Patent ID: 7475346

Claim:
A Method for providing a customizable Web site service comprising the steps of: (a) hosting, on a server, a master Web site; (b) enabling a user of a first class to hold an account on the server, said user of a first class defining an account holder, and hosting on the server, for the account holder, a separate copy of the master Web site; (c) enabling the account holder to customize the copy of the master Web site in accordance with a first level of server-side customizability; and (d) enabling a user of a second class to create a customized copy of the master Web site or an account holder copy thereof in accordance with a second level server-side of customizability, assigning a unique Uniform Resource Locator (URL) to the account holder copy of the master Web site and providing the unique URL to the account holder, and, wherein said assigning and providing steps are performed automatically by the server.