Web Based Software and ASP.NET Development
A Chat application with a twist
Shoutbox! is a web based application and requires a Microsoft Windows based web server to host the application and a web browser to use it.
This application has been developed using ASP (Active Server Pages) technology.
| Requirements | |
|---|---|
| Web server | ShoutBox! has been developed to run exclusively on web sites hosted on Windows Servers with Internet Information Server 4.0 or higher. |
| Database | ShoutBox does not make use of any databases |
| Components | No Components Are Required |
| Web Browser | ShoutBox! Uses Inline Frames and Javascript, browsers without support for these features won't be able to use the software. Calling the ShoutBox! from an external site or domain to the application installation may produce erratic behavior. ShoutBox! has been tested to work only with browsers that support Inline frames (IE4+, NS6+, Mozilla) |
Yes, as long as the system requirements are met. Please make sure that your site is hosted on a Windows based server with support for ASP Scripts.
There are no DLLs to install on the web server. The full applications has been developed using only ASP (Active Server Pages) Script.
It is very simple and is explained in detail in the application's user manual.
Basically all you need to do is to unzip and upload some files to the web server (BY FTP) and update the database connection string.
All the application can be deployed by FTP
SQL Server is recommended as the database backend for web sites with medium to high traffic levels.