PhotoSite Launches Photo Cards, Featuring Multimedia Capabilities and Five Holiday and New Year's Themes, for Last-Minute Season's Greetings

PhotoSite Launches Photo Cards, Featuring Multimedia Capabilities and Five Holiday and New Year's Themes, for Last-Minute Season's Greetings

PhotoSite Photo Cards Deliver the Fastest, Easiest and Most Personal Way to Share Memories Online

MENLO PARK, Calif., Dec. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Haven't sent your holiday cards yet? If you're too late for the post office, don't panic. PhotoSite, a division of Homestead Technologies Inc., today launched PhotoSite Photo Cards. These free electronic greeting cards combine your digital photos with music and a personalized message to create a unique online greeting in minutes. After opening, the photographs embedded in each e-greeting can be displayed on a PC or Macintosh as a full-screen, flash-enabled slideshow, complete with background music. Recipients are prompted to respond back with their own personalized message.

From birthdays to Halloween and throughout the Holiday season, Photo Cards can deliver a memorable message for any occasion. With dozens of styles, songs and color schemes to choose from, including five holiday layouts featuring snowflakes, twinkling stars and more, these cards are easy to design and send within minutes. Recipients can choose to copy or save individual photographs that they receive, order prints for their family album or simply forward the Photo Card on to friends and family members to enjoy the experience.

"PhotoSite Photo Cards add a much-needed dose of personality and personalization to the typical electronic greeting card," said Justin Kitch, chief executive officer at Homestead. "Photo Cards use the power of your favorite digital photographs, combined with a choice of music and your own words, to reach out to friends and family. Millions of e-cards are sent throughout the year, but it's obvious that most were chosen from a gallery of generic templates, and few offer any lasting impact. PhotoSite Photo Cards, on the other hand, provide a unique and personal way to share memories online."

Design a Photo Card Worth a Thousand Words

To create a Photo Card, go to http://www.photosite.com/ and select a card layout featuring pre-selected frame styles, color schemes and background patterns, or customize features from literally hundreds of options. Create a title, add a personal message to communicate your best wishes and select from a library of more than 200 songs for background music.

The result is a unique e-greeting and an entertaining slideshow in which photos seamlessly roll in and out of view. Each individual photograph can be captioned so it's easy to tell who's who, and unlike e-cards, Photo Cards include a built-in guestbook so recipients can send a personalized message in response to their viewing.

About PhotoSite

PhotoSite (http://www.photosite.com/) is a free photo-sharing service that enables digital camera owners to quickly and easily create, design and share Web-based photo albums on their own permanent Web site. Photos can be uploaded ten times faster than with other photo sharing methods, and albums can be published to the Internet with just a few clicks.

New features are constantly added to provide digital camera owners and photo viewers the best experience possible. Mobile features allow customers to view online albums from any Web-enabled mobile device, or to post camera phone images. A 'Favorite PhotoSites' section on the home page makes it easy to link to other albums from throughout the PhotoSite community.

Pricing and Availability

PhotoSite Photo Cards are free and available throughout the year with a variety of style and music options. PhotoSite packages and prices include: 'PhotoSite Free' with 150 shared photos for free; 'PhotoSite Plus' with 1,000 shared photos and no advertisements for $4.99/month or $39.99/year; and 'PhotoSite Deluxe' with unlimited shared photos, a personalized domain name and no advertisements for $7.99/month or $69.99/year. High quality prints are available for $.29 for a 4" x 6" photograph, and gift items featuring photos can be ordered.

About Homestead

Homestead Technologies, Inc. is the leader in easy-to-use and powerful online communication services. More than 12 million registered members have built highly customized Web sites using the flagship Homestead Website service and its award winning, drag-and-drop SiteBuilder software. Homestead offers Web site creation, hosting, marketing and e-commerce capabilities in various service packages to meet the needs of professionals, small businesses, non- profits, clubs, families and hobbyists. The company also offers PhotoSite by Homestead, a new online photo service that lets digital camera owners create and share professional looking, Web-based photo albums in just minutes. The company is based in Menlo Park, California, and its services are available at http://www.homestead.com/.

Homestead and PhotoSite are trademarks of Homestead Technologies, Inc., Menlo Park, CA. All other product or company names are used for information or identification purposes only and may be trademarks of their respective owners.


Source: Homestead Technologies Inc.

CONTACT: Stephanie Gnibus of GMK Communications, +1-408-776-9727, or
Stephanie@gnibus.com, for Homestead Technologies

Web site: http://www.homestead.com/
http://www.photosite.com/


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