May 20, 2005 — (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Communication software company Five Across (fiveacross.com) announced on Friday that it has extended its technology to offer business users and professionals a quality, affordable Web sites. The hosted service, Bubbler (bubbler.com) offers features including automatic page navigation; text and page updates in real time; drag-and-drop photo, audio, and video sharing; and a group model that provides wiki-like collaboration for authorized users.
Users create Web pages by dragging and dropping content, whether digital photographs, movies, audio, spreadsheets, or documents. Five Across’s Server technology combines the content into Web pages; as each page is added, navigation is created automatically and added to all site pages. Content can be presented in a variety of styles through a set of designer templates.
The Web sites are backed by Five Across’ server, which integrates multiple network protocols into a replacement for Apache Web servers. The Five Across Server integrates Web hosting, content management, and messaging, removing the need for sourcing and managing separate Web server, SMTP, instant messaging and file sharing systems.
Bubbler Hosted accounts start at $5 per month, depending on storage and bandwidth usage. A free Bubbler 1 account is available for content contributors or for simple text blogging. The Five Across OEM server for ISPs and other blog hosting providers and the Five Across workgroup server are also available.
