Austin, Texas - December 11, 2012 - SpaceCraft is introducing over 30 new features for its revolutionary website-building platform, making it even easier for small businesses to build a powerful website, with new plans starting as low as $8 per month.

The advanced platform now includes new premium themes and layouts; Facebook, Twitter and Google+ integration; more search engine optimization (SEO) tools; and advanced design controls and developer tools – allowing for complete website customization.

SpaceCraft is also announcing three great solutions and price points for its customers.

• Basic plan for $8/mo. Designed for those who need a simple, beautiful website that’s easy to manage, this plan includes impressive design and content tools, as well as unlimited pages, bandwidth, and storage.
• Unlimited plan for $16/mo. Designed for people who are looking for a feature-rich platform to build an incredible website from the ground up, it includes all third-party connections (such as social feeds, analytics, and forms), content options and design tools, along with various website management tools and online support for easy troubleshooting.
• Concierge plan for $49/mo. Designed for businesses that are looking for website marketing advice, recommendations and live support, this is the best plan for those who opt in for custom design and content creation, since it includes a 20% discount for creative services.

Austin, Texas - October 12, 2012 - SpaceCraft, a website publishing platform, announced today the launch of new tools for developers. SpaceCraft, which provides an easy-to-use content management system built using cutting-edge technologies such as responsive web design, HTML5, and structured data, will now enable access to a toolset to web developers who want to customize sites created with the SpaceCraft platform. Currently, SpaceCraft enables small business owners to easily build and manage beautiful websites that look and work great on mobile, tablets and PC. The company’s clients range from athletes, including Lance Armstrong, to restaurants, manufacturers, photographers, and bloggers.

The developer-focused toolset allows anyone with expertise in HTML, CSS and JavaScript to extend the site created by the SpaceCraft platform through custom JavaScript and CSS. The open source Ace editor, which powers the excellent Cloud9 IDE, has been incorporated into the developer tools, allowing for a rich code-editing environment from within the SpaceCraft admin tool.

Additionally, a new block is available to developers, allowing them to add raw HTML content that can be styled as a block.

Austin, Texas - April 26, 2012 - SpaceCraft, a new website publishing platform for Small Businesses, announces a series of free workshops in Austin to help your business get online.

Attendees will learn how to create an effective website from Co-founder, Jeff Williams and the SpaceCraft team. “Our live, three-hour workshops are more than an introduction to the SpaceCraft platform. They are hands-on working sessions where our customers add their website content, customize their visual design, and even publish their websites.”

SpaceCraft will bring team members with expertise in design, social media, and SEO. The atmosphere will be supportive, judgement free, and fun.

The first event takes place downtown Austin at the Palm Door, located 401 Sabine Street and runs from 4pm to 7pm Thursday, May 17th. To register for the event and find out more information click here.

SpaceCraft’s websites are built with the latest techniques in search engine optimization (SEO) and can be easily accessed by customers from mobile phones, tablets and PCs. Business information and social content is organized from around the web to create a highly integrated and branded web presence for a small business. And the websites are easy to set up and maintain.

Austin, Texas - May 1, 2012 - SpaceCraft, a website publishing platform for small businesses, announced today the public launch of its product. The new website publishing platform brings cutting-edge technologies to the small business market, providing seamless functionality on mobile phones, tablets, and PCs. The newly relaunched LanceArmstrong.com is one of the first high-profile sites to be built with SpaceCraft technology.

“About 50 percent of small businesses still don't have a website, and for those that do, they can't easily update and manage their content,” says SpaceCraft CEO and co-founder Adam Moore. “We’ve made it easy and affordable for business owners to build a powerful web presence. The demand for such a solution is undeniable.”

SpaceCraft’s content management system (CMS) leverages structured data principles to create truly effective websites that are built with the latest techniques in search engine optimization (SEO) and can be easily accessed by customers from mobile phones, tablets and PCs. Business information and social content is organized from around the web to create a highly integrated and branded web presence for a small business. SpaceCraft sites will feature responsive design techniques and the latest technologies including HTML5, to automatically resize and rearrange content effectively across all connected devices with no additional work for the customer.

Austin, Texas - February 1, 2012 - Austin, Texas - February 1, 2012 - SpaceCraft, a software company based in Austin, Texas has begun hiring a sales and support team for their website publishing platform with plans to continue staffing at a rapid pace.

SpaceCraft has hired Eric Tarlo, most recently of BigCommerce, to begin the process of creating a customer service focused sales and support team. At BigCommerce, Tarlo served as the Partner Manager. He will focus on building the sales and support teams as well as developing the SpaceCraft partner program.

Commenting on the SpaceCraft opportunity Tarlo states, "I have always been passionate about entrepreneurship and the SaaS industry. It's exciting to get involved with such a great team and be associated with a powerful product for small business. Creating and maintaining a web presence is becoming more important every day for small businesses and SpaceCraft allows business owners to do just that.”

Pricing for SpaceCraft will start at $49/month. A $1599 Website Setup Bundle for customers wanting professional content and design services and one year of SpaceCraft service is also available. SpaceCraft offers a free 14 day trial allowing users full access to the product prior to purchasing. To start your free trial click here, or call 888.534.2183

Austin, Texas - January 27, 2012 - SpaceCraft, a web-based publishing platform for small businesses, announced today the successful launch of their private beta program.

SpaceCraft empowers small businesses to create and manage websites through a powerful content management system (CMS), producing websites that function seamlessly on mobile phones, tablets and PCs. Through a design technique known as responsive design, SpaceCraft sites automatically resize and rearrange content effectively across all connected devices with no additional work for the customer.

