The new FREE Stagemanager Xtra (Public Beta)

The vision behind Stagemanager is that of a united Director community. When we started out building Stagemanager we wanted to create a place where every Director developer could go to meet each other, work and keep updated. Of course there would be no better place to put this than inside Director itself.

Stagemanager is much more than what you usually expect from an Xtra. Stagemanager is an interface to the Director community. We are starting in the small but the aim of Stagemanager is to become the ultimate best friend of any Director developer.

We have envisioned a future where collaboration between the developers in Director moves to new frontiers. If you would like to be a part of this future you should definetely download Stagemanager today and take part in its forming.

Stagemanager Features in the Public Beta:

(1) First of all we thought it would be nice to chat inside Director so we added a chat.
(2) Then we added a newsreader that lets you tap into the newsstream from thousands of online news sources.
(3) Then a new improved downloader from Mediamacros - now with search, preview,
(4) A small collection of Xtra tools that will be expanding rapidly as the program matures.

An alliance between the companies AddGo and MediaMacros, Inc. has ensured that the Stagemanager Xtra has a bright future. While you are reading this we are already working on the next set of features that will be part of Stagemanager.

The Crystal Ball

Although no future is ever certain we won't mind telling you a little about what could be in store for Stagemanager.

The furture could bring an interface that allows you as a website owner to supply your information to Stagemanager and all its users. This will allow the users of Stagemanager to stay on top of the news in the business as well as give them a Director search function across more websites.

The future could also bring an Instant Messenger system that will work just like ICQ but it will be integrated with the chat and the various functions inside Director giving you some interesting and so far unseen features.

It is possible that Stagemanager will come to contain some games or interfaces to some games, which will help the users relax again when some of the few bugs in Director show up.

Maybe this year we will also see Stagemanager in a version that supports the interest groups like the game developers, the CD-ROM developers etc. Closed forums, specialized tools etc. might be part of the package.

Probably you will see interfaces to e-mail, newsgroups and IRC channels.

Certainly the future will bring a whole bunch of tools that will help you develop your Director projects. If you have a nice tool you would like to see included in Stagemanager please contact us and we will take it under consideration.

Many more features are under revision and development. You will have to be patient though, we won't tell you any more about the future right now.

Download the Stagemanager Xtra

Please be aware that the Stagemanager Xtra so far only is available as a Public Beta. This means that we cannot guarantee the stability or the program, neither will we be held responsible for any problems occuring on your system while running the program. The public beta only runs on windows and only on Director 8 or better. This will not be the case for the final version, which will be available to a much broader audience.

Download Stagemanager now!
Stagemanager.zip (300kb Zip File)

Requirements:

Windows 95/98/Me/2000
Mac OS 9 or better
Director 8 or better
Internet Connection
The XML Parser Xtra (comes with Director)
The Multi-User Xtra (comes with Director)

Recommended:

The WebXtra from Tabuleiro in either a registered or unregistered version.

Instructions:

After downloading you need to unzip all the files to your Xtra folder in your Director folder. Make sure that all the unzipped files are placed in the Stagemanager folder under the Xtra folder. On the Mac, you will also need to unstuff the SM-Launcher.sit file. When this is done boot up Director and you will see the program appear.

Please send all bug reports to stagemanager@mediamacros.com

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