• Full development site around users.collegefrontpage.com
• Feb 3 – Alpha 2.1 Patch
• Cosmetic fixes
• Changed navbar image to true navbar code
• Feb 20 – Alpha 2.2 Patch
  • CSS/DHTML Integration (Rico, AJAX)
  • Added new feature contact form
  • Added Rich Text editor for welcome message
  • Removed 'Welcome Message' from welcome message
  • Added second line for links, seperating title and url
  • Converted layout to more DIV tags than tables
  • Increased size of flash gallery
  • Removed second line from personal page navigation bar
• Feb 22 - Alpha 2.3 Patch
  • Gallery File Manager Major Upgrade
    • Drag and drop ordering
    • Dynamic saving
  • Multiple Galleries now supported
  • Captions editing added
  • EXIF Caption Stripping added
  • Removed ability to name files
• Mar 10 - Beta 1.0 Public Release
  • Invite system running (each user gets 2 invites to give pages to others)
• Mar 16 - Beta 1.1 Patch
  • Flash Gallery Upgraded to real version (supports fade times, transition time, autostart)
• Apr 10 -Beta 1.3 Patch
  • Flash Gallery - Fixed Flash Pixel Offset (Flash Bug)
  • Added Color engine to work with flash colors. Gallery doesn't stand out as much now.
  • Change loading wheel to loading bar.
• June 25 - Beta 1.3.2 Patch
  • New gallery files go to front instead of end of gallery
  • Flash gallery now supports direct jumps by presing the 1-9 keys
  • Flash embeding changed to fix Microsoft's new Patent issues with IE

• Browse Section Engine
• Summary
• Nothing
• Versions
• Oct 24, 2004 – Beta 1.0 Released
• Sorted in static pages PDFs uploaded
• Converted PDFs to 4 jpegs with custom PDF engine (see PDF Converter Engine)
• Sorts based on Paper name, State, and Country
• Nov 1, 2004 – Public 1.0 Released
• Added cosmetic fixes for BW CFP look
• Nov 20, 2004 – 1.1 Patch
• Added support for multiple pages
• Redefined Pagemaker Integration (See Pagemaker Engines) for static pages
• Dec 17, 2004 – 1.5 Patch
• Added support for extra pages (Sports Pages at Release)
• May 2005 – 1.7 Patch
• Added new sort Recent

• PDF Converter Engine
• Summary
• Nothing
• Versions
• Oct 20, 2004 – Beta 1.0 Released
• Single Pass system from PDF to JPEG Conversion
• Nov 1, 2004 – Public 1.0 Released
• Tweaked sizes and output
• PDF Recompression (space saver)
• Nov 6, 2004 – 1.1 Patch
• Color space issue fixed (CMYK Plates)
• Nov 20, 2004 – 1.2 Patch
• Removed PDF recompression
• Dec 20, 2004 – 1.3 Patch
• Changed primary operation
• Feb 2005 – 1.5 Patch
• Added second pass to system
• Feb 2005 – 1.5.1 Patch
• Added smart 2 pass system
• Mar 2005 – 1.5 Patch
• Modified 3 pass system
• Sep 2005 – 1.7 Patch
• Modified to 4 pass system
• Dec 2005 – 1.7.3 Patch
• Reduced 4th pass to 3 pass only
• Jan 26 – 2.0 Release
• Portable self contained engine
• Modular – can be added to existing system and new ones (personal pages)

• Special Sections Engine
• Summary
• Nothing
• Versions
• Sep, 2005 – Public 1.0 Released
• Wizard based system to auto generate static sections
• Redesign section released as test bed
• Integration with PDF Converter 1.73

• Pagemaker Engine
• Summary
• Nothing
• Versions
• Nov 2004 – Public 1.0 Released
• Auto program to create all static pages for front page browse sections
• Feeds based on database data
• Dec 2004 – 1.2 Patch
• Added multiple pages
• Added support for multiple sections
• Jan 2005 –1.4 Patch
• Added contest static sections
• Auto create contests based on date
• Replaced nightly run with upload process

• Articlemaker Engine
• Summary
• Nothing
• Versions
• Dec 2004 – Public1.0 Released
• Auto generates static pages with database information
• Runs off of Author Database, and Articles Database
• Formats page output with relevant links, pictures, and keyword