The idea to create a platform that allows business owners to create content once and publish everywhere began to take shape for founders Adam Moore and Jeff Williams in late 2010. After preliminary development and several key hires, SpaceCraft set out to find 100 small businesses to test the publishing platform. The search resulted in nearly 500 requests to participate in the private beta program, and the first of the 100 selected SpaceCraft sites will be unveiled in March 2012.

"The interest in our beta program has been fantastic. We look forward to working with our beta customers to not only create beautifully effective websites, but also to get valuable feedback on how we can improve our product," says VP of Creative and co-founder Jeff Williams. "We have a great framework established for our product and we are excited to continually add new features and functionality." Although the beta release is a limited version of the company’s ultimate vision, beta customers will have access to the cornerstones of the SpaceCraft product: its proprietary CMS, fully-responsive web sites and live customer support.

Austin, Texas - October 12, 2011 - SpaceCraft, a web-based publishing platform for small businesses, has announced the hires of Rob Lifford as Senior Developer and Brandon Gredler as Business Strategist.

Rob Lifford will be concentrating on the front-end development of the SpaceCraft product. Lifford studied communications at Cornell University and has built a career as a user interface designer and developer over the last 11 years.

Commenting on his new role, Lifford states, "I’m excited about the opportunity to work with emerging technologies and responsive design techniques to deliver real results for our customers.”

Brandon Gredler will focus on business development strategies for SpaceCraft including marketing, social media and partnerships. Gredler brings experience in digital marketing, as well as an MBA in digital media from St. Edward’s University. Most recently, Gredler served as Digital Media Strategist for Unicast, the rich media ad serving subsidiary of DGFastchannel.

Looking towards the SpaceCraft launch date in early 2012, Gredler states, “It’s incredibly important for small businesses to have a successful web presence. I’m passionate about the opportunity to help SpaceCraft’s customers exceed their goals online using our platform.”

Austin, Texas - August 11, 2011 - SpaceCraft, a web publishing platform for small businesses, announced today the close of a $1.35M Series A financing round led by Capital Sports & Entertainment (CSE). This is the first outside capital that SpaceCraft has raised.

CSE partner Bart Knaggs will take a seat on the Board of Directors, joining Board members Dave Marmonti and SpaceCraft co-founder and CEO Adam Moore. Since 2001, Knaggs has been responsible for marketing, management and corporate strategy as well as the creation of new ventures and partnerships. Bart is also a founding board member of the Lance Armstrong Foundation.

“There’s no question that small businesses and organizations face major challenges in marketing their business online,” says Knaggs. “We see great opportunity for the SpaceCraft platform to provide the tools necessary to meet the needs of this market.”

SpaceCraft’s web-based software allows its customers to create websites that work seamlessly across phones, tablets, PCs and TV. “It’s still incredibly difficult for small businesses to manage content and get discovered online,” says Moore. “We’re working to solve those problems by leveraging structured data principles and responsive design techniques.”

Austin, Texas - June 20, 2011 - SpaceCraft has announced that Tim Paciolla of frog design will serve as Director of Product, effective immediately.

Paciolla brings 12 years experience leading product strategy and execution for both advertising and consumer web products and desktop software products. Paciolla will lead the overall execution of the SpaceCraft product line.

Most recently, Paciolla served as Creative Director at global innovation firm frog design, where he worked on the design and development of new products for major Fortune 500 companies. Prior to frog, he was the Director of Product Management for Blockbuster Online and spent 5 years at Yahoo! leading product development for both consumer facing and internal products.

Commenting on his new role, Paciolla says, “I'm excited about the opportunity to work with such an incredibly talented group that’s passionate about helping small business owners run their business more effectively.”

“Having worked with top Fortune 500 companies, Tim brings incredible experience in product development to the team,” says co-founder and CEO Adam Moore. “Tim’s committed to building the most intuitive content management platform that truly meets the needs of small businesses.”

Austin, Texas - May 31, 2011 - SpaceCraft, a web publishing platform for small businesses, has announced that Dave Marmonti will serve on its Board of Directors effective immediately. Along with being an early investor in SpaceCraft, Marmonti is the first outside addition to the Board of Directors joining co-founder and CEO Adam Moore.

Mr. Marmonti has over 30 years of experience having held senior leadership positions at several companies including AT&T and Dell. Spending the last 12 years at Dell, Marmonti most recently served as Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Global Consumer Direct Business from 2009 to 2011. For the last nine months, Marmonti has held the position of President at DMK Equities, a private equity and investment company specializing in information technology and services industries.

Says Moore, “I’m really excited to have Dave on the Board, as he brings exceptional financial and operational experience to the table. As we gear up to launch the SpaceCraft platform in early 2012, his leadership experience in senior management positions will be extremely valuable.”

“I am happy to join the SpaceCraft Board of Directors. Adam and the SpaceCraft team bring a great balance of experience successfully launching new companies, understanding of the market as well as a practical application of technology to help small businesses solve what has been a frustrating problem for many years.”

Austin, Texas - February 7, 2011 - SpaceCraft, a web publishing platform based in Austin, Texas announced the key hire of David Wood as Chief Architect.

Bringing over 10 years of CMS implementation and development experience to SpaceCraft, David will focus primarily on the overall technical approach and development of the SpaceCraft product.

Prior to joining the company, David served as Technical Architect at global innovation firm, frog design, where he oversaw technical strategies for web based and mobile solutions for several Fortune 500 clients.

Looking towards the SpaceCraft launch date in early 2012, Wood is anxious to start building an innovative product from the ground up. Wood states, “The SpaceCraft product encompasses two of my personal interests and areas of expertise: content management and mobile development. I'm excited to join the team and look forward to the challenge of creating a next-generation content management application.”

“David has demonstrated leadership in the development and implementation of cutting-edge technology that will be an invaluable asset to SpaceCraft as we develop our platform," said Adam Moore, SpaceCraft Co-founder and CEO.