Flash Website Builder with HTML Component

Online, June 13, 2010 (Newswire.com) - The debate between Flash and HTML is a heated one that has been waged on the internet for years. Start-up Wix.com has developed a solution that eliminates the need for users to choose between the two programming languages. With the release of its HTML component, Wix now presents internet users with the ultimate website building software - a Flash platform with HTML capabilities.

For all you not already familiar with Wix.com, it is a website builder that has paved the way for millions of internet users to create Flash websites in just a few clicks. By registering for a free Wix account, users can design and publish unique websites, without any need to code.

Wix consists of a powerful drag and drop editor and large range of Flash website templates, all of which are professionally designed by Wix pros, and fully customizable. With a simple click, drag and drop, users can personalize any item found inside one of the many templates, including text, pictures, galleries, menus, RSS feeds, shopping carts, animation and more. It is just as easy to build a free website from scratch, adding items as you go. Wix is like a dream come true for small businesses, non-profit organizations, artists or anyone else who wishes to create a high quality website without having to learn complex coding languages, or spending money hiring a professional.

Now, the company has taken it one large step further with the introduction of an HTML widget to the editor's already extensive list of design elements. Users can now embed any HTML-based widget directly onto their websites, including site counters, blogs, registration forms, schedules, live chat, chat rooms, polls, customized searches, Facebook "Like" buttons, Twitter feeds and more.

The founder and CEO of Wix.com, Avishai Abrahami, describes the excitement of this revolutionary time in Wix history: "Wix is all about the freedom and flexibility to create beautiful and impressive web design. The HTML component is the gateway we give our users for bringing the best of the web into their Wix sites."

And don't think for a minute that this jeopardizes Wix's dedication to user-friendliness and all things simple. The new HTML options can be added to users' sites easily as anything else in Wix. Just click on Widgets inside the free website maker, and click the HTML widget. You'll see a choice of several HTML-based widgets from which to choose. Each one comes with a pre-prepared set of simple steps for the quick and easy addition and customization. For the more tech savvy users who wish to code a widget from scratch, the "blank" HTML widget is nicely handy as well.

This is only the beginning. Says Abrahami, "The crop of Flash websites our users have already made with the HTML component are sources of endless inspiration...The HTML is still in beta but users are taking it to places beyond our imagination."

Established in 2006, Wix.com is funded by Mangrove Capital Partners, Bessemer Venture Partners and Benchmark Capital. Wix headquarters are located in New York, and the company has satellite offices in Tel Aviv. There are now around 4 million users worldwide who have used Wix to make a free website. With the release of the HTML component, this number is expected to increase dramatically.

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