FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, June 9, 1997 WEB-2000, Inc. 1440 N. Harbor Blvd. Suite 800 Fullerton, CA 92835, USA http://www.web2000.com w2info@web2000.com Toll Free (800) www - 8911 WebPage Wizard Now Anyone Can Create Exciting Web Pages (Including Java & Credit Card Security) Fullerton, CA -- WEB-2000, Inc. announced WebPage Wizard Release 2.0 with the statement that "Anyone can create and publish exciting Web Pages with sophisticated features." Since its initial release, WebPage Wizard has been known for passing the infamous "Student/Grandmother" test where Internet novices were able to create their own web sites without any professional assistance. Now, Release 2.0 has created the ability to add even more features to Web Pages while maintaining its intuitive ease of use. Some of these new features include: META KEYWORDS Geting more traffic to your page is key in the Internet Market. After researching the methods used by the top Internet Search Engines, it was determined that people needed a way to enter descriptions and lists of keywords into the special hidden area of the web page referred to as META fields. Release 2.0 makes it simple to do this. ACTIVE WIZARDS Web Pages come alive with Active Wizards. These are the built-in Java applets and CGI routines that can be used without having to learn to program. Among the features included are those most requested by current users of WebPage Wizard: Page Hit Counter with many styles to select. Digital Clock supporting world time zones. Animators that make your Text change colors, move, and scroll onto the screen. Many other text, image and sound effects. GUEST BOOK Another highly requested feature is that of a Guest Book page that can be designed for vistors to sign and leave their own comments when they visit the web site. Release 2.0 makes to possible for a Guest Book Page to automatically save and display the entries of the most recent visitors. CREDIT CARD SECURITY More people are setting up business on the Web and the need to take orders with credit cards in complete security has become important. WebPage Wizard 2.0 has the ability to provide for Secured Transactions for pages that accept Credit Card numbers or other sensitive information. Release 2.0 of WebPage Wizard is available as a free download from the WEB-2000 site at http://www.web2000.com and is being released as Shareware to participating Bulletin Board Services, CD-ROM Distributors, and Shareware Vendors under the guidelines of the Association of Shareware Professionals (ASP). A diskette version is available wholesale to Retailers. The suggested retail price is $19.95, which includes a free month of web site hosting (a $20 value). Members of the press interested in reviewing the product can get a complimentary diskette. Contact: H. Rudy Nesmith WEB-2000, Inc. rnesmith@web2000.com - END -