Left align web pages

**speedyp** · 08 April 2012, 01:05 PM

Could someone please tell me which Xara files to edit to achieve a simple left alignment of web pages.

I have already tried the tweakset "fix", but this causes a brief flash as the page is initially loaded centre & then realigned left, which is not good enough for me.

I'm using designer pro 6 version & the appropriate tweakset.

Thanks for any advice you can offer.

**Drwyd** · 08 April 2012, 03:02 PM

Hi Speedyp

The "left aligned page" is usually well behaved, I've not heard of it causing any flash on load. Have you placed it on the MouseOff layer ?

**speedyp** · 08 April 2012, 03:51 PM

Thanks, but yes. I have only 3 pages and I've added the left-align tweak to all 3 pages on the mouseoff layer. It's so frustrating. I've spent ages trying to get this to work.

There is a further complication... It's a wordpress site. I created a custom graphic navigation for the header in Xara & added it to wp with 3 text widgets. It worked perfectly (no flashing) with the xara files aligned centrally, but I couldn't get everything to line-up properly without massive margin offsets.

Using the xara left-align tweak helped to put everything where I needed it, but now the only problem is the brief flash every time you change a page.

I was hoping there was some way to edit the xara css by hand, but I guess this is impossible?

You can see it here: ## link deleted at posters request ##

It's obviously very early in the development, but I need to get the site navigation (xara bit) working properly before progressing. Hover over the logo to reveal the pages

Cheers

**Drwyd** · 08 April 2012, 05:01 PM

I just had a look at your code

My laptop now has a nervous twitch and refuses to come out from under the table. Is it actually alive ?

The "left align page" tweak is only guaranteed to work in a Xara generated page and combining Xara code into anything else is always going to be "interesting".

You also have have multiple <head> and <body> sections.

**speedyp** · 08 April 2012, 05:26 PM

Originally Posted by Drwyd

I just had a look at your code

My laptop now has a nervous twitch and refuses to come out from under the table. Is it actually alive ?

The "left align page" tweak is only guaranteed to work in a Xara generated page and combining Xara code into anything else is always going to be "interesting".

You also have have multiple <head> and <body> sections.

Thanks Drwyd - This is what happens when you try to get a decent cms site to work with xara. But it does actually work. Maybe it was just a dream. Design site navigation in Xara & stick into wordpress.

Will probably have to rethink my relationship with xara, which is a pity as I'm quite fond of it. I'll take my copy out to dinner (in a public place), and break the news gently

**Drwyd** · 08 April 2012, 05:58 PM

I'll take my copy out to dinner (in a public place), and break the news gently

Before you do, check this out.

**speedyp** · 08 April 2012, 06:05 PM

Yeah - thanks Drywyd. I had seen that last year, but I think wordpress is probably the way to go. Sorry, but it's just too well developed, supported (and free

Thanks for your interest anyway.

Cool avatar by the way - scary!

By the way - any chance you could spare my blushes & edit out / remove that link for me??
Cheers
Speedyp

**Drwyd** · 08 April 2012, 07:22 PM

If you are still determined to get Xara Designer menus into your page there still may be a way. You could insert them into an iframe so that they would display inside your wordpress page. The links would have to be duplicated elsewhere (probably best in a footer) so that the search engines can follow them.

Cool avatar by the way - scary!

Cheers

it was made in sculptris (free) a really easy to use digital clay app.

**speedyp** · 08 April 2012, 08:11 PM

Originally Posted by Drwyd

If you are still determined to get Xara Designer menus into your page there still may be a way. You could insert them into an iframe so that they would display inside your wordpress page. The links would have to be duplicated elsewhere (probably best in a footer) so that the search engines can follow them.

Now that sounds promising... I've been sticking wp blogs in Xara sites in iframes for a couple of years. Would be cool to do it the other way round

Thanks v. much for your help

**speedyp** · 13 April 2012, 07:27 AM

Originally Posted by Drwyd

If you are still determined to get Xara Designer menus into your page there still may be a way. You could insert them into an iframe so that they would display inside your wordpress page. The links would have to be duplicated elsewhere (probably best in a footer) so that the search engines can follow them..

Well I tried that, but linking to pages opens them inside the Xara navigation iframe in the header... Any other ideas how to persuade Xara to navigate a wordpress site?