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You asked, we listened!
Since NetObjects Fusion was introduced, it has won more than 50
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industry awards and helped millions of people build great Web sites for themselves, their businesses, and their clients. NetObjects Fusion has benefited from the great ideas we’ve incorporated from customers just like you. And now, with our latest release of NetObjects Fusion 7, we’ve made site building even faster, easier, and more powerful than ever before. Take a closer look at what’s new:
PHOTO GALLERY BUILDER
 The new Photo Gallery builder allows you to effortlessly put your digital photos online in minutes. You can create thumbnails of your images, optimize them for fast downloading, and choose from a variety of custom-designed frames. The Photo Gallery editor lets you add titles and descriptions to your images and organize them for ease of use. Combined with NetObjects Fusion’s legendary ease of use even the novice shutterbug can impress family and friends by building a sophisticated a custom Photo Gallery online.
SINGLE AND MULTI-PAGE TEMPLATES
Templates have always been a great way to save and share your work within NetObjects Fusion. In the newest version of the product, we have taken this functionality to new levels. Now you can select both Single and Multiple pages within the Site View and export them as Templates. This great new functionality allows more control than ever and provides a convent method for leveraging valuable work across multiple sites.
ZIP FILE TEMPLATES
 To make templates even more transportable, NetObjects Fusion 7 now saves all Templates in ZIP file format. This unique feature makes the files smaller and more manageable. You can now export a page, or section of a site, as a Template, attach it to an email, and send it to a friend or co-worker, all with a few clicks of the mouse. This unprecented easy to use feature takes collaboration on projects using NetObjects Fusion to a new level.
MULTI-LEVEL NAV BARS
 New in NetObjects Fusion 7, you can use a single Navigation Bar to provide access to multiple levels of your Website. Build sophisticated navigational structures quickly and easily. Use multiple button designs in the same Navigation Bar to reveal new pages as the user drills down into your site. You can also use the Custom Nav Bar feature to create any type of Navigation structure you can imagine.
JAVA-SCRIPT POP-UP MENUS
Creating sophisticated Pop-Up menus used to be a chore in any Web Authoring tool, but not anymore. Now by simply enabling the new Java-script Pop-Up Menu feature you can instantly turn any Navigation Bar into a dynamic menu. These pop-up menus can also be used in conjunction with the Multi-Level Nav Bar feature to create cutting edge sites like never before.
WRAPPING TEXT NAV BARS
In the latest version you will have more direct control over Text Navigation Bars. In NetObjects Fusion 7 you can set a fixed width for Navigation Bars and force the contents to wrap as more pages are added to your site. You can also control the look and feel of Text Nav Bars by inserting custom Delimiters, controlling underlining and more.
GLOBAL SPELL-CHECK AND SEARCH/REPLACE
 Extending NetObjects Fusion’s strong site management capabilities, the new Global Spell-Check and Search/Replace tools make updating your web site a snap. Now you can instantly Spell-Check your entire site before Publishing to ensure accurate content. Use the Search/Replace tools to find words or phrases on any page in your Web site and make thorough revisions.
PAYPAL E-COMMERCE SERVICE
 For anyone looking to sell products on the web, the new PayPal E-Commerce component will get you up and running in a fraction of the time. With the PayPal E-Commerce component you can add a “Buy” button to any page, configure it with the appropriate purchase info, and instantly allow users to buy your products online. Best of all, by leveraging PayPal’s E-Commerce services you can take Credit Cards, utilize a Shopping Cart, and more.
WEBSITE PROS QUICKTOOLS
 By combining the NetObjects Fusion Web authoring platform with Website Pros Web services, you get the best of both worlds. Strong site management capabilities that are now combined with great Site reporting, tracking, interactivity tools to bring your site to life. These Components can be placed on any page in your site and configured within minutes.
There are several advantages to using this very unique set of WYSIWYG components. Traditionally, you had to cut and paste chunks of HTML onto individual pages to install services like these. Using our services components, the average user can set up a service quickly using familiar visual tools and never touch any HTML.
Services components currently available include: Page Hit Counter, Site Search, Polls, and GuestBook.
IMPROVED ONLINE VIEW
 The Services View has been renamed the Online View in NetObjects Fusion 7, but that’s not where the changes stop. The Online View now has a lot better access to the Online resources that you need to utilize NetObjects Fusion to its fullest. These changes include full access to the NetObjects Fusion User Community, Newsgroups, Partners Sites, links to Tips & Tricks, more great Services, and the redesigned Goodies page for all your content ideas.
ENHANCED LINK TOOL
 You asked, we listened – the result is a completely new Link Tool that is easier to use and offers a host of new functionality. Select a link, find your page in our Mini-Site view and double-click to establish a link. You can also created custom Targeted links, or utilize Pop-Up browser windows to display the results of a link. It is just that easy.
MINI-SITE NAV PALETTE
 Getting around your Web site in NetObjects Fusion has never been easier. Now you can take advantage of the Mini-Site Navigation palette to gain instant access to every page in your site. This palette stays is fully resizable and can be placed anywhere in your work environment. This miniature version of the Site View allows you to jump between pages within your site hierarchy. In addition, the new Palette Launcher button bar at the bottom of the Page View helps you keep track of your Properties, Object Tree and new Mini-Site Navigation Palette.
PIXEL LEVEL OFFSET ON BANNERS/BUTTONS
 To fully leverage the power of Multi-level Navigation bars, NetObjects Fusion 7 incorporates new pixel-level control over the spacing of text on auto-generated Navigation Buttons and Banners. This enhancement, gives designers precise control over the look and feel of their site designs.
40+ NEW SITESTYLES
 SiteStyles in NetObjects Fusion 7 are now more dynamic than ever. The new group of styles leverage all the powerful additions in this product upgrade including Multi-Level Navigation and Pixel-Offset on Buttons and Banners. In addition, all of the original 300+ NetObjects Fusion SiteStyles can be accessed through the Online Styles Viewer.
WINDOWS XP SUPPORT
NetObjects Fusion 7 has been tested and optimized to run on all the Windows operating systems, including the new Windows XP platform.
IMPROVED SITE ACCESSIBILITY
Making NetObjects Fusion generated sites more accessible was an important goal of the NetObjects Fusion 7 project. There are several important changes related to Alt Tags and Tables that will allow for increased compliance with Section 508 of the Government standard on accessibility. For users of previous version of NetObjects Fusion who work on government contracts, these changes alone will justify the price of the upgrade.
MULTI-MEDIA SUPPORT (FLASH MX)
 Instantly add multimedia or dynamic effects leveraging Flash MX and Windows Media player to your Web site design. These new tools in the Advanced toolbar round out the suite of powerful add-on tools by giving designers access to cutting edge web technologies.
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