time to renew

[handrawn]

ana has left afaik - rob is always busy

[behzad]

I have found that our design industry including that of web design has shriveled up like a dried up plum because of covid. Not only clients do not have money to spend but they have found that a website that caters to their needs are available through templates which are hosted by many many online businesses such as GoDaddy, shopifty, etc.. that they will not cough up money for us to build a xara website. Building a xara website for me has always been easy as far as interface, basic functionality but when your looking at e-commerce, online booking etc... One is better off going to the mentioned above platforms. I will not spend my time reinventing the wheel when wordpress has all that plus more with a drop of a plugin.

So Whatever Xara wants to bring to the game is at least a decade behind what is out there. Not sure how long Xara will last. Their attempt to going cloud was to revive Xara, even that now may be problematic for them to keep up. I am glad right now I am on a break and can sit back and watch how different companies unfold to the new age. It seems there is still lack of feedback from Xara and most likely they are spreading themselves thin over the + department. Time to get the popcorn out and see how this all plays out. My suggestion to handrawn is just to get the Magix one on sale, like I did and wait it out.

[iamtheblues]

Recent Xaran software has been a big disappointment as far as I'm concerned. So much so that I have reverted to Xtreme Pro 5 as my go to software, which fulfils my vector needs (such as they are) these days. No web intrusions make it a joy to use (just like the old days).

[bwood]

My Pro+ will expire in Nov. Although it was very hard to find exactly when it expires. Needed help to find it.
I’m fairly happy with Pro+. For my needs of non profits.
I think one must remember that a good Wordpress site with a shopping component could cost as much as $35 US a month. That adds up.
But points above are well made. The photo grids are still a mess, and the slide shows have not been reworked at all. That’s a disappointment.
As for cloud services, for those totally into the social media thing, and many, many businesses are there’s a raft of templates for Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, all with branding elements, so that’s an advantage.
If Xara were smart I’d contract or bundle something with https://xaratemplates.com/.
Pro + I think would be far more attractive with that addition.
-Bill

[Boy]

If Xara were smart I’d contract or bundle something with https://xaratemplates.com/.
Pro + I think would be far more attractive with that addition.

Until recently Magix had that bundle on offer for a few months. Together with a serious discount, I upgraded. Perhaps the offer will be back later this year.

[behzad]

So I upgraded few months back at Magix for $128 Canadian and got the following in addition.

-Coupon for 12 month free usage of the "Website M"web hosting package from Xara Online (value: $23.88).
-Xara X Builder
-Xara All Web Templates

[bwood]

So I upgraded few months back at Magix for $128 Canadian and got the following in addition.

-[FONT="]Coupon for 12 month free usage of the "Website M"[/FONT]web hosting package from Xara Online (value: $23.88).
-Xara X Builder
-Xara All Web Templates

Good deal. I wish they would bundle that with Pro+