Hosted Manila
UserLand Software now offers Hosted Manila, a hosted, on-demand, software as a service version of our popular Manila web publishing and weblogging software application. Now anyone can easily build and maintain a high-quality custom website without the need to learn HTML or complex Internet protocols. Click here for pricing information.
Hosted Manila is designed to meet the needs of:- People wanting to use Manila but seeking a less expensive option to purchasing a full-powered and unlimited license
- Users looking to deploy one or more websites that anyone can edit
- Smaller organizations that lack the resources to deploy and maintain their own web server
- Organizations for whom a hosted solution will prove less expensive than licensing and supporting a local Manila system
- Customers that want to quickly deploy a Manila solution either on a test basis or to meet a project deadline
UserLand's hosting solutions are flexible and completely customizable. All hosting packages include the option to have your website hosted at your own domain via an easy-to-execute virtual domain hosting solution that we will help you to setup. If your situation does not require a custom domain, then please consider trying ManilaSites, UserLand's $99/year website/weblog hosting solution. Click here to visit ManilaSites and create your own website for free 30 day trial period.
The Advantages of Manila and More
Hosted Manila is available with all the features and functionality of regular Manila. The major difference is that Hosted Manila is served from our high-performance web servers instead of your own. For many users, Hosted Manila will provide compelling advantages. First, Hosted Manila users immediately and automatically benefit from all of the software updates and upgrades as they are released by UserLand. Second, Hosted Manila relieves users from all of the costs and responsibilities of obtaining, installing and maintaining their own web servers. Third, Hosted Manila users have access to Expert Manila support and assistance making it easy for (i) new users get started with Manila, (ii) for existing users to make modifications and upgrades to their websites and (iii) for anyone to receive expert on-call assistance with troubleshooting problems when and if they arise.
- No software to download
- No server to install and maintain
- No need to provide for a 24/7 connection to the Internet
- No need to learn complicated HTML or remote hosting terms, procedures and protocols
- No more dependence on your IT staff to make even simple changes to your website
Because Hosted Manila can be delivered on a pay-as-you-go basis, UserLand can offer the service starting at prices lower than those charged for the software alone. With custom hosted website packages starting as low as $299 per year, it is now possible for anyone to create a high-impact, low-cost website with all the advantages and ease-of-use that has made Manila famous around the world.
Because Manila is used and managed via a web browser interface, anyone that you have assigned editorial permission can access and edit your Hosted Manila site from any location. Hosted Manila is a pay as you go service that allows UserLand customers to tap into the virtually unlimited potential of Manila services. As your organization grows and your demands increase, Hosted Manila will grow with you adding capacity to meet your needs. Whether your need is one very large website or a community of hundreds of weblogs, our staff is ready to provide you with a turnkey website solution.
Should You Consider Hosted Manila?
One of the great advantages of Manila as a web publishing and weblogging application is its extreme ease-of-use. Virtually anyone can use Manila to create and edit web pages, weblogs or entire websites. Still, it remains true that setting up and maintaining a dedicated web server requires technical expertise and resources not always available to individuals and organizations.
With Hosted Manila, the ease of use of having a web publishing application that requires no technical support is extended to having a web server infrastructure that requires no dedicated IT support staff. By removing the burden of installing and running Manila on your own servers, we hope to create an opportunity for individuals and organizations with smaller budgets and fewer in-house technical resources to take control over their web presence by creating and maintaining their web content with Manila.
For many organizations, using Hosted Manila will make very good economic sense. With Hosted Manila, there is no need to purchase or allocate your own server to run the application, you will not need to provide for 24x7 connectivity to the Internet and your IT staff will be relieved of the tasks of installing and maintaining the software. As a hosted customer, you will also receive the benefits of all updates as soon as they are released. Every customer's situation will vary, but Salesforce.com has been very successful in demonstrating the advantages and possible cost savings of licensing software as a service.
Hosted Manila is an option for many groups that want to implement a website or weblog solution quickly. At any time, users of Hosted Manila can transition their service to their own dedicated server running an independently licensed Manila application.
Hosting by UserLand
UserLand Software is the developer and owner of the Manila software application. We are constantly improving the product, expanding the feature set and upgrading Manila's reliability. All of UserLand's own systems run on Manila and Frontier and our staff has more experience than anyone in running high-performance Manila websites. In addition, UserLand maintains a dedicated customer support desk and professional services group to answer questions and provide support to our customers.
Hosted Manila customers also gain easy access to UserLand's Expert Manila service. With Expert Manila, UserLand's expert web administrators can directly assist site owners with setting up and making periodic changes to their websites. Because Hosted Manila sites reside on UserLand's servers, our technicians can easily access and make design or content changes for website owners and assist with trouble-shooting whenever the situation requires. New Manila users and those less technically inclined will be amazed to see how quickly and inexpensively our Expert Manila technicians can manipulate Manila websites and deliver exactly the solution requested.
Pricing
Pricing for Hosted Manila services depends entirely on the end-user's requirements. Basic system packages for websites or weblogs requiring no setup assistance or professional services include:
- $99 per year for a single ManilaSite subdomain website or weblog (e.g. www.manilasites.com/yoursitename)
- $299 per year for a Hosted Manila Small Business Edition website and discussion group
- $499 per year for Hosted Manila Enterprise Edition website and discussion group
- $1099 and up per year for Virtual Manila Server - your own full-powered, hosted Manila application permitting the creation of very large multidomain websites and/or a community of hundreds of weblogs
Click here to read more about our standard Hosted Manila packages. If you would like to discuss your Manila hosting needs, please begin by filling out and returning this form.