SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--As the line between web designer and developer continue to blur, San Francisco’s Brace (www.brace.io) has officially launched technology that simplifies web hosting for designers and digital agencies. Brace dramatically reduces the time required to design websites and publish online content, integrating directly with existing design workflows, seamlessly using Dropbox to transfer files and deploys to the cloud in just one click.
One of the challenges for designers and digital agencies is navigating a laundry-list of features for creating their project, many of which aren’t necessary for the majority of websites. Brace makes the design process faster with automatic design iteration, making collaboration simpler from concept to deploying a live website. Breaking it down to the most common web design requirement, hosting static content like HTML and CSS files, Brace provides an effortless design experience that is literally as simple as clicking ‘save.’
“We let you host your web design from the comfort of Dropbox,” said CEO and cofounder of Brace, Cole Krumbholz. “Web design is no longer about making pretty pictures for one screen, today you need interaction and a way to produce content for several different devices. Designers need tools that help them see how a design works online, collaborate easily and publish in seconds. That’s what Brace was designed to do.”
Brace works with the industry’s most popular web design and development tools for editing code, image and video. Brace makes the design process faster, more iterative and simplifies collaboration. Designers can iterate on a design without affecting the live website. Borrowing from the developer world, Brace introduces automatic versioning -- each website has an online draft that stays current with Dropbox and a production version that’s available to the public. Changes appear immediately.
Since October’s beta release, Brace has hosted more than two thousand websites. It is available in general release now: http://brace.io/.
"I've been using Brace for a month and I love it!” said Web Barr, Digital Producer at National Geographic. “Brace allows me to get static sites up quickly and make adjustments that are instantly reflected on the site without the hassle of learning a new a CMS or updating templates in WordPress.”
Benjamin Lotan, director of Social Print Studio, an independent print studio and digital agency in San Francisco said, “With Brace my team can update designs from anywhere, and I don't have to hassle with FTP.”
Pricing and Availability
Brace is available as a monthly subscription. Prototyping plans start at US $2.99 per month. Brace Personal is US $12.99 per month and US $49.99 for the Professional plan. All plans come with a free trial period and no credit card is required.
For more detailed information about features and give Brace a test drive, please visit http://brace.io.
About Brace
San Francisco’s Brace is a new way to host websites, built for designers. Brace is produced by Sendspree Inc., a Heavybit company. For more information, visit http://www.brace.io.
