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Miva [engine] aka HMAPPS? Newsletter Vol IV Issue IV Miva Newsletter - ** The Document Is The Application ** Volume IV, Issue IV, 18 August 1998 EMAIL: sales@miva.com WWW: miva.com FTP: ftp://ftp.miva.com/ ************************************************************************** **** OFFICIAL MIVA NEWSLETTER **** (formerly the htmlscript newsletter) -PUBLISHED SINCE 8 DECEMBER 1995- twenty nine issues so far! NOTE: You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed to one of our lists or licensed software from us. WE DO NOT SEND UNSOLICITED EMAIL. If you would like to be removed from this list, please follow the unsubscribe info at the bottom of this message. *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* IN THIS ISSUE: ** Htmlscript Corp. Becomes Miva Corp. On 1 September 1998 ** Miva Merchant v1.0 Goes Into Beta! ** Miva Engine v3.2 Goes Production 24 August 1998 ** Is Your Software Properly Licensed? ** Get Your Commerce Site Into The Miva Galleria *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* ** Htmlscript Corp. Becomes Miva Corp. On 1 September 1998Effective 1 September 1998, Htmlscript Corporation will change it's name to Miva Corporation. We are changing our name to reflect that we are now much more than HTML. Miva Corp. products are the leading commercial solutions for the web hosting industry to provide XML scripting, database, and commerce to tens of thousands of developers. Additionally, our products are used to implement major sites such as Software.Net and Netscape Software Depot. Our new web site goes online at midnight 1 September 1998:miva.com *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* ** Miva Merchant Goes Into Beta! Miva Merchant, our new world class store development and management system has been released into beta. Developed in Miva Script, this new product uses a module based approach so that developers and third party vendors can implement snap-in feature enhancements. We anticipate a rapid beta test with the production release scheduled for 1 September 1998. The feature set includes: * Nestable hierarchial categories * Link into catalog from any web page * Extensive boolean product searching * Upsell based on basket contents scoring * SSL integration for ordering and reporting * Automatic shopping basket maintenance * Unlimited look and feel control * API based replaceable modules * Detailed product attribute configuration * Multiple and unlimited fulfillment options * Multiple and unlimited sales tax setup * Multiple and unlimited shipping methods * Multiple ways to find products for editing * Automatic online UPS shipping calculations * Configurable currency layout * Batch and archival management of orders * Email notification of orders * Advanced dynamic whitespace compression * Quick installation and auto data file setup * "Buy One Now" button can be added to any web page * Database driven, modular architecture * Mall administrator can setup multiple stores * Automatic import of KoolCat data files * Context sensitive online help * Interface to other applications * Online Credit card authorization * Cross Platform: Unix and Windows * Fully Scriptable, XML compatible source code included. Miva Merchant pricing is $495 per domain plus $100 per additional store. The Annual Upgrade Plan is $249 per year plus $50 per year for stores in the domain license. KoolCat licensees who have purchased before 1 September 1998 will get a free domain license to Miva Merchant. KoolCat Annual Upgrade Plan members who have purchased before 1 September 1998 will get a free Annual Upgrade Plan. All KoolCat licensees will automatically receive notification with download info for their free copy of Miva Merchant. *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* ** Miva Engine v3.2 Goes Production 24 August 1998 We're going into production with the v3.2 engine distribution next week. Along with the name change, we're using the Htmlscript version number for the engine since Miva is Htmlscript 3.0. The new engine has many new features including modular program execution, memo fields, database filtering, and many new builtin functions. Miva Engine v3.2 is required to run Miva Merchant. Annual Upgrade Plan members will automatically receive notification with download information when their platform is available. Licensees that have purchased Miva Engine in the last 60 days will receive one free upgrade and will be notified automatically. *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* ** Get Your Commerce Site Into The Miva Galleria The Miva Galleria, a directory of Miva enabled commerce web sites, goes online with our new web site on 1 September 1998. If you have a web site that is commerce related and uses Miva technology, then you should register it with the Miva Galleria:miva.com *#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#* Non-Internet Access Information Miva Corporation 2629 Ariane Drive San Diego, CA 92117 619-490-2570:voice 619-490-0548:fax note: these release dates are coincident with SoftQuad Inc's represented 'important product announcements' on August 13th moved back to September 1st. [emphasis added]