<s>
Serif	O
WebPlus	B-Application
was	O
a	O
website	O
design	O
program	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
,	O
developed	O
by	O
a	O
software	O
company	O
Serif	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
allows	O
users	O
to	O
design	O
,	O
create	O
and	O
upload	O
their	O
website	O
onto	O
the	O
internet	O
without	O
any	O
knowledge	O
of	O
HTML	B-Language
or	O
other	O
web	O
technologies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Much	O
like	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Word	I-Application
,	O
WebPlus	B-Application
uses	O
WYSIWYG	B-Application
drag	O
and	O
drop	O
editing	O
to	O
add	O
and	O
position	O
text	O
,	O
images	O
and	O
links	O
as	O
they	O
would	O
appear	O
on	O
the	O
finished	O
web	O
page	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Once	O
a	O
user	O
has	O
designed	O
their	O
site	O
,	O
WebPlus	B-Application
can	O
preview	O
the	O
site	O
in	O
a	O
web	B-Application
browser	I-Application
before	O
uploading	O
the	O
site	O
using	O
the	O
in-built	O
FTP	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
WebPlus	B-Application
the	O
final	O
free	O
edition	O
was	O
based	O
on	O
version	O
X5	O
and	O
this	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
September	O
2012	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
WebPlus	B-Application
was	O
then	O
only	O
available	O
as	O
a	O
paid-for	O
version	O
X8	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
WebPlus	B-Application
for	O
example	O
,	O
the	O
original	O
X7	O
disc	O
media	O
was	O
open	O
to	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
third	O
party	O
codes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Conversely	O
the	O
publicly	O
downloadable	O
WebPlus	B-Application
X8	O
installation	O
file	O
from	O
Serif	O
appears	O
to	O
accept	O
a	O
third	O
party	O
key	O
during	O
installation	O
,	O
but	O
reports	O
an	O
"	O
unauthorised	O
code	O
"	O
and	O
then	O
terminates	O
the	O
program	O
operation	O
on	O
startup	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
2016	O
,	O
Serif	O
announced	O
that	O
WebPlus	B-Application
X8	O
would	O
be	O
the	O
final	O
version	O
,	O
and	O
that	O
there	O
were	O
no	O
current	O
plans	O
to	O
design	O
an	O
application	O
to	O
replace	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sales	O
of	O
WebPlus	B-Application
X8	O
by	O
Serif	O
were	O
ended	O
around	O
December	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
early	O
2018	O
,	O
Serif	O
announced	O
that	O
Serif	O
Web	O
Resources	O
,	O
hosted	O
on	O
Serif	O
servers	O
and	O
required	O
to	O
implement	O
some	O
advanced	O
web-site	O
functionality	O
in	O
WebPlus	B-Application
created	O
sites	O
,	O
would	O
no	O
longer	O
work	O
after	O
31	O
August	O
2018	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
WebPlus	B-Application
was	O
developed	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
"	O
Win32	O
"	O
graphical	O
desktop	O
interface	O
and	O
is	O
fully	O
compatible	O
with	O
Windows	B-Application
XP	I-Application
,	O
Windows	B-Application
Vista	I-Application
(	O
32/64bit	O
)	O
,	O
Windows	B-Device
7	I-Device
(	O
32/64bit	O
)	O
and	O
Windows	B-Application
8	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Web	O
hosting	O
to	O
upload	O
websites	O
to	O
the	O
internet	O
with	O
the	O
address	O
www.sitename.webplus.net	O
and	O
email	O
sitename@webplus.net	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Add	O
blogs	O
,	O
forums	B-Application
,	O
hit	B-Application
counters	I-Application
,	O
online	O
polls	O
and	O
content	B-Protocol
management	I-Protocol
systems	I-Protocol
to	O
websites	O
using	O
Smart	O
Objects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Application
Maps	I-Application
tool	O
embeds	O
maps	O
and	O
optional	O
navigation	O
markers	O
within	O
a	O
website	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Search	O
engine	O
optimization	O
(	O
SEO	O
)	O
tools	O
optimise	O
a	O
websites	O
search	O
ranking	O
with	O
the	O
likes	O
of	O
Google	B-Application
,	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
and	O
Bing	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Collect	O
website	O
metrics	O
such	O
as	O
page	O
popularity	O
and	O
number	O
of	O
website	O
hits	O
using	O
Google	B-Application
Analytics	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
WebPlus	B-Application
X5	O
introduced	O
a	O
button	O
studio	O
for	O
creating	O
button	O
graphics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
WebPlus	B-Application
automatically	O
converts	O
images	O
and	O
graphics	O
into	O
a	O
web	O
targeted	O
format	O
,	O
optimising	O
them	O
for	O
fast	O
download	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Embed	O
YouTube	B-General_Concept
videos	I-General_Concept
within	O
a	O
web	O
page	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Add	O
animated	O
effects	O
to	O
a	O
website	O
with	O
Animated	O
GIFs	O
,	O
Animated	O
Marquees	O
or	O
by	O
importing	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
videos	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Stream	O
news	O
and	O
information	O
feeds	O
to	O
a	O
website	O
using	O
RSS	O
and	O
podcasts	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
In-built	O
FTP	B-Protocol
transfers	O
files	O
onto	O
a	O
web	B-Application
server	I-Application
,	O
uploading	O
a	O
website	O
to	O
the	O
internet	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
From	O
X5	O
,	O
WebPlus	B-Application
offers	O
image	O
editing	O
and	O
filters	O
,	O
through	O
its	O
PhotoLab	O
and	O
also	O
provides	O
a	O
dedicated	O
background-removal	O
tool	O
in	O
the	O
form	O
of	O
Cutout	O
Studio	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Display	O
images	O
,	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
videos	I-Operating_System
and	O
web	O
pages	O
using	O
animated	O
Lightboxes	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
WebPlus	B-Application
also	O
provides	O
QuickShapes	O
for	O
creating	O
button	O
and	O
web	O
graphics	O
.	O
</s>
