WebsiteX5 by 'Incomedia' .... Puts the inovation back in SoHo website development

An old soldier like me has seen them come and go, for example perhaps you may remember:

Gem DeskTop (The 'OS' gui overlay for Dos which at the time could have beaten windows to a bulp)

Concurrent Dos (The first real sign of multi-threading on a Dos platform)

Visual Pascal (The programming language that encouraged some many budding developers)

All the above would fall into my personal category of 'Sexy Software'. Every now and again ... (becoming less often these days), something comes along that begs a second look.

Recently I needed to totally revamp our website, not being overly enthusiastic about the prospect, so decided to goggle around and see what has managed to hold its in a waring world of titans like 'ASP2.Net', 'Dream weaver', 'Front page' etc..

I have always routed for the little guys, thinking small and beautiful ... but then I digress ...

Now I am not going to give you all the bible bashing eulogies and exultation's of my genuine enthusiasm for this product, other than to say, DOWNLOAD! and ENJOY! http://www.websitex5.com. Personally, I went for the 'Evolution' version (sounded like it could turn into something interesting...).

This is truly an excellent innovative product, yes we have seen similar products, but the approach and simplicity of the product is amazing in my view, the results are excellent too.

One of the major advantages of the 'WebSiteX5' product is its 'Pre-Defined' or 'Custom' templates which makes the process of idea to deployment very simple, efficient and very very productive.

If you don't wish to get tangled up in code, then I would recommend this product to Small Office Home Office (SoHo) type DIY enthusiast.

I also genuinely believe that 'Incomedia' have very much missed a great opportunity however (as of today) by not harnessing this powerful feature in the 'WebsiteX5' product range called 'Custom Templates' and building upon it. My suggestion is directed to 'Incomedia' who I believe should consider the value of following steps to enhance the success of their products and the full prospect of their possible marketing appeal by adding some simple options to their forums and / or their main website.

I would suggest that 'Incomedia' and the benefits they may bring to prospective, new and existing customers for the 'WebSiteX5' range of products are very much worth considering.

1. Create a new section in their forum ( http://www.websitex5.com/forum/ ) for 'Custom Templates' and allow users to upload new 'Custom Templates' on a 'Buyer Beware' basis. This would result in I believe a steady growth of innovative designs which would also promote the authors of such designs and perhaps (like we have seen in the forum skins and website templates markets) spawn a cottage industry within 'WebSite X5' users and customers for the resulting innovations. In other words, grow you own market.

2. 'Incomedia' (if not 'WebsiteX5' users), should offer extensive add-on / snap-on packs which extend the number of 'Templates' available for use in their products. There is nothing like the positive feedback of users to promote your product or service.

3. 'Incomedia' (if not 'WebsiteX5' users), should offer custom 'Template designs Services', much a www.templatetuning.com does for general php website developers. I don't know about you, but I am not a graphic artist by any means and these days, which is just what any website needs in my view.

There are also a number of off-shoot idea's I could see this product developing down the lines of, which could return some serious business benefits. These would include 'Enterprise Mobility', 'Server Back-End Integration' and 'Smart phone Web enabled Development'.

Topics like 'SAP', 'Oracle', 'Sage Line 100, 500' integration, Speedy development of Mobility and smart phone Front ends for Back Office Applications, all look interesting if you were looking for an alternative approach.

All in all, its great to see small (relative to the bigger players ... i.e. MicroSoft) software developers like 'Incomedia' bringing innovation to the Soho website development market space.

I believe this is one product to watch .... I wonder are they floating on the stock exchange?

Note To Self: I really must put a list of 'Sexy Software' together or go see a doctor....

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