Web hosting provider, Apollo Hosting, has launched the Site Symphony online site builder tool. Site Symphony is a platform-independent, browser-based website design solution available to all customers of Apollo Hosting.

According to the company, the tool permits users to quickly and easily choose a template from a selection of over 700, add content, and publish a professional website in minutes.

Site Symphony replaces Apollo Hosting's previous site builder tool, and brings with it enhanced ecommerce capabilities, blogging tools, image editing, and many additional features.

The enhanced interface is easy to use for the beginner, and powerful enough for the professional looking for a quick and dependable design solution. The content editing functions much like popular word processing programs. The editor allows users to change fonts, bold, italicize, create tables, add graphics, and much more. Custom pictures and images can be uploaded, and powerful features like photo galleries, banner links, search engine tag control, flash animations, language translator, maps and built-in counters may easily be implemented.

Complete ecommerce capabilities are another part of the broad feature set available to Site Symphony users. Unlike many site builders, the storefront system in Site Symphony can integrate with an existing merchant account /payment gateway solution. Users can set up a secure store and begin selling their products by check payments, paypal or any credit card supported by their merchant account. The storefront is ideal for startups with a small catalog who are eager to get their products online.

According to Martin Field, CEO of Apollo Hosting, ''Site Symphony represents another step forward in simplifying website design and publishing. The vast resource of templates is like no other we have seen. With Site Symphony, our customers can efficiently update website content from anywhere on the internet, navigating through the design features much like a word processor.''

Site Symphony is currently available to all Apollo Hosting customers on all platforms at no charge. Additional functionality can be obtained via upgrades for a small monthly fee.

To view the tool and also template previews, please visit: www.apollohosting.com/sitetools/webdesign/sitesymphony.php.