Powerful New Software Tool from INFORIUM Makes Web Site Management Easy

January 10th 1996 -- INFORIUM, The Information Atrium Inc., has today
announced the release of its LivePAGE WebMaster software. LivePAGE
WebMaster harnesses the power of a Relational Database to create, control
and manage an entire Web site as a single document. 

With LivePAGE WebMaster, users can load all the information contained on an
existing Web site, add HTML or text pages, and then quickly create an
overall structure using an intuitive drag and drop utility. The entire
re-structured site is then loaded into a LivePAGE relational document
database. All details of the site, such as links, and upgrading pages to
conform with the HTML 2.0 DTD, are managed automatically. 

Once the user is satisfied with the site in the database, a simple "press
of a button" and a "new and improved" Web site is automatically generated,
complete with a dynamic table of contents and navigational buttons.
Creating new Web sites is also easier than ever before. 

LivePAGE WebMaster is the first software product to use the power of
Relational Database technology to manage HTML documents. With this
powerful, open, standards-based product, even the largest and most complex
Web site can be managed as a single document database. 

The software has three powerful components to help manage a complex Web
site. The first component is the WebMaster Builder, which takes an
existing Web site, individual HTML files, or even text files and permits
the user to easily build the basic "structure" of the site. The Builder
also contains a built-in utility which automatically "fixes up" the files
to a strict HTML 2.0 format. 

The LivePAGE Updater component is used to perfect and manage the details of
the site. Users point to the section or page they want to work on, and the
Updater then temporarily extracts it from the database, saving it to a
file, where it can be edited with a standard HTML editor and then returned
to its place in the site.

The third and final component is the WebMaster Publisher. This product
takes the database and publishes an updated version of the original Web
site which can then be stored on any Web Server. It also generates a Table
of Contents structure which gives a site visitor a unique and complete
overview of the content of the site. The Publisher also provides the
ability to automatically create navigational buttons to further assist in
site viewing. 

At U$1,695, LivePAGE WebMaster is aggressively positioned against much
higher priced Web Server based solutions. LivePAGE WebMaster is now
shipping and available at an introductory price of U$995. 

"HTML Editors are ideal for creating a single page or a small site for the
Web, but to easily manage a complex Web site, you need a new tool. The
LivePAGE WebMaster is a powerful tool that allows corporations to create
and manage their Web sites utilizing their existing investment in
Relational Database technology", said Ron Neumann, President of INFORIUM.


LivePAGE software is designed as a family of 2nd generation HTML and SGML
products, delivering all the power of SGML while relieving the user of
most of its nagging details. INFORIUM was the first company to deliver a
solution which stores any SGML file efficiently in a Relational Database.


Established in 1990, INFORIUM is based on research developed at the
University of Waterloo and the Waterloo Foundation for the Advancement of
Computing (WATFAC). The company is managed by a group of individuals who
are extremely well regarded in the computer industry. The management team
includes Wes Graham, former Dean of Computing at the University of
Waterloo and a co-founder of Watcom; Ron Neumann, former CEO of Waterloo
Maple Software; and Eric Mackie, former Head of the Computer Systems Group
at the University of Waterloo. 

The Information Atrium Inc., (INFORIUM)
158 University Avenue West, Waterloo, ON, Canada N2L 3E9
Tel: (519) 885-2181,  Fax: (519) 746-7362
email: info@inforium.com
WWW: http://www.inforium.com/inforium.html
 
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