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Finally, it’s HERE! Yes, Paul Smithson and the gang over at XSite Pro have finally released the much anticipated XSite Pro Version 2, and let me tell you, the new version really ROCKS! I think it’s safe to say now that I’ve been beta testing V2 for several months now, and the changes and improvements and features that I’ve seen added in, changed and revamped are amazing.

In fact, there are so many new features included that it will be hard to go through them all!

Have a look at the new Right Click Menu:

• Headings Design Wizard
• Sub-Headings Design Wizard
• Boxes and Frames Design Wizard
• Bullets Design Wizard
• Graphics Design Wizard
• Buttons Design Wizard
• Highlighted text
• Snippets
• Image Library
• AdSense Advertising
• Amazon Advertising
• Oxado Advertising
• PayPal Advertising
• Audio Wizard
• Video Wizard
• Widget Wizard
• RSS Feed Wizard
• XML Syndication Links
• Social Networking Links
• Forms Wizard
• Site Search Form Tool
• Page Breaks Tool
• Link Insertion Tools
• And more…

As you can see, there have been a ton of additions in just this one area alone. We’re not limited to including Google AdSense ads anymore… we can now automatically insert Amazon Ads, Oxado Ads, and even PayPal buttons with just a click of the mouse.

The RSS Feed wizard is very, very cool too. Import and display an RSS Feed on any page of your website, or include it in one of the template layout positions (sidebars, footer, main page footer etc), to have your feeds displayed on every page. The feed settings are also highly customizable too.

For all of us social networking fans, we can now also automatically insert links to our favorite social networking sites, and to push this one step further, we can even schedule content to be added to our sites at a specific time and date. This is a terrific feature for everyone who understands the importance of consistently adding in new content.

The Links Manager has been totally re-written and is now an extremely powerful addition to XSP. There are several options to choose from, including a basic links page (similar to V1), to a complex multi-page system complete with categories. Way Cool!

Quick Pages:

Create different types of page content for your site in a couple of minutes using these powerful design templates, including:

• Articles Pages
• Product pages
• Press Release Pages
• Contact Pages
• Privacy Policy Pages

Gone are the days of all the files being dumped into the root directory. With XSite Pro Version 2, we can now set up and create an optional folder system to store all of our images, media files, pdf’s etc.

One of my favorite features by far is the new and totally re-designed menu systems. Create a drop down menu across the top, a fly out menu in either sidebar, make them dynamic or static, add another menu in the footer area.. the options are really mind boggling. There are tons of menu templates included, and of course you can change all of the settings like color, width, font etc. with ease. No more messing around with CSS outside of XSite Pro - now it’s all handled efficiently within the software.

Oh, and did I mention the templates that are included? Gone are the traditional simple themes and wow, the new themes are terrific! Oh, and the Clipart and Image libraries? Oh man, I could go on and on and on… hehe.

Now for the nuts and bolts: You want to know how much right?

Here’s the scoop…

1. If you purchase the original XSite Pro any time between May 2007 and today, you get to upgrade to XSite Pro Version 2 absolutely, 100 % FREE!
2. If you purchased XSite Pro Version 1 prior to May 2007, you can upgrade to V2 for just $97.00 until the end of May 2008, and then the price goes up to $127.
3. If you want to jump onto the XSite Pro Bandwagon today (and if you’re not already an XSP fanatic, I guarantee you will be!), you can purchase it for $297.00.

Shirt City is a very cool shop where you can select from their huge catalog of shirt designs or create your own.

I fell in love with these adorable ‘Mama Deluxe’ t-shirts - thanks for my cool Mother’s Day gift kids

I don’t know about you, but I live in t-shirts, especially in the summer and with the warm weather rapidly approaching, I’ve been hunting for some fun new t’s, so I was happy to find Shirt City.

And don’t forget about your business too! How cool would your logo look on a t-shirt?! Start advertising yourself when you’re out and about running errands! Add a picture of one of your products and get people talking about you (in a good way of course!).

Here’s a quote of the Shirt City website:

The T-shirt is one of the most well-known and loved expressions of communication of pop-culture. They’re in the closets and drawers all over the world, beloved by both young and old. With Shirtcity.com it’s possible to further individualize personal expressions, making uniqueness you - for everyone!

And not just t-shirts… Shirt City also carries coffee mugs, mouse pads, teddy bears, baby clothes and more. Think of all the great ways you can promote your home business!

Ok, so I know this post isn’t overly ‘frilly’, but hey.. it is Friday - maybe I should rename it to Fun Friday. What do ya think?

As a special offer for all of our visitors, I am inviting you to send your Mom a Mother’s Day Card for free! These are real greeting cards (not e-cards) that your Mom will receive by snail mail.

Here’s all you have to do:

Visit www.greetingcardsmiles.com which will kick off a tour of our greeting card system. You’ll hear the voice of system founder Kody Bateman who will walk you right through everything.

You will have the opportunity to send out a free greeting card, so I thought it would be a wonderful gift for everyone who would like to send out a real greeting card to your Mom as May 11th is Mother’s Day! You can even upload your own photo to create a super-special greeting card, totally customized for your Mom.

I hope you enjoy this free gift!

Every Mom loves to show off their Sweethearts , whether they are husbands, boyfriends, children, furbabies or… well, we’ll leave it at that lol. The new digital picture frames are absolutely amazing, but now you can take that technology with you in this funky Heart Shape Digital Photo Frame Necklace!

CTA Digital MI-HPNP Heart Shape Digital Photo Frame Necklace (Pink)

Product Features:

• Pink Heart Shape Picture Frame Necklace
• 1.1 in LCD Screen/ Stores Up to 60 Images
• One Inch CSTN Color LCD Monitor
• Supports JPEG, BMP, M, PNG, GIF
• 0.27 Lbs (WxLxH) 5.7″ x 10.8″ x 7.0″

Isn’t this just too cute? What a great way to carry your pictures with you

OR 

Load it up with pictures of your products to show off at a moments notice!!  This could be a really fun and cool way to quickly and easily to show potential customers some of your favorite products and even how you use them in every day life!  Much easier than carrying around a scrapbook or products with you, and you can discuss the products as you scroll through the display, or make notes on which products your viewers are interested in - make an appointment to follow up with them and show them the real products!  This could become an invaluable WAHM Resource!