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Build Your Own Web Site Easily with
NetObjects Fusion 5.0 Software

March 12, 2000

Make no mistake about it.  If you don't have a web site today, you aren't serious about your business.  Doing business in today's high tech oriented society, requires you to have an online presence.  NetObjects Fusion 5.0 (NOF 5.0) software package makes building a web site easy for do-it-yourselfers and beginners.

Ease of use

NOF 5.0 is a "WSYWYG" web page building software. "WSYWYG" = "what you see is what you get" meaning how the page is laid out on your computer is how the page will look on the Internet.  NOF 5.0 uses "drag and drop" features.  With a couple of clicks of the mouse, text and images can be set onto the page and "dragged" to their final layout and "dropped" there.  NOF 5.0 has an awesome "link management" feature which solves the problem of keeping track of all the navigation links for your different pages in your web site.  If you add, delete or move any page in your web site layout, NO PROBLEM, NOF 5.0 just updates all the navigation links for you.  No more lost pages or broken links.  Another great feature is the "Master Border Layout".  Once you have decided on the format layout of your web site pages, you can create and set it one time and every new page will have the exact layout automatically without you having to set it up each time you make a new page.  This feature alone will save you hours of work (see study).

Customer Support

When it comes to customer support, there are not many companies that can match the efforts of NetObjects.  The customer support department promises to answer all e-mail within 24 hours.  There are established newsgroup discussion boards for users to find solutions to any problem they may encounter.  The customer support staff regularly answer questions posted to the newsgroup boards and there are many "expert users" willing to help out those with problems.

Price and Purchase Information

NetObjects Fusion 5.0 sells for $299.95 and can be ordered online ( click here for more information ).  You can also register your domain name through NOF 5.0 at register.com.  In our opinion, NetObjects Fusion 5.0 is the easiest and fastest web page building software today.

System requirements are:

  • 133-MHz or faster Pentium-based PC (Pentium 200 recommended)
  • Microsoft Windows 95, Windows 98, or Windows NT 4.0
  • Before installation: 50 MB of hard disk space (100 MB for full installation)
  • After installation: 60 MB of available hard disk space as virtual memory
  • 32 MB of RAM (64 MB recommended)
  • 32-bit ODBC drivers for external database connectivity
  • TCP/IP compliance for Internet connectivity
  • Display capable of 800 x 600 pixels at 256 colors or more
  • Mouse or compatible pointing device

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