Includes over 2,500 templates under a fully-paid licence; fully compatible with Namo WebEditor 2006 Suite, Adobe Photoshop 6+ and other tools.

Hostopia, a web hosting provider, today announced its initial licensing of website templates to the service provider market, focusing on large hosting providers with strong reseller networks.

Hostgator, a web hosting provider, has licensed Hostopia's full inventory of site templates for distribution to its customer base.

The website templates licensed by Hostopia are fully compatible with development tools such as Namo WebEditor 2006 Suite, Adobe Photoshop 6+, Macromedia Flash MX+, Macromedia Dreamweaver MX 2004, FrontPage 2003+, or any other HTML editor. File formats supported include PSD, HTML, SWF and FLA as well as non-flash versions.

Hostopia and Hostgator declined to reveal specific terms of their agreement. They stated that over 2,500 templates are included under a fully-paid licence with an option to add additional site templates plus OS Commerce designs. Mr. Brent Oxley, CEO of Hostgator, indicated that Hostgators marketing plans for the templates are in progress and Hostgator clients can expect to see them within 90 days.

"Demand for pre-built websites is surging as small businesses and professional website designers seek to create superior business websites with less effort. Hosting providers can fill this demand, but only if they source a reliable supply of compelling templates with attractive licensing terms. Hostopia meets this need," comments Paul D. Engels, chief Marketing Officer at Hostopia.