Freewebs Launches Pagii, Social Publishing Network

Pagii Innovates and Mashes-Up the Best Features of Social Networking With the Elegant Expressiveness of Web and Desktop Publishing Slide, Miniclip and Pyzam Join Pagii as Launch Partners

SILVER SPRING, Md., Sept. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Pagii (http://www.pagii.com), the next step in the evolution of social networking and web publishing, came out of an invitation-only alpha today and launched in beta by Freewebs (http://www.freewebs.com), the company that offers the Web's most open personal and small business Web site creation and management platform. Dubbed a "social publishing network," Pagii innovates and mashes-up the best features of social networking (MySpace, Facebook, etc.) with the elegant expressiveness of web and desktop publishing (Photoshop, PowerPoint, MS Paint, etc.)-and does so in the most intense image and graphic-based Web page creation experience yet available.

Pagii's browser-based technology offers the smooth functionality, flexibility and mobility previously impossible to experience without downloading or installing software. Pagii's visually-driven, click-and-drag functionality gives people of all skill levels immediate access to the sophisticated design and graphic capabilities that have heretofore been unavailable to anyone but design professionals. Users can smoothly and quickly insert, resize, move, rotate and animate images. Designed in VML and SVG-not Flash-with Pagii there is no image degradation, so images stay crisp and clear no matter what.

"Simply put, Pagii is the way building your social Web should be: an open canvas for people who want a freeform, boundless, unstructured tool for creativity," said Freewebs' President Shervin Pishevar. "Users just don't build Web pages with Pagii, they can collaborate to build whole new chapters of Web expression-a Pagii nation, if you will. We truly believe Pagii will be to social networking and web page creation what the iPhone is to cellphones. Pagii is a clear extension of Freewebs' mission to empower ordinary people to do extraordinary things."

Users build and edit on the same screen and watch their Pagii social publishing pages come to life-in real time. For example, Pagii users can easily:

- Insert photos, sounds and videos from anywhere on the Web. At launch, Pagii's social pages are seamlessly integrated with two of the top three widget providers in Miniclip and Slide, as well as leading companies Pyzam, Flickr and Photobucket.
- Duplicate, layer, rotate, tilt and animate shapes, images and pictures. Users control the size, color and borders.
- Insert any number of pre-loaded backgrounds.
- Create robust user profiles.
- Add text. Choose from multiple fonts-including 17 different types of animated glitter text.
- Collaborate with friends on creating Pagii's social pages.

"Miniclip and Freewebs are part of an ecosystem devoted to providing users with the most compelling Web experiences possible," said Rob Small, CEO of Miniclip. "In Pagii, Freewebs has innovated Web page development and social networking by leaps and bounds, and we are proud to be their launch partner in this new endeavor."

To create a totally unique Web experience, please visit Pagii at http://www.pagii.com.

Freewebs is the leading Web page creation platform, and with Pagii, continues its track record of innovating at the forefront of Web-based self- expression.

About Freewebs.com

Freewebs is the company that offers the Web's most open personal and small business Web site creation and management platform, ensuring everyone in the world can create a quality multimedia Web site. For anyone with an Internet connection and something to share, Freewebs provides the toolkit to express their voice on the Web through its versatile publishing platform. To date, Freewebs members have created more than 17 million comprehensive Web sites including blogs, photos, videos, music, e-commerce and more. Founded in 2001, Freewebs is privately held and based in Silver Spring, MD. Pagii is a part of Noovo Communications, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Freewebs, based in Seoul, Korea. Please visit http://www.freewebs.com today.