FOR IMMEDIATE DISTRIBUTION

Steve Wilmes Consulting, Inc. announces the release of Big Board, a web
based forum for Mac based web servers running Lasso 2.5 and FileMaker Pro
4.

Minneapolis, MN, USA–March 2, 1998
Steve Wilmes Consulting, Inc. today announces the release of Big Board,
their Web based forum software. “People are looking for good forum
software. An active forum keeps a website fresh and keeps people coming
back. We looked at and tested the forum software out there and were very
dissatisfied with very little made to run on a Macintosh Web server. In
building Big Board we took the best of the feature sets we have seen and
combined them into our product. Using the power of a FileMaker Pro backend,
and Lasso 2.5, our goal was to build a great feature set and a smooth
interface while still keeping the speed up,” says Steve Wilmes, President
of Steve Wilmes Consulting, Inc.

Big Board features include:
– Threaded messages that can go 10 levels deep.
– View the thread you’re in and the message you’re on while reading messages.
– Post text or HTML messages
– Auto Email responses to messages.
– Easy to use, framed based interface.
– Profile finds new messages when you log in and remembers your name,
email, and other settings.
– To list views by thread or messages.
– Full search archive of old messages.
– Easy to administer and customize.
– Complete online help.

Pricing and availability:
Big Board is aggressively priced at $149.81 (U.S. Dollars), quantity
discounts are available, see online order form. Steve Wilmes Consulting,
Inc. is offering a new hosting service, hosting Big Board based forums for
a $30 setup fee and $30/month.

User Requirements:
– Any PC, Mac, or Unix computer with a graphics display of 256 colors and
640×480 or better.
– Netscape 2.0 or later, Internet Explorer 3.0 or later or other frame
capable browser (Netscape 3.0 or later, IE 4.0 required for a profile).

Administrator Requirements:
– A Power Macintosh or compatible computer
– 24 MB of RAM available for applications (beyond the MacOS)
– Lasso 2.5 (www.blueworld.com)
– FileMaker 4.0 (www.filemaker.com)
– A Mac OS Web server that follows StarNine Technologies specifications
for WebSTAR CGI (if you have the CGI version of Lasso/Big Board) or WebSTAR
API (if you have the plug-in version of Lasso/Big Board)

Steve Wilmes Consulting, Inc. is a prominent FileMaker Pro consultancy and
web hosting provider based in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area.

For more information about or to purchase Big Board, visit
(http://www.swconsulting.com/bigboard/index.html)

Contact
Steve Wilmes
Steve Wilmes Consulting, Inc.
steve@swconsulting.com
(http://www.swconsulting.com)