StarterKits.org News

StarterKits.org - 9/1/2008 Shutdown Date

Curt Christianson — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

It's with a heavy head that I announce that on 9/1/08 I will be taking StarterKits.org offline and have no intention of bringing it back. The ideas behind the site were good and I stand behind them, but it's an opportunity that was a little late. Time, energy and a number of other factors were involved in the decision but the result is that the site will be shutdown.

iTracker Kit Moved to CodePlex

Curt Christianson — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

After some deep contemplation I've decided to beging the rolldown of www.StarterKits.org. While I still believe in the concept(s) it's something that doesn't really have the community backing I had hoped for.

With this announcement please note that as of today (July 17th, 2008) I have moved the iTracker starter kit over to CodePlex. You can now download it, contribute, leave feedback, etc at it's new home @ http://www.CodePlex.com/iTracker/

Thank you all for the support along the way. At some point in the future I will be taking down the kits from this site and eventualy the entire site, but in the meantime I'll leave things "as is" to transition it over.

iTracker 2008 released

Curt Christianson — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

I know I've been meaning to get at it for a while but I've finally taken the time to push it to the site. This is bascially the same 3-tier app as the original iTracker (Inventory Tracker) app but I've converted it for use with VS 2008.
~Enjoy.

iTracker Demo - Back

Curt Christianson — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Sorry it took so long but the iTracker demo is back up and running. The hosting provider no longer allows the usage of SQLExpress (which is what the demo was running on, as does the actual site) so I've moved it over to a full SQL backend. This should speed things up as well. The MediaLibrary demo site is still down, working through some kinks with the setup. I may just leave it as a download-only thing, we'll see.

Demo Site Outages

Curt Christianson — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT

We are shifting the backends for the demo sites around a little. If you experience a problem trying to access them please try again later. We hope to have it all worked out as soon as possible.

~Thanks

More Updates - New Framework

Curt Christianson — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT

I know we just had an update but I've tweaked in a few more items.

- .Net Framework 3.5, while in reality I'm not utilizing anything fun from the new framework, yet, I wanted to do the conversion while I was doing the latest updates. This should position us for the future.

- Error Logging: There really wasn't much in the site before, but now there is. This should let us be a little more proactive in fixing anthing that may come up.

- Private Messages: Users are now able to send eachother simple messages. It's nothing overly complex but it can be handy.

- Reviews Menu: Hey, look up at the top.. there's a menu item for the Reviews section now...figured it would help.

If you have any issues just drop us a line and, as always, let us know if there is anything more you want added.
~ Enjoy

Site Updates - Hope you like

Curt Christianson — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT

Well, it's been a little while so I figure it must be time for another site update. This one is pretty much all new stuff (thankfully) since there really weren't too many defects reported. Anyway, here is the list.

- New logo (the other one had issues). It's still not exactly what I'm looking for but it's better then what was here.

- Reviews. I've added a section for reviews. These could be books, sites, applications, you name it. The idea is that people can report on things that interest them (good or bad) and share with the community.

- User ability to change your password. Don't know why I didn't have this to start with, but it's here now.

- Ability to Ban users. Admins can not put in place a ban if a user is acting outside the expected behavior. These are typically temporary, at the discretion of the admins.

- Bug Fix: News Details. The text wasn't wrapping properly. It should be ok now.

- Bug Fix: Downloading. There was an issue with the files not feeding properly. This should be taken care of now.

As always, I'll mention that this site is what you make of it. Feel free to submit your ideas/suggestions though either the feedback form or into the forums. We'll do what we can to implement the ideas, or tell you why they won't be.

~ Enjoy

Site Hot Fix

Curt Christianson — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 00:00:00 GMT

There seems to have been a problem that's developed with the downloads. We've put in place a temporary work-around to keep things moving along though. We will push out a fix with the next release. Thanks for the feedback letting us know.
~Enjoy

Site Updates

Curt Christianson — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 00:00:00 GMT

The correction for the signup issue has been put in place. Sorry for the delay but I was off on a well needed vacation for a bit. At this point there aren't any major bogs reported (woohoo) so we wil be back at enhancements for the site. So, this means if there are things you would like to see added/changed/etc please feel free to send them along. As of now, here is a partial list of what's to come (defect fixes and enhancements).

- Password Recovery Page.
- Newsletters.
- Private messaging.
- Kit voting.

If you want anything else on the list just drop us some feedback from the feedback page or in the site forum.

~Enjoy

User Signup Issues

Curt Christianson — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMT

It's come to my attention that the email verification process was failing to send out the email when you registered for a new account. I'm working correcting the issue. For those of you with accounts in "pending" status, they have been activated and you should be able to use them. I'm sorry for any troubles.

Thanks,
Curt