Quote Originally Posted by Acorn View Post
Previewing a Print Document or Presentation
The default Template is a Print document.
Xara defaults this (and a Presentation) to a Vertical Supersite.

If you Preview this (freshly minted) or change it to a Presentation, the display now shows the following:
  • Banner - "powered by xara" link to https://xara.com/ - brash and quite insidious.
  • A "Full screen" link - this is different to the original and still present Full screen (F11) so bear with me. It gets rid of Banner and Footer and renders the page with a jet black pasteboard.
  • A "Download" link - this now presents the page/site/presentation as XaraDocument.pdf.
    • I don't know what the PDF settings are.
    • This PDF can be prevented in Web Export Options: untick Include a PDF download.

  • The Footer shows a set of page thumbnails to allow quick navigation of a site that has no Next/Previous links.

Issues:
  • Full screen reverting is pressing the Home icon. Esc, which reverted the original Full screen display, actually closes the Preview.
  • The Download link opens the PDF in an IE (!!!!) browser.
    • Do not import such a file with name XaraDocument.pdf onto your design; I am sure it will cause havoc.

  • Selecting any of the available browser icons opens the site/presentation or as expected but you are stuck with the Banner and Footer. Full screen removes these but at the expense of losing the browser furniture. There is no way to view the page as I "expect" my end-user to. [One could add code to hide #xr_pgmn1 & #xr_pgrgalc]!

@Xara+: While I can accept that a Print Document and Presentation can benefit from the Footer, the forcing of both Banner and Footer into my Web Supersite is a total non-starter. I don't want your marketing mar my site's presentation. These additions need to be options not forced on me! Web Export Options: Include a PDF download should be unticked by default. The Banner and PDF inclusions are two orthogonal choices. I would propose that when you lose the "powered by xara" plug, the download and full screen links could fit into the Footer.

For a moment, can you imagine my going to a client and showing off an update to an existing site and the client asks "What's this above our very impactful site header?" My reply, "Oh, it's just what Xara now thinks all its sites needs to show." "Goodbye, ex-website designer!"

Acorn
As the Xara Inertia Bus is still parked, here is a demonstration of the total mess your approach has introduced onto a viable Timeline design: http://acorn.xara.hosting/timeline/.
I have an Embed a Website Widget that is not very tall, which has been swamped by your botched topping and tailing of my design.
If I untick Thumbs & PDF, I still am presented with a mess.
I, and many others, cannot revert to an earlier Pro version as you have conveniently kludged up the works with the Pro+ implementation.

You would expect Xara to learn from similar mistakes (c.f., forcing a Groups to publish as separate images, for one).

I start off advising you Xara of a Bug, expecting an acknowledgement.
These are very rare and are usually Rob_Xar trying his best (Post#6), under pressure. Suggestion: Select > Rob_Xar > Clone > Clone > Clone.

I analyse the Problem and sometimes TGers uncover a workaround.

Time passes; here, 14 days.
These Bugs are quite detrimental and most other companies release a bug-fix within days.

I will re-iterate: I dare not try and republish under Pro+ because of identified Bugs that affect my delivery.
I still have sites that I republish under v11 or v15.

I stopped endorsing Xara products years ago. It is time I took my own advice.

It is really simple. Acknowledge there is a Problem and, regardless of Xara (unpublished) Roadmaps, the current Customer-base has priority.

Acorn