In a bid to continually improve upon and expand its growing base of quality community portal software, Ecreations Software is proud to announce the release of version 4.3 of their best of breed BuildACommunity Suite.

Version 4.3 is not only a response to customer suggestions and feedback, but also a response to the changing needs of online enterprise. CommunityMembers, the membership management script bundled with all BuildACommunity Software has been revamped to offer an optional pay-per-membership model. This provides webmasters with an alternate form of revenue building outside traditional advertising and affiliate promotion deals.

The implementation of centralized design control makes it much easier to get the software up and running quickly, and improves the ability of webmasters to react to the changing needs on their site and members. Furthermore, customers will discover that their newfound ability to create their own custom plugins grants them a degree of control that far surpasses anything seen before.

For a full list of newly added features, please see our 4.3 Feature List.

The core purpose of the BuildaCommunity software suite has always been the creation and management of online communities. It offers, for a competitive price, the ability for small businesses to compete with larger companies. It includes all the standard capabilities of large portal sites including memberships with user web sites, branded email, online postcards and image galleries, discussion forums, clubs, classifieds, article publishing, games and personal start pages. All these features are tied together by a straightforward online administration and a shared registration/membership system.

Based in Lasalle, Quebec, Canada and founded in 1998, Ecreations Software Inc. is a software provider for mid-level Internet companies. The company targets websites looking for a competitive edge in the escalating environment of online business, providing the tools necessary to create a user-valued community portal.