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We are pleased to announce the latest release of our Blogging and eNewsletter software, Web Wiz NewsPad 2.01.

This latest release of Web Wiz NewsPad addresses a number of bugs that have been reported in our Support Forums and adds a number of improvements based on user feedback of our initial version 2.0 release.

A complete listing of bug fixes and improvements is available on the Web Wiz NewsPad Release Notes Page.

More information on NewsPad is available at www.WebWizNewsPad.com

Web Wiz turns 10 this month! Web Wiz was launched as Web Wiz Guide (www.webwizguide.com) on the 3rd of September 2001 offering a range of Free Web Apps, Hosting Services, Tips, Reviews and Information to Webmasters building their own websites.

Our balance of software, useful information and hosting services proved to be a success from the start with over 5,000 visitors within the first week and our success continues with us now reaching 60,000 visitors per month and our 15,000th customer this summer.

To celebrate our 10th birthday we are offering a 10% discount for 1 year on all new Hosting Packages and 10% discount on new and upgrade Software Licenses till the end of 2011. To receive your 10% discount just enter "HappyBirthday" in the promo code box when making your purchase.

We are excited to announce the release of Web Wiz NewsPad version 2 Final. This latest version takes Web Wiz NewsPad from an eNewsletter solution with News Bulletin capabilities to a fully fledge Blogging Platform with Comments and Social Networking Tools.

Bloggers are able to create both Public and Subscriber only Blog Posts which can be sent as eNewsletters and for those looking for an eNewsletter solution Blogging Tools can be disabled.

Below are some highlights of the new features and improvements available in NewsPad version 2:

• Blogging Tool - NewsPad is now a full Blogging Platform.
• eNewsletters - Enhancements in creating and managing eNewsletters which can now be created separately  from Blog/News Posts.
• Visitor Comments - Visitors and/or Subscribers are able to Comment on Blog Posts, this can be enabled or disabled on each Blog Post.
• Install/Upgrade Wizard - New easy install and upgrade wizard.
• Web Wiz Rich text Editor 4.08 - The latest version of the Web Wiz Rich Text Editor is integrated for creating Blog Posts and eNewsletters.
• Image Upload Resizing - Automatically resizes uploaded images over a configurable size.
• Update Admin Control Panel - Updated Admin Area allows easy creation and management of Blog Posts, Comments and eNewsletters.
• Social Networking - Facebook Like, Twitter Tweet, Google +1 and improved Topic Sharing.
• Ad Free - Web Wiz NewsPad is now Ad Free for Free Expression Editions.
• mySQL - improved support for mySQL including myOBDC 3.51 and 5.1.
• FURL's - Friendly URL's to aid Search Engine Optimisation.
• Dynamic Titles and Meta Tags - New Dynamic  Page Titles, Description and Keyword Meta Tags for improved Search Engine Indexing.
• Email Encoding - Improved encoding for eNewsletters and other emails sent from NewsPad to better support non English languages.
• Private Blog Posts - Create Private Blog Posts that require an active subscription to read.
• Blog Post Templates - Blog Posts can be used as a Template to create a eNewsletters.
• Web Wiz Forums Integration - Integration with Web Wiz Forums to send eNewsletters to Forum Members and display Blog Posts within Web Wiz Forums.

A complete listing of the new features and improvements is available on the Web Wiz NewsPad Release Notes Page.

More information on NewsPad is available at www.WebWizNewsPad.com

Web Wiz have today released version 10.02 of our popular Web Wiz Forums bulletin board software that adds a number of bug fixes, improvements, and new configuration features.

This release is aimed mainly at fixing bugs in the new version 10, but also includes a few new features including an update to Active Users and an option to select who can view Member Profiles.

A number of bugs that have been reported in our Support Forums have been addressed and fixed, including reports of Forum Members receiving permission denied errors when posting in forums, mySQL Database errors, RSS Feeds, Points System, improved character support for the Chat Room, and others.

All changes are listed in the release notes located at; http://www.webwiz.co.uk/web-wiz-forums/kb/release-notes.htm

More information on Web Wiz Forums is available at www.webwizforums.com