Netopia
Enhances eSite Builder Platform for Carriers and Service
Providers [May 18, 2005]
eSite
Builder 4.0's New Click-It Editing Streamlines Web Site
Production
EMERYVILLE,
Calif., May 18, 2005 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Netopia, Inc.
(Pink Sheets:NTPA), a market leader in broadband gateways
and service delivery software, today announced eSite
Builder version 4.0. Netopia's eSite platform is a turnkey
Web site development and management solution that enables
carriers and Internet service providers to cost-effectively
deliver fully-customizable Web sites to their small
business customers as a value-added service. Containing
more than 75 new feature and performance innovations,
eSite Builder 4.0 has been designed to make it easier
and even more efficient for Web development houses to
produce, deploy, and manage thousands of privately-labeled
Web sites.
With eSite Builder 4.0, carriers and
service providers can choose from hundreds of templates,
which can be modified using "What You See Is What
You Get" (WYSIWYG) editing tools with seamless
backend data integration. For mass-site fulfillment
houses, this provides greater versatility in creating
and servicing a higher volume of custom-branded Web
sites in less time, thereby increasing staff efficiency,
boosting customer loyalty and improving their return
on investment.
"The evolution of the eSite platform
reflects the changing landscape of people's online habits
and what our service provider partners need in order
to increase the profitability of their Web hosting services,"
said Jeff Porter, vice president of product marketing
at Netopia. "The numerous enhancements found in
eSite Builder are derived from our experience in hosting
tens of thousands of sites for leading carriers and
service providers and reinforce our leadership position
within the Web site hosting market."
Major new features in eSite Builder
4.0 include:
-- Click-It Editing(TM): eSite Builder's
point-and-click WYSIWYG editing brings ease-of-use and
flexibility to the process of Web site creation and
editing. Similar to arranging a Windows desktop, users
simply drag and drop content boxes, images, or other
elements to more easily customize the look and feel
of the site.
-- Dynamic Template and Style Sheets:
To meet the challenges of today's demanding hosting
environment, Web site pages can be assigned a unique
template or share a common template that can automatically
update changes to all corresponding pages. With access
to eSite Builder's asset library, Web site designers
can source images and content from a single location
and leverage the Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) function
to insure consistent design elements and content throughout
the site. This approach greatly improves design efficiency
and conserves bandwidth for faster site response.
-- Vertical Market Customization: Web
site designers may select from a series of market-specific
templates such as foodservice, hospitality, floral,
and others that are tailored to meet the outward facing
and backend needs of their customer's respective industry.
-- Third-Party Data Integration: eSite
Builder's standards-based technology integrates with
third-party CRM solutions for rapid access and fulfillment
of managed sites.
-- Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
Wizard: By analyzing all indexed site content and META
tags, eSite Builder 4.0's search engine optimization
wizard promotes greater site visibility on popular online
search engines as a critical benefit for the small business
customer. Additionally, manual changes to META tags
may be made to individual pages based on intuitive suggestions
offered by the SEO wizard.
-- Scaleable Standards-Based Technology:
the eSite platform uses the latest in industry Web-hosting
technology, such as W3C, Java, Flash, and XML.
-- Multi-language Support: To address
the needs of a growing number of service providers tasked
with creating multi-lingual sites, eSite Builder Web
designers can now create individual pages that support
any language.
eSite Builder 4.0 is available immediately
to Netopia's carrier and service provider partners and
is also incorporated in Netopia's turn key Hot Spot
solution for splash page and walled garden Web site
development. For more information and a tour of eSite
Builder's new features go to http://www.netopia.com.
About
Netopia
Netopia,
Inc. is a market leader in broadband products and services
that enable service providers to improve their profitability.
Its portfolio of wired and wireless gateways, software,
and value-added services enhance revenue generation
while reducing costs for carriers and broadband service
providers. Netopia's Wi-Fi CERTIFIED(TM) gateways feature
3-D Reach(R) technology for enhanced wireless range,
security, and performance. The company has established
strategic distribution relationships with leading carriers
and broadband service providers including Belgacom,
BellSouth, Covad Communications, EarthLink, eircom,
Hong Kong Telecom/PCCW, MegaPath Networks, Netifice,
SBC Communications, Swisscom, and Verizon. Netopia also
offers powerful remote-control software for IT support
organizations.
Headquartered in Emeryville, California,
Netopia's common stock trades on the pink sheets under
the symbol "NTPA.PK." Further information
about Netopia can be obtained via phone (510) 420-7400,
fax (510) 420-7601, or on the Web at www.netopia.com.
SOURCE: Netopia, Inc. |
