Communication Tools

Photo Albums

Showcase your photos in our preformatted albums. Your photos are shown in thumbnail form and when clicked on show the photo in full size with optional title and description.

• Thumbnails are created automatically for you
• Change the order of your photos anytime

Multimedia

You can upload music, video, flash and other files to your site with just a few clicks.

• Upload any file format
• Have video or flash play right on your page
• Create a page of links to download songs or video
• Good for upload of ebooks, pdf forms and manuals
• Store songs here so you can play background music on other pages
  

Message Board

Message boards are great for discussing different topics, gathering info and fostering a sense of community among your members.

• Login available for your regular members
• Members have their own profiles and autosignature
• Give Moderator status to a member to help you manage the page
• Add, edit and delete posts or message threads
• Lock messages to prevent further posts on the topic

Guest Book

You can collect comments about your site with this page.

Q&A / FAQ

Often you can answer your visitors' questions with an FAQ page on your site. Use this page to organize them.

• Questions appear at the top and link to answers below
• You can separate questions with headings

Links Page

You can add links to pages both inside and outside your site with just a few clicks.

• Add headings to separate groups of links
• Use this page to create subpages
• Can optionally add images for each link

Custom Feedback Form

Collecting visitor feedback can help you enhance your site, products and services. You can also collect testimonials privately or generate ideas for your company, club or organization.

• Field types:
  • text boxes for written out answers
  • multiple choice
  • drop-down menus
  • checkmark boxes
• Submissions can be emailed to you automatically when received
• A personalized email can be automatically sent when a submission is received
• Submissions are stored on your site for easy access

Articles Manager

You can post several articles that will be automatically formatted on the page.

• Publish a series of articles or journal entries
• Use this page to post announcements

Mailing List/Newsletter

You can post several newsletters and then have them batch emailed to your subscribers.

• Manage your subscribers right on your site
• Your subscriber emails can be exported as a list
• Newsletters are displayed by date

Press Releases

You can publish several press releases that will be automatically formatted on the page.

• Releases are organized by date
• Good for company announcements

Autoresponder Page

You can use this page to send out instruction guides and other material immediately after collecting an email. Emails are stored on your site so you can send promotional material to your visitors later.

Email

Your site comes with 5 emails that reflect your web address.

• Add emails for just $1 more for each one
• Staff can each get their own email

Business Features

Calendar

A calendar can be a helpful way to outline upcoming events. When an event is clicked on, more detailed info is shown about the event.

• Advertise in-store or company events
• For reservations, show booked off days
• Display your club or organization's events and meetings

Map

After you enter your address, a link to a map is automatically generated. You can then opt to post the map right on your page.

Hours of Operation

You can display your business hours conveniently for your customers.

Coupons

To help draw customers to your physical store, you can create coupons that your visitors can print out and bring to your store.

• Add your own images and text to each coupon
• You can have several coupons on this page

Contacts Page

You can list important people with their name, position/department, email and any other info you think is important.

• Use this page to direct people to the correct person or department
• Contacts are automatically formatted for you

Polling Booth

To collect votes on various issues, you can add a poll that displays results in a bar graph.

• 10 responses per poll
• Old polls are archived

Recommend Site

Your visitors can refer others to your site by filling out a form that sends out an email. When you add this page, the form is automatically set up.

Tesimonials Page

You can display testimonials from your customers or showcase famous quotes or poems on your page.

Design and Build Features

Text Editors

You can edit and format text with no code, but still have the flexibility to add code. 

• 2 text editors similar to a word processor
• 1 text editor that allows you to add html or javascript
• Switch between editors anytime

Template Builder

You can change your template anytime to any of our pre-formatted templates. Or, you can customize your template with your own images, color choices and more.

• Choose from over 1500+ pre-formatted templates
• You just have to click on different options to change your template, there's no coding
• Watch a Demo Video

Stock Photos

You get access to over 2,000 stock photos licensed from Hemera Images.

Table of Contents

You can show a listing of your pages in the index.

Domain Name

You get a FREE domain name in the format (name.bluegelwebsites.com) and you can opt to set up your own domain name (e.g. www.yourname.com) on your site for only $11.95/year.

Password Protection

You can password protect single pages, groups of pages or your whole site.

• Manage all your passwords on one handy page
• Prevent access to your site during construction
• Give wholesalers access to special prices
• Give staff or members access to special pages

Redirect Page

You can link your site to pages outside your site right from your index. This is helpful when you wish to link your company's parent site or a related site.

Marketing

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• FREE 90 day trial of Submitnet search engine optimization
• FREE info on the best marketing tools researched and recommended by our marketing team
• Customize meta tags for all pages on your site on one handy page
• Tips on improving your search engine ranking.