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OmniUpdate(TM) Launches Solution for Admission Sponsored Blogs

OU Blogs(TM) Integrates with WordPress(TM) Publishing Platform

Camarillo, California - October 23, 2006 - WebsiteASP, Inc., the leading provider of web content management systems (CMS) for Higher Education today announced the release of OU Blogs, a unique blogging solution that combines the power of WordPress, a "best-of-breed" open source blog publishing system, with its OmniUpdate solution.

"We've seen growing interest from our customers in sponsoring student, faculty and even parent blogs. But while blogging tools are readily available and often free, there's still the issue of how to easily monitor and manage the content on these blogs, "said Lance Merker, President and CEO of WebsiteASP, Inc. "That's why we've developed OU Blogs. It integrates one of the leading free blogging engines, WordPress with OmniUpdate to provide a single, comprehensive solution for managing all of an institution's web content -including blogs."

Offered as an optional module to OmniUpdate, OU Blogs allows entries in WordPress blogs to be easily monitored using OmniUpdate's flexible workflow and approval system. Email notification is automatically sent when blog entries are ready for approval, encouraging bloggers to create timely, genuine content while ensuring that only appropriate content is published to the website. Additionally, OU Blogs streamlines and simplifies blog management by providing a single, consistent interface for managing both web pages and blogs.

"It's not uncommon to find WordPress already used somewhere on campus for blogging," observes Mr. Merker. "And, that's why we've chosen an open approach to supporting blogs rather than inventing our own proprietary tool."

OU Blogs is available immediately and is offered in configurations both with and without support for WordPress.

About WebsiteASP, Inc.

WebsiteASP, Inc., the company behind OmniUpdate, is the leading provider of web content management systems for Higher Education. Over 450 college and university websites use OmniUpdate to simplify the process of creating, editing and publishing over 3 million web pages.

For more information, visit http://www.omniupdate.com/ou/blogs

OmniUpdate Press Contact: Mary Ann Fitzhugh
email: mfitzhugh@websiteasp.com
voice: 805-484-9400 x206