Roar With Big Mouth Lion, Rocky Mountain Internet's New Web Forum Manager; Big Mouth Lion Allows Web Administrators to Add an Online Forum Quickly and Easily.DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 21, 1998--Rocky Mountain Internet Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on SmallCap Market-RMII, RMIIW) today announced availability of a new Web-based discussion manager, Big Mouth Lion(tm) Webware Forum. The software is currently available through RMI's leading-edge search engine Infohiway (www.infohiway.com). "Big Mouth Lion is an administrator-friendly software package that serves as an interactive bulletin board," said Douglas H. Hanson, chairman, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Rocky Mountain Internet. "Once installed, the software can easily maintain a browser-based, customized forum to be used by anyone who visits their Web site, making it a perfect tool for small to medium-size businesses who want a sophisticated Web application. We have recently experienced a record third quarter in revenue in our Web services (1) Loosely, any online service delivered over the Web. Such usage appears in articles from non-technical sources, but not in IT-oriented publications, because definition #2 below describes the correct use of the term. division and are excited about this new addition to our product line." "Interactive Web forums are a leading solution for site administrators who want to encourage communication with site visitors as well as increase site traffic," said Jeremy Black Jeremy Black may be:
(2) (Internet Service Provider) An organization that provides access to the Internet. Connection to the user is provided via dial-up, ISDN, cable, DSL and T1/T3 lines. , instead of being licensed from a developer." Big Mouth Lion is entirely HTML/PERL-based, meaning any user with PERL privileges can have the forum up and running in minutes. The program is also fully customizable and can be easily modified for the particular needs of each customer. A few hours of HTML HTML in full HyperText Markup Language Markup language derived from SGML that is used to prepare hypertext documents. Relatively easy for nonprogrammers to master, HTML is the language used for documents on the World Wide Web. programming will ensure that the forum is constructed with a custom look and feel. One large site in Ireland (www.ireland-today.ie) has called it "Your Shout" and has developed their own design for the forum. Big Mouth Lion customers may choose from a long list of features that provide the interactivity of a chat room combined with the timelessness of an online bulletin board. One particular feature that enhances the forum visitors' perspective is custom "emoticons" -- icons that can be attached to each individual posting to convey the emotion behind the actual message. Additional unique administration features include a Curse Transmogrifier that automatically changes objectionable words included in forum messages into numeric symbols (for example, #@!$), and the Cap Converter function ensuring that uppercase message wording and the online version of shouting (for example, CAREFUL), is transformed into lowercase. Big Mouth Lion Webware Forum is priced at $195 for non-profit, educational, government and military-licensed Web sites and at $395 for commercial sites. For additional features and an online demonstration of Big Mouth Lion, visit (www.infohiway.com/bigmouthlion). About Rocky Mountain Internet Rocky Mountain Internet (www.rmi.net) is a full-service, national telecommunications company See telecom company. providing a wide range of voice and data communication services to businesses and consumers. Services include dedicated, dial-up and wireless Internet access See how to access the Internet. , Web development, hosting and marketing, electronic commerce and banner advertising Banner Advertising A common form of advertising on the internet. The banner is an advertisement of 460x68 pixels, usually placed at the top of the page Notes: For an example, just look at the top of a page on almost any popular web site. management software applications, network management, system integration, co-location services, local and long distance phone service, 800 service, calling card and IP Telephony The two-way transmission of voice over a packet-switched IP network, which is part of the TCP/IP protocol suite. The terms "IP telephony" and "voice over IP" (VoIP) are synonymous. . |
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