Web Designer Preview

**steve.ledger** · 27 February 2009, 08:59 PM

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I highly recommend to everyone to checkout the XARA WEB DESIGNER PREVIEW workbook created exclusivley
in Xara Web Designer by TalkGraphics Tutorial and Workbook maestro, Gary Priester.
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**StevenWWinters** · 27 February 2009, 09:27 PM

Looks interesting.

The obvious question is: Will Xara 5.0 have all the Xare Web Designer functionality???

**Xhris** · 27 February 2009, 10:19 PM

Originally Posted by StevenWWinters

The obvious question is: Will Xara 5.0 have all the Xare Web Designer functionality???

I think it's almost certain that all of WD's functionality will be in Xara 5. Xara 4 has website export and they're not going to omit genuine improvements they've done for the next version. Secondly, WD is primarily an editable template based website making package; for those who want to develop a website from scratch with advanced graphical content, then Xara is better to be used. I'm 99.9% certain Xara 5 will include all the improvements in WD, just from a logical approach.

**Egg Bramhill** · 27 February 2009, 10:34 PM

I agree with that. The inclusion of web export was the best inclusion in XX4 and I'm looking forward to improvements in the hoped for release of XX5.

**angelize** · 27 February 2009, 11:07 PM

If Xtreme 5 is going to have all the functions of Webdesigner why have Webdesigner at all? What I would like to see Xtreme 5 have from designer is the spell checker and the master pages with repeatable objects.

**Xhris** · 27 February 2009, 11:51 PM

Originally Posted by angelize

If Xtreme 5 is going to have all the functions of Webdesigner why have Webdesigner at all?

I would guess because WD is aimed at a different target audience. It is a simple to use, streamlined package whose sole purpose is to make websites and that's it. Xara has lots of other bells and whistles that would be considered bloat for someone only intending to make a website, and then Xara would be accused of making bloatware. WD is also very template-orientated from the looks of things and pre-packaged for ease of website creation. But you can also edit these templates it seems and even design sites from scratch according to the documentation.

**CMONE** · 28 February 2009, 12:27 AM

I'm sorry, but I somehow do not understand this, I have only recently (late December 2008) my version purchased in a number of things such as the Navbar or export filters for HTML (Page background) are defective and more others (see the Buglist).
Now these bugs seem fixed, even adding a bit and then again as a new product. I'm sorry, but a spell checker should be used for a "desktop publishing" professional product standard and should be still and silent when an update may be annexed. My last Update has a Stand from May 2008, a long long time, Xara Ltd. fixed no bugs, she's develop new other versions with functionality with would do in my version, but she doesn't work!....

I wait for the next Version, a User in the Magix-Supportforum has me tell, that Magix-Grafik & Foto Designer 3 will come at Juni 2009. Probably just a marketing strategy, yet the web designer and then sell XXP 5.0 or graphic photo .. Out a 3.0, again with little changes, and of course the capabilities of Web designers, or even this.

Look the Productlist from Magix.de, there are already a Website-Maker, a 3D-maker and so on ..., probably outsourced software modules, which you put fast ne surface still missed, and then marketed as a new product?!

I have payed for the Pro 3.2 Version and for Grafik & Foto Designer 2, i use VDL, FACUD and Webradio from Magix. VDL since Version 6 and payed many Updates btw. new Versions. I can say, i am a good customer, but the new strategy of Magix I do not think good.

My opinion!

Greetings
CMONE

**gwpriester** · 27 February 2009, 09:27 PM

Guilty as charged.

Steve L. - You link should go to the home page.

I have not heard a peep about Xtreme 5 except that it is in development.

I would expect to find some things like Spell Check included but it makes more sense to have the web site specific features in Web Designer.

**steve.ledger** · 27 February 2009, 09:46 PM

Corrected Gary.

**zaphodeist** · 27 February 2009, 09:47 PM

Tried to get the free trial by clicking the download link on the home page of your preview but just got the log in page and them the account admin page. Probably me, but can you help please