Blog.with.us

Price: Free with option to upgrade for $9.
(Launched: March 19, 2010)

Posts may be written in advance and then scheduled to appear later automatically.
Posts may be hidden from the public by setting a future publish date.
Posts may be organized into categories.
Customize the URL of each post.

WYSIWYG text editing like Microsoft Word.
Keyboard shortcuts for text editing (e.g. CTRL-B to bold). Mouse over options to see shortcuts.
Once a post is published, users may directly edit them without going to a separate editing page.

Users get a free site with URL like http://johndoe.blog.with.us.
Blogs may be viewable to the public or have restricted access.
Give access keys for viewing, editing or administering the blog. Unlimited number of keys.
Users get a .com, .net, .org, .info or .biz domain or they can attach a domain they already own.

Template builder lets users click on options to see changes to their design immediately on their screen after each click. No programming. See the template builder demo video (hosted at YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cg3i6pyJIVw).
48 pre-made templates.
251 heading images from the With.Us library or upload own images.
- Some headings are designed for several different images to be added.
- User can drag the heading image to a position they like.
- Image effects: fading (top to bottom), lightness, black & white, sepia, soft focus and saturate.
78 backgrounds textures and colors.
- Background effect: lightness.
42 page fills.
- Fill effects: black & white, sepia, soft focus and saturate.
Up to 3 lines of individually customizable text on the heading area.
- Each line of text can be dragged anywhere on the heading area, resized and rotated.
- 79 font options.
- 70 text color and texture options.
- Font effects: drop shadow, white outline, black outline, white glow, black glow.
- Text size 8 to 200.
Navigation customization (coming soon to sites!)
- 25 font options.
- 14 text colors.
- Text size 8 to 24.