AJAX-Enabled Site9 Launch Platform Reduces Time for Development of E-Commerce Site

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Thursday, October 19, 2006; 07:04 AM

Site9 announced that by using Launch Platform as its web development technology, Handsome Smooths has introduced a more robust e-commerce website in a fraction of the time normally required. The site was designed, built and deployed in less than four weeks, compared to an average of three or more months for comparable sites. HandsomeSmooths.com was a test site for the Site9 software suite, which empowers advertising, interactive and web development agencies to design and deploy feature-rich next-generation websites nine times faster with 60 percent less resource.

"The new website has completely transformed our business," said Andrew Tremblay, CEO of Handsome Smooths. "I'm really pleased with the e-commerce capabilities including the built-in tool for inventory control and shipping. It's also very easy to update and use to communicate with my customers. And, because the new platform is not template based, our website is able to stay 'on brand,' which is key contributing factor to our success."

With the Site9 Launch Platform, dynamic and creative websites are built from scratch without templates. Site features are easily added through configurable modules, and site management tools are included. Next-generation features like social networking, podcasting, video-on-demand, RSS feeds, AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML) interfaces, and blogs are integrated into the program, so adding and integrating them to a site is easy and trouble-free. Furthermore, all pages are easily optimized for search engines and instantly updated through a web- based site management system.

"We have a number of advertising and interactive agencies who are eager to enjoy the benefits of our new software," said Site9 President and CEO Don Carter. "They're amazed how quickly they'll be able to build robust sites for their clients using our platform."

The software eliminates much of the time-consuming programming and third- party integration currently needed, resulting in an enormous time and cost savings for agencies and an easier-to-use site management system for their clients. The technology will be publicly available in Q4 2006.