Web Designer MX (v8) Just Launched

**riburton** · 27 March 2012, 05:00 PM

Does this new version support the .mob file extension

**Soquili** · 27 March 2012, 05:39 PM

Hi Richard,

The quick answer is No it does not support any of the .mob file types I am familiar with.

Which one are you interested in?

**Rik** · 27 March 2012, 05:52 PM

I was told that because I have Designer Pro 7, I didn't need to purchase Web Designer.

So, will all the new features being discussed in this thread be available in the new Designer Pro 8?
If that's what it's going to be called, in the first place?!

Please bear in mind that I've only designed just one web site using XDP7.
So, my knowledge of the web tools and the web features is about zero.

**angelize** · 27 March 2012, 06:11 PM

Yes Rik, if you check out Kate's post (#4) The next version of Designer Pro will have all the new Web design features. You will also get an upgrade price (at least that's how it worked last year) on Web designer or Web Designer premium, and later when the new version of Designer Pro comes out you will get an upgrade price on that, so it is kind of like a graduated upgrade.

**Rik** · 27 March 2012, 06:32 PM

Thanks, Frances.
I just missed reading that!

**Boy** · 27 March 2012, 08:23 PM

I haven't tried the new Web Designer MX yet but looking at the list of new features and improvements (thanks also to Gary Priester's tutorial) I would like to congratulate the dev team! It looks like a significant upgrade. Thanks guys!

**pbready** · 27 March 2012, 09:00 PM

Anyone else think the upgrade prices are high? For someone who's upgraded thru the various versions of Web Designer, Xtreme or whatever (and before then from Artworks and Impression, with elements of the latter apparently sneaking gradually into the new products - when are we going to have master pages?), it seems it would be cheaper to walk in as a new customer rather than a longstanding one who has invested a lot over the years. Or am I mistaken?

**XpatTech** · 04 April 2012, 12:38 PM

Got a problem when publishing, keep getting "Internal program error 58.w.fi.nd" , after clicking "ok" it still publishes. Wierd

**camelot217** · 04 April 2012, 02:22 PM

As a Xara user for 8 some years I've been looking forward to every upgrade and I always feel I'm getting away with a steal when I can upgrade for under $50! I do small to medium size websites and with the speed I can create a website the $50 is made up in a few hours.

Thanks to Gary for a great article on the new features. I upgraded half way through :-)

**UnmeteredIIS** · 26 April 2012, 10:08 PM

Originally Posted by XpatTech

Got a problem when publishing, keep getting "Internal program error 58.w.fi.nd" , after clicking "ok" it still publishes. Wierd

I have solved this issue, however, it is still a MX bug far as I can tell.
1. Open up a blank page and the double click or drag & drop...
2. Cut the video or audio player...
(Xara call them Placeholders located under Web Properties)
3. Navigate to the page you want the "placeholder"
4. Paste it in, however, you may still have mime/issues.

I have not dug into the issues bugs, however, I know that I
do get them probably due to mp4,mp3 format.

It seems that Xara MX only works with certain formatted
audio/video files... at least you will be able to bypass the
error that you mentioned.