Yesterday, Aquafadas announced the availability of BannerZest 1.2.6. The update includes bug fixes to the Accordion, Coverflow and Hanging themes as well as a new scrolling theme and Sliding Sticker theme. The new BannerZest used the newest swfobject (1.2.1) and adds many new options in several themes.

BannerZest comes in two versions, $129 for the Pro and $49 for the Standard, and sports English, French, Italian, Danish and Japanese language support.

BannerZest is a great product and by far the easiest way to spice up your website with flash banners. Aquafadas offers downloads of both the Pro and Standard versions so try before you buy and see what all the fuss is about.

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BannerZest, the easiest way to create Flash banners for your website, is on sale for two days at software discount site MacZot. It's regularly $49 so this is a great deal. I use BannerZest Pro regularly for creating fantastic and professional looking banners that I use on my websites. Its drop-dead simple to use and really does create stunning banners. The standard version, which is the one on sale at MacZot, doesn't come with all the bells and whistles but does come with all the major ones. Aquafadas, the development company that makes BannerZest has kindly put up a comparison page that shows the differences between the standard and the pro version. The biggest difference between the two is that you get "Pro" themes with the pro version (no really?). A notable second feature included in the pro version is the ability to create clickable links from the images used in the banner. There are other differences but those were the two biggys for me. If you have the need or the desire to include beautiful Flash banners in your websites you owe it to yourself to check BannerZest out. Especially if you're like me and a total dolt when it comes to Flash. Hurry, though, this deal only lasts through Sunday night at midnight. Did I mention it's only $29? Joe Henry
EDIT: FYI the BannerZest Standard license does not allow banner creation for commercial purposes. The Pro license does but not the Standard. Just wanted to make that clear for anyone taking advantage of this MacZot deal. It's still a great price for a slick piece of software. Who knows, if you asked Aquafadas nicely they might even allow you to upgrade to the Pro version from the MacZot Standard version.

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