August 6, 1998 - United States patent office issues coolmaps.com's first patent (US05790121) for its clustering user interface.

August 6, 1998 : The patent is issued

September 23, 1998 - NetObjects begins selling coolmaps.com components live from its website.

January 1, 1999 - The Coolmaps Components Club is launched as an online community for people who use NetObjects Fusion. Ten components are initially available (RollOver, LinkMaster, TextTree, MetaTagger, TickerTape2, TitleWave, Confirmer, SiteReporter, Mapper and DataDrill) along with tutorials, inspiration, contests and interaction ("Ask Granger" and more).

The CCC had arrived

February 7, 1999 - With amazing speed, Matt Carpenter quickly figures out the correct 32 moves to win the RollOver Challenge.

March 7, 1999 - After 6 months of helping out part-time, Tal Avitzur becomes a full-time member of the coolmaps.com team. Tal will go on to become ClubMaster and President of coolmaps.com (all without getting a single haircut).


Tal and coolmaps.com
would never be the
same again

May 15, 1999 - First CCC member profile featuring Moyra and her wandering eye. Moyra is still one of our favorite members and she has made a great contribution to our 5-year anniversay rollover tribute.


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