WebP Support

[gwpriester]

Interesting that this thread is from 2011 and now this format is widely used, especially by major news sites. It is time for Xara to add this format to their products.

[Ore]

Interesting that this thread is from 2011 and now this format is widely used, especially by major news sites. It is time for Xara to add this format to their products.

Indeedy, time for them to upgrade the software asap

[Cloud]

I'm surprised that this isn't supported - BUT, this can and is implemented on the server-side. For example, siteground have this built-in, they serve WebP versions of your images to compatible browsers, the jpeg version is still there if needed. I'm sure there are plenty of other hosting company's which offer this.

Edit - I think that may be only applicable to WordPress sites. Plus Google only cares about the speed, not the format used.

[Ore]

I'm surprised that this isn't supported - BUT, this can and is implemented on the server-side. For example, siteground have this built-in, they serve WebP versions of your images to compatible browsers, the jpeg version is still there if needed. I'm sure there are plenty of other hosting company's which offer this.

Edit - I think that may be only applicable to WordPress sites. Plus Google only cares about the speed, not the format used.

Interesting, my site is hosted with siteground, I am not aware of the ability to use webp images, will have to look into that, although I suspect I would need to configure the site some how to use the webp images, and not just upload webp copys.

[Cloud]

Interesting, my site is hosted with siteground, I am not aware of the ability to use webp images, will have to look into that, although I suspect I would need to configure the site some how to use the webp images, and not just upload webp copys.

There is an option to do that. You don't have to do anything, it converts the images to WebP. I know that some of the older customers are still stuck with the Cpanel dashboard, which doesn't have this automatic option. Speak to siteground to get it updated to their own new control panel.

[Acorn]

In the meantime...

...Secure a high quality JPG/PNG file and drop onto your design page.

Scale the image to your wanted size.
Use an on-line image to webP converter - I tried https://convertio.co/webp-converter/ as it seemed to be the best out there.
Save the converted webP file in the same folder as your original (just for convenience).
Select the image in your design and press Shift+Ctrl+Alt+A and add the full path to your webP file.
Finally, open the same selected image's Placeholder code body and add: <img src="index_htm_files/[image].webp" width=100% height=100% />, where [image] is your filename.
Do not have Regenerate placeholder image ticked and click out with the OK button a few times.

Your XDA will now use the webP file instead of your JPEG/PNG.

Far from perfect but it does work: https://shared.xara.com/ftJWjAASDx/.

In return, I need the code that would handle the stretched placeholder image in a similar fashion to Stretch Full Width.

Acorn

[wizard509]

Thanks Acorn.

[Ore]

In the meantime...

...Secure a high quality JPG/PNG file and drop onto your design page.

Scale the image to your wanted size.
Use an on-line image to webP converter - I tried https://convertio.co/webp-converter/ as it seemed to be the best out there.
Save the converted webP file in the same folder as your original (just for convenience).
Select the image in your design and press Shift+Ctrl+Alt+A and add the full path to your webP file.
Finally, open the same selected image's Placeholder code body and add: <img src="index_htm_files/[image].webp" width=100% height=100% />, where [image] is your filename.
Do not have Regenerate placeholder image ticked and click out with the OK button a few times.

Your XDA will now use the webP file instead of your JPEG/PNG.

Far from perfect but it does work: https://shared.xara.com/ftJWjAASDx/.

In return, I need the code that would handle the stretched placeholder image in a similar fashion to Stretch Full Width.

Acorn

I did think it would be something like that, but to do that for my whole website would take some commitment, and probably some valium, and lots of coffee.
Seriously though it would be nice to convert all jpg and png files. Thanks for the link.

Maybe Santa will use his magic elf dust on the Devs

[Acorn]

I did think it would be something like that, but to do that for my whole website would take some commitment, and probably some valium, and lots of coffee.
Seriously though it would be nice to convert all jpg and png files. Thanks for the link.
Maybe Santa will use his magic elf dust on the Devs

@Xara - Which is why we deserve to see a Technical Roadmap as making changes like this involve a high commitment. Suddenly getting a working solution may incur a lot of nugatory effort.

I think we can understand you have a lot of technical debt as the codebase is very mature. So even saying it is not possible is beneficial. that is the power of a roadmap.

Acorn

[Ore]

@Xara - Which is why we deserve to see a Technical Roadmap as making changes like this involve a high commitment.
Acorn

That makes a lot of sense, would be good to know what's coming up.