Method and apparatus for generating a web site using a multi-dimensional description of the website

1. A method of creating an independent web site for hosting visitor traffic using a globally accessible platform, comprising the steps of:

receiving data entry including selection of an industry type;

determining one or more characteristics for each of one or more web site features in response to the data entry;

creating a framework of the web site based upon the one or more determined characteristics for each of the one or more web site features;

retrieving web site data in accordance with the created framework of the web site;

creating a plurality of pages of the web site based upon the framework of the web site and the retrieved web site data;

generating one or more interfaces to one or more external components on the pages of the web site;

remotely executing an application that may or may not retrieve web site data such that whether content is retrieved is a function of the remotely executed application;

previewing the created pages in a sequence, any changes made on the pages during previewing being automatically propagated through the pages;

registering the one or more interfaces of the one or more external components;

creating website data based on the interfaces and remotely executed application; and

presenting the created web site.