Publish to Folder on My Computer

**sunhome** · 31 May 2015, 04:35 AM

Hi -

The publish options do not include a publish to folder on my computer. Best way to get the html generated files out of Xara and onto my local computer is ?

Regards, James

**sunhome** · 31 May 2015, 04:45 AM

Found the "File > export website" option - imo semantics of publish and export should just be combined or at least add folder option to the publish website option.

Regards, James

**steve.ledger** · 31 May 2015, 05:36 AM

'Publish' in the context of a website likely means to make public. So technically you can't publish to a folder on your PC (Personal Computer) because it isn't public..

**sunhome** · 31 May 2015, 06:21 AM

Logical answer thanks. I am testing out site44.com which blurs the logic as their paradigm is "Site44 turns Dropbox folders into websites.
Edit your HTML locally, and your website will always be up-to-date."

Regards and thanks for the reply!

**steve.ledger** · 31 May 2015, 07:14 AM

Dropbox is on the web. You're not viewing sites from your local dropbox folder.
You can edit your local files which are synced to your dropbox copies. That's it. Nothing new there actually.

**Acorn** · 31 May 2015, 10:39 AM

There are better hosting options to get a custom domain names for the money site44.com is trying to squeeze from you.
Go for option 4 here: http://www.maketecheasier.com/4-ways...te-on-dropbox/ ; it's free.

Acorn

P.S. You can host your websites on Google Drive. The benefit of Google Drive over free Dropbox would be the space. Google Drive offers 5 GB of free space while Dropbox offers 2 GB. I prefer Dropbox over Google Drive.
https://googledrive.com/host/0B716yw...veHosting.html.

P.P.S. Sitebox.io allows 5 pages free so upload Supersites (one page).

**Boy** · 31 May 2015, 11:02 AM

Originally Posted by Acorn

There are better hosting options to get a custom domain names for the money site44.com is trying to squeeze from you.
Go for option 4 here: http://www.maketecheasier.com/4-ways...te-on-dropbox/

I get a 404 error with that link.

**steve.ledger** · 31 May 2015, 11:23 AM

Gone OT a bit haven't we?

**Acorn** · 31 May 2015, 11:23 AM

Originally Posted by Boy

I get a 404 error with that link.

Thanks, sorted.
Funnily, your replied link worked.
Acorn

**fredblates** · 09 August 2015, 07:22 PM

I have read over this thread several times and still can't find the answer. Is there some way I can export my Xara site from the Xara software, into a folder on my hard disk? With all of the html files, graphics, etc?