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Our First Anniversary
(and the presents are for you)

It's our first anniversary at www.efuse.com - and the nice thing is that you get the presents for being such great readers! I really do appreciate your support and hope we all continue to help each other in the year 2000 (and beyond :) I know you're busy this holiday season, so I'll make this brief (unusual for me, I know).

Don't worry, I'm not going to go all Y2K on you. I didn't think it would happen to me, but I am getting a bit Y2K-happy. I know the year it's really arbitrary and that other calendars, like the Jewish one, make this year 5759, where 2000 is ancient history (by about y3k) Something to keep in mind!

But still, I remember looking at this date when I was a kid and thinking, "Ooh, flying cars, video telephones, space food sticks!" What we got, that no one expected, were computers and the web (which let you travel the world much more comfortably than flying cars any day). And I remember wondering how old I'd be and thinking, "That's really old." Now I look at how old I am and think, "That's not very old."

It's just the kind of thing that makes you look back on your life, see the twisty, bumpy, unexpected path you made, and reflect on what you want to do in the future. It's also time to realize that the future is now, and you'd better enjoy it now.

So I wish you a happy future. One where you can let go of old dreams that have lost their meaning, and where all the dreams you decide are really important come true.—Daniel Will-Harris

(And don't forget to support these great charities for the holiday—all it takes is a click: http://www.thehungersite.com, http://www.causeanaffect.org, http://www.brittanica.com, http://www.hungerfreeholiday.com, https://secure.entango.com/donate/qKemFPpqULB )

 

Netobjects fusion 5 - what's new?

So, what's so great about NetObjects Fusion 5? Well, first, you know I'm a fan of NetObjects Fusion, because I use it myself to build eFuse.com and FuseLetter.com. It lets me create and manage large sites in a easy, fast and efficient way.

As always, it really is the best way to build an entire, integrated site (not just a page or a bunch of pages). It makes it easy to get exactly what you want, that looks right on all browsers.

Now NetObjects Fusion 5  comes with everything you need to create the best possible site. It truly is a great combination of ease and power.

A study has shown that other popular programs take twice as long to build a comparable site! Who wants to spend more time to do the same thing? Not me. You can read all the basic reasons why NetObjects Fusion is so great by eFuse.com's very own Dot Com

There is so much new stuff that I can't list it all here, so visit the NetObjects Fusion 5 site to learn all the details. Here's a preview of the best stuff:

A new online guide offer useful information right inside Fusion (including lots from eFuse.com); great new services, and even special online components for e-commerce, forms handling, site search and registration, online polls and more. As new Web technologies appear, they can be added, in real-time! That means you're always up-to-date!

Advanced text formatting with css. Cascading Style Sheets give you precise control over how your text looks! Text formatting has been neglected too long and the web, and this finally makes your pages more readable (and attractive)! It's as easy as formatting with a word processor. (I'm very excited about this!)

Small Business Site Wizard— An especially easy way to walk through setting up your first site!

E-Commerce—Six easy to use, drag-and-drop e-commerce systems are now included!

HTML Source View—One of the beauties of NetObjects Fusion is that you don't need to know HTML. But if you do know it and want to enhance it, now it's easy to do in Fusion. The new Source Tab in Page View lets you view the HTML code Fusion creates so you can add code or scripts and still keep Fusion's visual drag-and-drop power.

Built-In Browser Preview is another time-saver. It lets you see how your pages look in a browser right inside NetObjects Fusion. Results are 100% what you see is what you get!

Free Support—That's right, you get free personal support for 90 days—more than enough time to really get you up and running. At a time when so many programs have almost no support, it's great to know you can get answer when you need them. And NetObjects' expanded newsgroups and forums also make it easier to talk to other Fusionaires (hey, 200,000 heads are better than one, right?)

Even Better Automatic Navigation—Navigation bars can now include links to pages anywhere within your site, links external to your site, email and file links, and you can control text formatting on text-only bars. As ever, Fusion builds great graphic banners and navigation for you. (Look at www.janal.com and www.projects-us.com for two sites that use this tremendous navigation feature).

Word 2000 .Doc Import lets you bring in Microsoft Word's .doc files with all their formatting.

Improved Site Import—Need to Fusionize a site you made in some other program? 5.0 makes is easier to bring in your existing web site into NetObjects Fusion.

Background Publishing—Great for maintaining big sites, multi-threaded background publishing lets you continue working while your site is publishing to a web server in the background. Publishing is as easy as ever, with one-click publish (and if you use Concentric's free hosting all the settings are set for you, automatically!). But there's also more control if you need it: you can view and control what's on your web server without having to use a separate program.

Cut, Copy & Paste Pages—Now you can cut, copy, and paste pages or even entire sections. Quickly design multiple text or catalog pages by creating one page and using it over and over throughout the site.  What a time saver!

Lots Of Great New Components—Components are NetObjects Fusion's way of letting you add features to the program, and now there are lots of components developed by NetObjects Partners.

So what else do you want? I mean, really. NetObjects Fusion 5 is a truly amazing combination of ease and power—with everything you need to create the best possible site.

Don't wait—when 1999 ends, so does this offer, and then it's going to cost you more to get the best program for creating the best site.

sites
Gobizgo.Com - Sneak Peek (More To Come In 2000)

What if... you're new to the idea of taking your business online.

What if... there was a place on the web you could go to get the help you need?

What if... all you had to do was fill-in-the-blanks to make a professional-looking site and even a product catalog? 

Your "what-ifs" will become a reality soon. (To see just a fraction of what will be available, go to GoBizGo now!)

Make Netobjects Fusion Even Cooler

The coolmaps Components Club takes an in-depth look at Fusion v5 in their extensive 12 page review. What improvements have been made to Fusion? They leave no turn unstoned as they dig deep into the product that will take NetObjects into the year 2000.

Coolmaps' new downloadable AVI movies give you a tour of Fusion's new features, and CCC's Fusion v5 screensavers are something for you to look at until the real thing arrives! If you're already a Club Coolmaps member, click here.

Efuse special! Coolmaps Components Club offers a free 30 day Guest Membership to all FuseLetter readers!

A few last words this century

Again—thanks for all your support this year. I wish you all the best for the holidays and the new century! It's a very interesting time to be alive isn't it? Take time to really enjoy it!

DwH
 

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