We've bootstrapped WebCrimson over the course of several years of website consulting, so we've had to make our software awfully flexible and powerful for dozens of clients.

Right now, we're building a wide array of wizards to make it easy to get started:

• CrimsonBlog.com - This lets you create and host a free weblog
• CrimsonZine.com - This lets you create and host a free webzine

More wizards are on the way!

Hosting Support

• Free hosting at yourname.crimsonblog.com or yourname.crimsonzine.com
• Full FTP support to publish to any outside static site
• FTP activity log, with a complete record of all FTP updates

Templating

• Easy tag-based templating language
• Full support for XSLT templating standard, for power users
• Unlimited number of custom templates per website
• Support for multiple templates to draw off the same data

Basic Workflow

• Built in Approval Queue, allowing Administrators to approve each update
• Approval Queue controls, so Administrators can turn off approvals and updates can flow directly to site

Permissions

• Complete Permissions system, with five levels of access built in
• An unlimited number of authors possible per website

Editing

• Rich text editing, with point-and-click formatting in the browser
• For users with FTP access, can upload and view images right in the browser

Weblog Support

• Weblog wizard at Crimsonblog.com allows easy set up of weblogs
• Full support for permalinks
• Full archiving support
  • Can generate archives weekly, monthly, or yearly
• Point-and-click formatting of date headers and time-date stamps
• Ability to edit time and date stamp of any weblog post

Syndication

• Creation of fully customizable XML feeds
• Support for all flavors of RSS feeds
• Support for generating javascript feeds of your data, which can be pulled into other websites

Advanced Features

• Fully extensible using XSLT, enabling such features as:
  • Individual posts can call different formatting templates, using a simple pulldown
  • Unlimited control of time-date formats
  • Ability to embed Archive Indices on any page without using Server Side Includes
  • Ability to rotate content using javascript on static pages
• Supports multiple types of data, including:
  • Weblogs
  • Essays and Articles (WebZines)
  • Templated Pages
  • Press Releases
  • News Links
  • Book Reviews