Quote Originally Posted by pauland View Post
I think Behzad has a point here.
Even though Xara doesn't explicitly support e-commerce functionality, it would do no harm to show an example of how an e-commerce solution can be integrated with a static website.
We all understand the shortcomings of a static website but Xara why not take that extra step and show how a static site can be integrated with an e-commerce solution?
I have to disagree.

Xara has done NOTHING to develop any of the third-party widgets (TPW) since each was created.
I personally believe the developer was either Charles Moir himself or the developer has long departed with all the tacit knowledge of integrating .XWR files gone with them.
It is relative easy to recode TWPs and I have asked Xara for the schema, of which I have reverse-engineered (naughty me) 90% of how it hangs together. I wonder if you might know Xara's response?

Take the case of Ecwid.

The E-commerce Website / Starter Site and around 9 other major Ecwid updates have passed Xara by. Its TPW goes to http://webdesigner.xara.com/widgets/ecwid.htm, where the link is insecure (http://) and the detail is stale:
  • The Register link in insecure and well off.
  • The Generate Code is wrong - <noscript>Your browser does not support JavaScript. Please proceed to <a href="http://app.ecwid.com/jsp/123456/catalog">HTML version of Sam Spade's</a></noscript>

Why therefore would you trust Xara to provide any guidance?

When it comes to integration, the Xara TPW code fails to work across Variants (no surprise) and you only can view one Shop in one of the Variants, period.

My usual fallback is to create an Embed a Website Widget (a Xara TPW) but as this is buggy you need to know your way around. The essence is you use an IFRAME to the Instant Store instead.

In the Ecwid case, the code is simpler:
Code:
<iframe src="https://store0000000.ecwid.com" style="height:100%; width:100%; overflow:auto; "><noscript>Your browser does not support JavaScript. Please proceed to <a href="https://store0000000.ecwid.com">HTML version of Sam Spade's Store</a></noscript>
</iframe>
You then add to each Variant and resize the Placeholder to suit.

All the other detail is Ecwid fluff around the presentation for your products.
All this occurs in Ecwid land.

Acorn