NETSCAPE PUBLISHING SUITE

INTRODUCING NETSCAPE PUBLISHING SUITE

GET YOUR BUSINESS ON THE WEB
You're a professional, you know your own business, and the importance of keeping pace with your competitors. They're probably already using the latest web technology to promote their products and services and reach new customers, and you know it's high time you got your business online.

The only question is how to get started. Most small companies do not have the resources to invest in dedicated server systems and staff. And you probably don't want to spend the money to hire a team of web designers and artists. You need a complete web site creation solution that will allow you to get your site up and running quickly.

NETSCAPE DELIVERS THE ALL-IN-ONE SOLUTION
Netscape now offers an all-in-one solution for professionals or small businesses who want to create a high-quality web site quickly and at low cost. Netscape Publishing Suite combines the power of Netscape Communicator with web authoring tools from NetObjects. You can design your site, create your own graphics, and then publish your ideas online with the push of a button. Netscape Publishing Suite can even help you establish a web hosting account with an ISP, if you don't already have one. And you keep control of your site, so you can easily update it with new content whenever you need to.

NETOBJECTS FUSION
NetObjects Fusion brings professional-quality web site design tools to Netscape Publishing Suite. Fusion offers an intuitive site-based approach to web design. The program will guide you through the entire process from site layout and design to page and content editing to one-button publishing to your ISP.

Fusion presents web site design as a set of visual relationships that are simple to create and easy to change. Then Fusion automates the site layout you've created and generates all the internal links and banners needed to complete your web site. Say you want to structure your site first to show your company's services, staff, and how to buy. You might then want to add links between sales and your product catalog and order forms.

NetObjects Fusion

Fusion helps you move from site concept to working prototype in minutes. Once you've outlined the site design, you can choose from a selection of well-designed web site templates to reflect the image that you want your business to project. To compose each page, you then simply click on the page you want to edit and fill in the text and graphics you want to include. If you're currently a word processing or desktop publishing software user, you'll immediately be at home.

NetObjects Fusion

Fusion has many time-saving features. You can add text and graphics on one page, and then apply the design to the rest of your site instantly. Fusion also comes with mini-applications that you can easily drag and drop onto your site, without programming. For example, you can add a "ticker tape" display to your home page and use it to share your latest company news with your customers.

NETSCAPE COMMUNICATOR
While Fusion will help you to create your web site, Netscape Communicator provides you with a suite of powerful Internet communications tools for your ongoing business needs. Communicator's multimedia email and discussion group capabilities let you exchange rich HTML documents with business partners and customers. You can view your site and browse the Web with the award-winning Netscape Navigator browser. And the Netcaster component of Communicator lets you choose from hundreds of channels that bring the latest news and information to your desktop.

PAINT SHOP PRO
Netscape Publishing Suite also comes with Paint Shop Pro, an award-winning graphics program, to help you create or edit all the images you need for your site. Paint Shop Pro gives you sophisticated graphics capabilities typically found in programs costing hundreds of dollars more.

Paint Shop Pro

For example, Paint Shop Pro lets you create your company logo as a GIF file with a drop shadow and a transparent background. You can even palette-optimize your graphics for better web performance and faster downloads.

WEB EXPLOSION GRAPHICS COLLECTION
To add to your site's professional look, you also get a collection of 500 graphic elements in the Nova Web Explosion Sampler. These graphic images - including banners, backgrounds, and bullets - are great tools for enhancing your web pages.

Web Explosion

BONUS UTILITIES AND PLUG-INS
Netscape Publishing Suite also includes a variety of utilities designed to make working on the Web, and on web sites, much easier:

Excite PAL - an application for instant online chat sessions
Net-it Now! Starter Edition - to convert Word documents to web pages
Net.Medic Starter Edition - a diagnostic tool for monitoring and improving your Internet connection
Norton AntiVirus Internet Scanner - for detection and elimination of viruses contained in Internet downloads
JackHammer - to let you "hammer" away at busy sites to automate downloads

You've probably already experienced the convenience of plug-in technology in Netscape Navigator. Netscape Publishing Suite includes 11 additional plug-ins that you may find useful both for both authoring and browsing.

As you can see, you don't need a large staff or a major investment to create a web site for your business. Netscape Publishing Suite provides a rich set of tools for creating and managing your web site, all from your desktop. For more information, visit the Netscape Publishing Suite web site or your local computer software retailer.

Richard Cravens is the author of the Official Netscape Enterprise Server 3 Book and coauthor of the Official Netscape SuiteSpot 3 Book and the forthcoming Official Netscape Publishing Suite Book, as well as various other titles on Netscape products and Internet connectivity.