Easy-to-use design tools

• A checklist that walks you through creating a site
• Simple ways to enter and format text and photos
• Online site building — no downloads or special software needed

Designs you can customize

Start with one of our professional designs and tailor it to your business. You may find pages created just for your type of business, such as a clients page for law firms.

Features that help convert visitors into customers

• Customizable forms that let you collect relevant information to help you communicate and market to your customers
• Maps and driving directions so customers can easily find your business
• Photo gallery and slideshow to display your images and portfolio
• Comparison page to showcase before and after images
• Video gallery to show off your products, completed projects, happy customers, speaking engagements, and more.
• Space for audio tracks that your visitors can play or download (original MP3s only)

Reliable and secure hosting

• Establish online credibility with customers when you sign up for the VeriSign Verified™ Seal
• Consistent performance

  Sites are up and running 99.9% of the time.*

• Backups of your web site in different geographic locations in case of emergency
• FreeBSD (Unix) operating system and Apache servers
• 1,000 password-protected accounts

  You can give up to 1,000 people passwords to access secure parts of your web site.

• Shared SSL certificates and encryption

  SSL is a method of scrambling customers' sensitive information, like contact details, to protect it from hackers.

Advanced design options

• Support for third-party tools like FrontPage 2000/2002 and Dreamweaver**
• PHP version 4.3.11 and support for hundreds of PHP functions
• Perl version 5.8.7 and support for the standard library plus 12 additional modules
• MySQL 4.1, with unlimited databases
• Support for most FTP software
• Support for Flash, Shockwave, videos, and more
• Blogging options include WordPress and Movable Type
• Web site enhancements, like guestbooks, PayPal payment, Yahoo! Maps, and site search