June 30, 2008

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I like tools that do the mundane work but still allow my creativity to shine through. XSitePro 2 is such a tool. If you are thinking about your own website but do not want to pay me or another webmaster to do it then you really need to take a look at XSitePro 2.

To make is really easy for you to decide if XSitePro 2 is right for you, they are going to have Webinars this week that will go over the following:

Designing killer websites with ease using XSitePro's beautiful templates
Inserting Audio/Video into your pages… in seconds
The powerful Image Library tool
Widgets - adding functionality to your page content
Inserting RSS content in just a few simple steps
Building mailing-lists using XSitePro's in-built name grab forms
Monetizing your site using Adsense, Amazon and PayPal tools
Time-releasing your page content on autopilot
Tapping into the mobile web market with XSitePro's Mobile Site Wizard
And so much more…

The training webinars that XSitePro provides are great so I would say that thewill be very informative and well worth your time.

88 Reasons Why XSitePro Hits the Mark:

We’ve lifted the hood on XSitePro and super-charged the data structure for enhanced performance, reliability and scalability.

All your existing v1.x websites can be imported into v2 using an in-built migration tool.

XSitePro has a fresh new look in this latest release

There’s no limit to how many sites you can create, maintain and organize using the power of XSitePro

Intuitive, project-based design makes it easy to manage your sites

A brand-new selection of quality website templates, professionally designed to help you create great-looking sites, fast. This means that your websites appearance will rival those created by the finest graphic designers!

Central page layout editor for global site design – roll out your style changes from a single point – apply changes instantly to all of your site’s pages

Info-Bar and Main Panel Header – giving more control over the look and feel of your site

Updated panel designer windows now display panels at the exact widths you’ve set them to. This makes for a more accurate editing process.

Automated navigation menu controls making your site navigation a breeze to set up, complete with sub-pages and category headings. Page interlinking handled automatically to ensure ease-of-navigation as well as improve search engine rankings.

Create slick page navigation menus to rival those of the world’s top sites. Choose from 30 menu styles – all fully customizable.

Giving you the ability to ignore global page layout on a page-by-page basis.

Specify custom right-panels for individual pages, or even IGNORE the right panel altogether, on a page-by-page basis.

Create content in advance and have pages publish only during a specified date range. Use in conjunction with the Taskbar Scheduler to time-release your content to the Web!

Run scripts on individual pages in XSitePro v2.x, ideal for assigning different ‘tracking events’ to individual pages and for reducing the code overhead associated with ‘global’ scripts.

For advanced users, create “OnLoad” and “OnUnload” page-level events for powerful control over the visitor’s user-experience

Ensure your site indexing only picks up the pages you really want it to (not download / success pages, for example) with page-level robot controls.

All the power, but simple to use. Straightforward design interface affording you complete page-design control – make your pages look just how you want them with all the ease of using a regular word-processor.

The power-house feature in the Designer window – this tool now contains links to a huge array of powerful page content features. Menu Options now include:

  • Headings Design Wizard
  • Sub-Headings Design Wizard
  • Boxes and Frames Design Wizard
  • Bullets Design Wizard
  • Graphics Design Wizard
  • Buttons Design Wizard
  • Highlighted text
  • Snippets
  • Image Library
  • AdSense Advertising
  • Amazon Advertising
  • Oxado Advertising
  • PayPal Advertising
  • Audio Wizard
  • Video Wizard
  • Widget Wizard
  • RSS Feed Wizard
  • XML Syndication Links
  • Social Networking Links
  • Forms Wizard
  • Site Search Form Tool
  • Page Breaks Tool
  • Link Insertion Tools
  • And more…

Make sure your page content doesn’t let your site down with a handy spell-checker.

Never get tongue-tied with the in-built comprehensive, 60,000-word Thesaurus available from within the Designer window.

New color-picker tool makes color selection a snap. Includes site-specific custom palette so you never forget the custom colors used in your site design.

New multi-coloured tag layout, for ease of editing

Quickly call a Web site notes scratch-pad from anywhere in the site editing process by hitting ALT+F10. Never forget that moment of inspiration again!

Automatically analyses your web-pages for you and suggests a whole range of improvements necessary to improve your search engine positioning. A great way to ensure your site gets seen in the search engine rankings. Completely redesigned in version 2 as part of the new “Page Analysis” tab.

