Keep up the beautiful Flash website/portfolio creations!

PS thanks to the DaveMcClure on twitter for the Dr. Seuss reminder! You can follow us on twitter here: www.twitter.com/wix

Chris Anderson is the editor in chief of Wired magazine, and the author of “The Long Tail” and “Free,” which will be published in July.

He has written many first-rate articles on the ‘Freemium’ business model, that reflects our model at Wix.com, and we would like to recommend his latest article to you to read:

“In a battered economy, free goods and services online are more attractive than ever. So how can the suppliers make a business model out of nothing?”

Read more

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]]> http://blog.wix.com/2009/02/the-wix-economics-of-giving-it-away/feed/ 1 http://blog.wix.com/2009/01/tuning-your-wix-sites/ http://blog.wix.com/2009/01/tuning-your-wix-sites/#comments Sun, 18 Jan 2009 19:24:37 +0000 The Wix Team http://blog.wix.com/?p=245 We love it when you use Wix.com to design your own websites and get yourself out there!

Lately there’s been a lot of beautiful websites being created by Musicians and I wanted to shine a spotlight on a few of them.

Firstly, because of course I always like to give free promotion to Wix users :)
- but I also wanted to show you all how easy it is to use Wix to create your own unique sites from existing Wix template samples as well as from scratch using our “blank” website.

You’ll see from the examples below that it’s simple to make existing templates and styles your own!

Avant Garden Music, for instance, created his amazing site using our Old School Design Music sample. Can you see what they changed?

Remedy Motel, on the other hand, used the menu from our Musician Site template and then created their own design around that structure.

Plastic Parachute were clever. Even though they started with a blank site, they selected the “Grunge” Style and built their site using the grunge elements they found inside. This is a handy trick for anyone building a site with Wix: You can choose a “Style” (instructions included in the link).

They’ve also done a great job of using their website to link together all aspects of their online presence: MySpace etc.

We also love Second Hand Sex and Suigen (below, who created their sites using the Wix “Blank” website.

Hope you enjoy these designs (and sound) as much as we do. And maybe you’ll be inspired to make you own!

…So we did! And here it is:

Happy creating and keep your feedback coming, we’re listening!

Pro Bistro Theme: The perfect website for any cafe, bar or restaurant ready to make the move online.

Our Band Book site: A custom site with that cool page flip effect to promote your band.

My Personal Portfolio: a powerful black and white website to present and promote yourself & your work.

Service Agency 2: A simple clean site to present and promote your small (or large!) business.

Alternative Com – a variation on white and grey, this black and white template can promote a wide range of businesses.

All these themes are fully customizable and waiting for you on Wix.com.

Simply hit CREATE. And use our simple  Flash webasite builder to make these Wix themes your own.

And please let us know what you think in the comments too :)

I love this time of year. The leaves are turning (well if you’re in the Northen hemisphere),
the weather is cooling and it’s almost time to dress up and eat tons of candy!

As part of our Halloween celebrations, we’ve uploaded a ton of new images, flash, and other Halloween-esque content to the Wix editor.
If you want them fast, simply search for “Halloween” in the clip art and animation galleries.

Use them to easily transform templates lurking in Create into your personal Halloween ecards, MySpace comments and more.

Trick or treat, and of course,
Happy Halloween!

For a live demo of our news apps and to take advantages of your special offer hit:
http://www.wix.com/upgrade/LatestApps

Latest Apps:

2 Types of Page Flip Books:

Now you can effortlessly create books with that cool page flip effect in minutes. To make a book with purely pictures, hit the Wix editor under Widgets > Photo Albums. To fill your book with text, vids, pics and more, go to Widgets > Mini Page and select a book from the Mini Page gallery.

Google Maps:

Make it easy for your users to find you. Easily add maps, driving directions and more to your sites with Google Maps for Wix. You’ll find this feature in the Widgets section of the Wix Editor.

Your Special Upgrade Offer:

We’ve launched Wix Premium Upgrades and there’s a special offer waiting just for you.

But be sure to Upgrade your Wix site before November 15th so you don’t miss out.

P.S.

Our new features and offers are driven by your feedback!

So don’t be shy, let us know what you think: feedback@wix.com.

Finally, *cue drum roll* Wix offers you… UNDO (& redo)

What’s more, our latest version means Wix is now twice as fast! Check out your Wix creations online to see the difference

Of course, we’re still in Open Beta so there may be some hiccups over the weekend. If you discover a bug, please let us know: support@wix.com we’ll be working around the clock to solve it.

New Features Already Online:

• Make your own background from your pics, set any media item as Background
• Rulers & Transform you can easily design with precision
• Update your Account settings: change your password and user name
• Import Contact Lists from gmail, yahoo, hotmail & AOL
• Now you can apply effects and behaviors to groups
• Embed Videos from Metacafe & 5min as well as YouTube

Thanks for being part of the Wix evolution, and stayed tuned for more new features in the coming weeks!

Happy Creating,

Wix Team

We’re proud to announce the first Wix Website Design Contest, together with Webappers blog.

The contest is very simple. All you have to do is use Wix to create a website.

The website should promote a small business like a hotel, a restaurant, a spa and so on.

Contestants can use any content available on Wix or content that can be uploaded to Wix, as long as it’s flash.

Wix creative VP Design, Yonatan Saragosi, will choose 5 final contestants, and the Webappers’ community will vote on the best design and choose the winner.

First prize is $700. The runner up will receive $300.

The contest begins today and will take place until June 27^th, 2008.

For more details and for registration, see here