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SiteGrinder 2 builds entire websites from basic multi-layer Photoshop documents. That's a pretty amazing feat!
Below is a partial list of the kinds of page elements, from simple web graphics to popup menus and forms, that SiteGrinder empowers you to create using your basic Photoshop skills.
Generate Web Graphics with no Slicing
SiteGrinder automatically converts your image and shape layers to web graphics and positions them perfectly on the resulting web pages. As it builds, SiteGrinder even eliminates redundant graphics and merges layers when possible to minimize download size. It's a snap!
Convert Styled Photoshop Text to Styled Web Text
SiteGrinder converts Photoshop Type layers directly into styled CSS text on web pages. Photoshop character and paragraph styles are preserved including character and paragraph settings. Text can optionally scroll and have multiple hyperlinked phrases.
Make Custom Image Portfolios/Galleries Fast
Yes, there are a lot of tools to create web portfolios. We think SiteGrinder 2 Pro is superior because it is simple, fast, totally flexible, and makes galleries that are organically part of your larger SiteGrinder site.
Create Many Linked Pages From One Document
SiteGrinder generates an entire website’s worth of pages in a single pass. You decide which elements (like a navbar) can appear on every page and which elements appear only on specific pages. Best of all, your SiteGrinder buttons automatically link to matching pages - no tedious and error-prone entering of web addresses!
Provide Forms for Email, Google Maps, More!
SiteGrinder 2 Pro employs a straightforward way to define multiple form elements in a single Photoshop type layer. Built in support for email forms makes it easy to add a contact page to your site. Generic forms are also supported. Use them for direction finding, searching, anything!
Decorate your Backgrounds with Colors & Tiles
SiteGrinder 2 supports custom background colors for different areas of your pages. SiteGrinder 2 Pro adds a variety of easy to use background image tile features, including vertical and horizontal repeating and backgrounds that remain in place as content scrolls.
Generate Animated Flash slideshows from images
SiteGrinder 2 Pro can take a folder of jpegs and turn it into a cool animated Flash slideshow for your site. Choose different transition styles, durations, and even assign hyperlinks for each slide.
Add Flash and Other Multimedia to Your Pages
SiteGrinder 2 Pro makes it easy to place multimedia elements on pages. Flash, Animated GIF, Quicktime & Windows video, and MP3 music are all built in. You can even link to media from remote locations over the internet!
Expand your Page Flexibility with Growing Areas
SiteGrinder 2 Pro can create page areas which adjust vertically on the fly if the browser changes font sizes or if you edit the content of the area after SiteGrinder builds the pages. "Footer" elements positioned below these areas will move up or down as needed to accommodate the new size.
Exploit PHP, Use In-Line or External HTML
SiteGrinder is designed to hide the complexity of HTML and other web infrastructure, but for maximum adaptability SiteGrinder 2 Pro does allow advanced users to add arbitrary code to their pages wherever they like. SiteGrinder 2 Pro can also intelligently import folders of HTML files when it builds to create a huge number of pages from a single page design.