A summary view on the main Page Analysis tab, with a detail screen available on clicking the “view detail” button – this analysis breaks down your page content for review.

Page text analysis - including full Flesch Kincaid scoring of your page content, helping you communicate your message clearly to the greatest number of your web-site's visitors.

Multi-part accessibility checker serving as an early-warning system for inaccessible content and with details on each of these potential problems available at a button-press.

Page Preview function making it quick and easy to preview changes in your browser – updated preview tool makes previewing larger sites faster version 2.

Publish your site with just two clicks, having only entered your publishing settings once – Make updating your site a snap!

Totally redesigned – Neat tabbed interface now makes storing/retrieving your additional publishing data much easier.

Enhanced to provide additional information about files uploaded (on completion) along with a button to load the published site (for review) also on completion.

Optional alert on successfully publishing completion makes it possible to minimize XSitePro and yet keep track of when you site publish has been completed.

Clear out all those old published files from your web space.

Automatically created for your visitors’ ease-of-use, complete with page titles and descriptions. Also useful for ensuring your whole site gets indexed by search engines. New features include additional site map structure options (a new map style as well as features such as Pagination) as well as global style settings for making your Sitemap pages look great.

Powerful tools allowing you to export your whole site, graphics and publishing details included, as a single XSE file for importing at the other end. Bring in a new site, edit it and hit publish – perfect for job-sharing/collaboration.

Keep your websites organized in the project management interface with a range of tools and edit options.

Create multiple web-pages in double-quick time – perfect for getting your site structure up and running in minutes. Interface redesigned in version 2.

Output your full site locally as a full set of data readable in other web design packages.

Store your latest site creation as a template and quickly generate new sites based on it. Perfect for Adsense and other monetised sites. Now automatically generates screenshots of your site for you.

Retrospectively apply templates to your older sites to give them a fresh new look, instantly.

Keep your valuable site data safe with this useful backup/restore feature. New features include single-file backup (saving masses of disk space) and an optional reminder to help you keep your backups up-to-date.

Update page content site-wide with this multi-page text search/replace tool. New version searches pages in the ‘background’ rather than in view.

Insert variables into your pages which will be updated at time of publishing. When used in conjunction with multi-page creation wizard can give you a valuable head start on your page content.

Automatically publish your scheduled page content without you lifting a finger! Schedule your seasonal content to appear only during the relevant date range using this incredible tool.

Store your affiliate links in XSitePro and they’ll always be to hand ready for inserting in your pages in seconds. It’s right-click simple.

Sell products right off your web pages with this PayPal “Buy Button” Wizard. Easy to set up and something that could see your generating sales quickly from your pages.

Monetize your web-pages with Google Adsense – fully integrated in XSitePro for ease-of-use. Get relevant adverts on your pages which can earn you money on autopilot. Updated to include ‘rounded corners’ feature.

Insert Amazon product links, and monetize your page content, using this new tool.

Insert Amazon Self-Optimizing Adverts, and monetize your page content, using this new tool.

Insert Recommended Amazon Products, and monetize your page content, using this new tool.

Insert Oxado adverts into your page content. Another opportunity to monetize your page content.

Stores all of those useful bits of code and signatures, etc., in the handy Snippets Library – then quickly insert them from the right-click menu when designing your pages. Update includes revised layout for library and add/edit screens.

Easily browse, select and insert images into your site pages using this quality image tool. Uses remarkable PNG-to-Gif technology to improve the quality of your images and match your page background perfectly.

Insert pictures from a royalty-free selection of hundreds of clipart images, and bring your web pages to life.

Embed audio into your page content, complete with playback-controls and auto-playback functionality.

Liven up your web-site with Web 2.0 features including video, using the powerful video wizard.

Add quality name-grab forms to your pages in seconds using the new Forms Wizard. Even enables you to create forms which will submit to you by e-mail, XMailPro, AWeber, Get Response™ or ListMail Pro™.

Add quality RSS content into your pages to help keep them fresh, refresh your content and bring your visitors back over and over again. Choose from hundreds of pre-supplied feeds – simple to insert – and create your own, using this powerful tool.

