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After more than a year of thorough beta-testing over 60 test releases, I'm thrilled to announce the official release of Big Medium 2.0. I invite you to take it for a ride and discover how much fun you can have editing a website.

What is it?

Big Medium is a website editor (or "web content management system") that lets you manage entire websites from your browser.

For web designers, Big Medium offers design freedom and doesn't impose cookie-cutter layouts. If you bring basic to intermediate HTML/CSS know-how, Big Medium can manage just about any design you throw at it.

For editors and businesspeople, no HTML knowledge is required. Enter your text, images, podcasts and document downloads into Big Medium's editor, and the software automagically adds the necessary links and pages to your site.

What's new

The new version shares Big Medium's original spirit of friendly, humane software, but it's otherwise a whole new app from the ground up. The new interface is polished and elegant, and the features go deep. Here are just a few of the highlights from the 100+ new features in Big Medium 2:

• Image galleries and slideshows
• Automatic image sizing
• Basic version control and edit history
• Site search
• Scheduled publication
• Podcasting
• Visitor comments
• WYSIWYG CSS style editor
• Streamlined template editing and sitewide templates
• Section-specific privileges for content editors
• Copy content between sites
• Unlimited subsection depth
• Share/reuse images and documents

For more, check out the feature overview and screenshots. Got questions about what Big Medium can do? Check out the FAQ.

They like it!

Since the release of the first public beta of Big Medium 2, I've released 60 updates and plowed through more than 1000 features, changes and bug fixes. Over 100 intrepid beta testers put the software through its paces, many of them powering their production sites with the new Big Medium. Here are just a few of their comments:

"Big Medium is a joy to use."

"This is by far the most amazing software anyone can buy for under $10,000."

"This is certainly restoring my excitement about web development."

"I always wanted someone to do a program like this. Simple, elegant and effective."

"This is the greatest CMS software I have ever seen."

"Beautiful interface. Installed with absolutely no problem. I AM IMPRESSED."

And hey: Thanks!

In the last year, I've received daily suggestions and feedback from enthusiastic beta testers and other members of the Big Medium faithful. You folks have been generous with your ideas, support and encouragement, and I couldn't have made this software without you. It's for you and by you.

Sincerely, thanks. Now go get it.

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