Huge range of enhanced scripts added in XSitePro v2.x for your convenience. Choose from scripts such including:

  • Banner Rotator
  • Image Gallery
  • Image Rollover
  • E-mail Cloaker
  • Jumping Text
  • Password Redirect
  • Random Quote
  • Open Page in New Window
  • Sticky Note
  • Status Link
  • Status Scroller
  • Status Slide-In
  • Title Scroller
  • Add to Favorites
  • Close Window
  • Print Page
  • FAQ
  • News Scroller
  • Countdown
  • Future Date
  • Last Visit
  • Time of Day
  • Today’s Date

Break up your longer web pages, and add to your page-count in the process. Also features automatic pagination of the resultant pages, making it easy to navigate published pages.

Handy sub-page link insertion (lists, bulleted / with descriptions as required) makes it easy to improve navigation to sub-pages within your site. Version 2 update adds the option to set site-wide style settings for your sub-page lists.

Complete redesign, now featuring graphical buttons and additional menu options:

  • Web Site Settings
  • Mobile Site Wizard
  • Siloing
  • Site Search Wizard
  • Web Site Clean-up
  • XML Syndication

Insert advanced navigation features in your web pages using this tool – allow visitors to keep track of where they are in your site structure at any time and improve the overall navigation experience. New layout for Version 2.

Completely rewritten, and replacing the Links Page of v.1. This powerful tool is for creating multi-level links pages – great additional content with minimal effort for your site.

Create powerful pop-ups that will get through to your visitors. Completely customizable and very effective – now enhanced in Version 2, with a seven step wizard to make it easier to create quality PopUps.

Create different types of page content for your site in a couple of minutes using these powerful design templates, including:

  • Articles Pages
  • Product pages
  • Press Release Pages
  • Contact Pages
  • Privacy Policy Pages

Add search functionality to your site, making your content easier to navigate with this in-built search form wizard. A great way to improve the accessibility of your site, just like the Pro's.

Create and submit a Google Sitemap – essential to your Google ranking – using this simple tool. Update includes restyled, tabbed interface for greater ease-of-use.

A power-feature for advanced users – for creating search-engine-optimized interlinking structures within your site. You will learn more about this fantastic feature in the user’s manual. For now, here’s what search engine specialist Jean Matthee says

“… don’t forget to implement siloing when starting a new website, because it’s the only way for you to catch up to the front runners of that niche”.

Manage the resources in your site using this new resources management tool.

Optional data subdirectories for your different content-types, a more organized approach to file storage

Bring bulk page content into your site in super-fast time using the Import Pages tool. An excellent way to add articles and other relevant content with the maximum of ease. Update includes complete restyled interface.

Get instant access to the key site-specific settings from this new tool. Includes:

  • Page Title Settings
  • File Naming Settings
  • Home Page Settings
  • Folder Settings
  • Advanced Settings

Now available off the settings menu, this useful collection of settings help you ensure you get the most out of XSitePro. Settings include:

  • Spell Checker Settings
  • Page Analysis Settings
  • Backup Settings
  • Scheduler Settings
  • Publishing Notification settings
  • Reports Settings

Create custom redirects in seconds – a great tool for masking affiliate links with more ‘friendly’ URLs. Redesigned to make the screen clearer and simpler to use.

Ad links to external sites for inclusion within the navigation menus throughout your site. Screen redesigned - also now gives the option to launch linked page in a new browser.

Output your site automatically formatted for mobile phone / WAP browsers. With the growth of mobile web usage this is a great way of widening the appeal of your site.

Quickly create syndicatable RSS feeds from your page content – a great way to build traffic from your existing content.

Quickly insert a variety of social networking links into your pages so that they become instantly viral.

Get a full overview of your current project / site in a neat, printable format. Enhanced to provide neater layout, 2D graphs of key data and fully customizable logo (for printing your reports with your own logo on them).

Want to find out what needs to be done to improve the quality of your site? Check out the automated to-do feature in XSitePro – provides invaluable suggestions based on automatic page analysis.

Keep track on your publishing history for your sites using this straightforward reporting tool.

Everything you need to know to get producing great looking sites, right at your fingertips in this comprehensive technical guide to XSitePro.

A focused reference guide to using the new features within XSitePro Version 2

A 140-page step-by-step walkthrough, designed to get you up-and-running with the application as quickly as possible.

24×7 Support ticket system manned by our friendly, professional support staff

Join the growing community of XSitePro users at our dedicated forum – a great place to share tips, tricks and ideas with fellow XSitePro users. Many people have told us that it is the friendliest and most helpful place that a complete beginner can find on the entire internet. Our 12,000 users have posted over 35,000 articles. If you have a question or are puzzled how something works, chances are you will find experienced help in under an hour.

updated Reason #1: Designed for stability and scalabilty
new Reason #2: Full V1.x backward compatibility
updated Reason #3: Well thought-through, attractive interface
Reason #4: Create unlimited websites
updated Reason #5: Unique Project Management Workspace
new Reason #6: Hundreds of *NEW* website templates
updated Reason #7: Global Site Design Control
new Reason #8: Additional page layout design sections in V2:
new Reason #9: True WYSIWYG Panel Designers
updated Reason #10: Full Page Navigation / Interlinking
new Reason #11: New graphical navigation menus
new Reason #12: Advanced Page Settings: Page Layout Settings
updated Reason #13: Advanced Page Settings: Right Hand Panel Settings
new Reason #14: Advanced Page Settings: Scheduling
new Reason #15: Advanced Page Settings: Scripts
new Reason #16: Advanced Page Settings: “OnLoad” and “OnUnload” events
new Reason #17: Advanced Page Settings: Robot settings
updated Reason #18: Intuitive Designer Controls
updated Reason #19: Updated Right-Click Designer Menu
updated Reason #20: Spell Checker
new Reason #21: Thesaurus
updated Reason #22: Color Picker
new Reason #23: Enhanced source-code editor
new Reason #24: Site-wide Notes Tool
updated Reason #25: SEO Analysis of your pages
new Reason #26: Page Components Analysis
new Reason #27: Readability Analysis
new Reason #28: Page Analysis: Accessibility
updated Reason #29: Site Preview Tool
updated Reason #30: Powerful publishing features
updated Reason #31: Additional Publishing Details
updated Reason #32: Publishing Progress Window
new Reason #33: Publishing Notification
new Reason #34: Website Cleanup tools
updated Reason #35: Full Sitemaps
updated Reason #36: Site Import and Export Functionality
updated Reason #37: Move & Copy Websites
updated Reason #38: Multi-Page Creation Wizard
updated Reason #39: Export to Front-Page/Dreamweaver
updated Reason #40: Save Your Sites as Templates
new Reason #41: Apply New Template
updated Reason #42: Backup and Restore
updated Reason #43: Find & Replace on all pages
updated Reason #44: Insert Tokens
new Reason #45: Task-bar scheduler
updated Reason #46: Affiliate link wizard
new Reason #47: PayPal Integration
updated Reason #48: Google Adsense
new Reason #49: Amazon Product Advertising: Product Link
new Reason #50: Amazon Product Advertising: Self Optimizing Adverts
new Reason #51: Amazon Product Advertising: Recommended Products
new Reason #52: Oxado Advertising integration
updated Reason #53: Snippets
new Reason #54: Image Library
new Reason #55: Clipart Library
new Reason #56: Audio Wizard
new Reason #57: Video Wizard
new Reason #58: Forms Wizard
new Reason #59: RSS Feed Wizard
new Reason #60: Widgets Wizard
updated Reason #61: Automatic Page Breaks
updated Reason #62: Auto-insert sub-page lists
updated Reason #63: Other Tab
updated Reason #64: Breadcrumb Trail
new Reason #65: Links Manager
updated Reason #66: Popups
new Reason #67: QuikPages
new Reason #68: Site Search Form
updated Reason #69: Google XML Sitemap Submission
new Reason #70: Siloing
updated Reason #71: File/Resources Manager
new Reason #72: Advanced Folder options
updated Reason #73: Import Pages Wizard
new Reason #74: Web Site Settings
new Reason #75: Global Preferences
updated Reason #76: Redirect Pages
updated Reason #77: External Links Tool
new Reason #78: Mobile Site Wizard
new Reason #79 XML Page Syndication
new Reason #80: Social Networking Links
updated Reason #81: Reports: Project & Site Overviews
updated Reason #82: Reports: To-do
updated Reason #83: Reports: Site Publishing
PLUS!
updated Reason #84: Full 260-page “Essentials” instruction manual
new Reason #85: 1000-Page Advanced User Guide
updated Reason #86: Full Walkthrough tutorial
Reason #87: Dedicated technical support
Reason #88: Dedicated user forum

Once again, to attend the Webinar Click Here. To go direct to the XSitePro 2 Page Click Here.

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