It gives you total page design freedom, no HTML skills required!

Xara Web Designer+

Xara Web Designer+

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  • Latest Version

    Xara Web Designer+ 24.5.1 LATEST

  • Review by

    Daniel Leblanc

  • Operating System

    Windows 8 / Windows 10 / Windows 11

  • User Rating

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  • Author / Product

    Xara Group Ltd. / External Link

  • Filename

    XWDSSetup.exe

Xara Web Designer+ is unlike any web design software you will have seen before an easy template based solution that gives you total page design freedom, no HTML skills required.

It comes in 2 versions, Web Designer and Web Designer Premium offers advanced web and graphic design features - find out more below!



The app treats web page design just like a print page layout. You can either create your own page and site designs from scratch with the powerful page layout and design tools or simply 1) pick your design from the templates 2) customize it with complete freedom 3) publish.

What you see on the page in the Web Designer app for Windows PC is exactly what you get on your site - and absolutely no HTML or Javascript skills are required!

Web Designer's Online Content Catalog (provided as part of the Update Service) includes customizable web graphic, webpage, and website template designs, plus a collection of Widgets and a huge collection of royalty-free, high-quality photos from Pixabay.

It gives you total design freedom - using drag and drop you can literally place anything, anywhere on the page. And things that are normally difficult to achieve in HTML are a snap in Xara Web Designer Software - for example text with curved edges, text or graphics at an angle, text flowing around objects - no problem!

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Web Designer's templates are created by top professional designers, so the quality is guaranteed. But of course, you can customize the color, text, images, size, etc to create your own personal look without any loss of quality. It's the best of both worlds!

It can also import a huge range of file types for vector graphics, images, and text including PDF, RTF, RAW, PSD, SVG, TIFF, and of course JPEG, PNG, GIF. Premium offers some extra import formats (ODP, PPTX) and can also export presentations to PPTX (beta). Working with industry standards is vital, so Web Designer sites are W3C compliant, cross-browser compatible (Firefox, Safari, Chrome), and XHTML, CSS standards-based.

Together with embedded HTML 5 player technology for video and audio integration, this means that you can create a state of the art website projects which work across all platforms and browsers with minimum effort.

Xara Cloud offers an ultra-simple way to view, edit and update the text or images of your Xara website using a web browser on any computer or tablet (yes even a Mac or Android tablet!), from anywhere in the world, and to re-publish the website.

Perfect for collaborative editing, for commercial designers who want to give clients editing access, or for anyone who needs to edit their site remotely.

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Pick your page design from the templates in Online Content Catalog (provided as part of the Update Service), all created by professional designers so that quality is guaranteed.

There are pre-built, ready linked multi-page sites, or you can build your own site from the page layouts offered in co-ordinated theme sets.

Features and Highlights
  • A one tool solution
  • Total design freedom
  • WYSIWYG
  • Quality results guaranteed
  • Clever stuff
  • Compatibility
  • Mobile Device Friendly
  • Xara in the cloud
  • The Update Service
  • Create Websites
  • Customize as required
  • Add widgets to your site
  • Add videos, music, PDFs
  • Publish
  • Search Engine Optimization
  • Responsive Web Design
  • Create Web Graphics
  • Or create custom graphics
  • Rapid Website Prototyping:
  • Fast prototypes for designers
  • Design without compromise.
  • Single Page SuperSites
  • Animation Effects
  • Sticky Objects
  • Stretching Backgrounds
  • Extra Widgets (e-commerce, charts, photo sliders)
  • Website presentations
  • Flash & GIF animation
  • Advanced graphics features
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What`s New

More than 600 new graphic assets to help make your Halloween as scary as possible!

Xara is happy announce a great new website hosting deal for Xara users with OVHcloud. V24.4 includes seamless integration with OVHcloud, plus enhanced support for AVIF and animated GIFs.

The latest update to Xara Elements adds new choices for web design: 5 new modular website templates and 20 new sliders for the classic freeform websites.

The latest Xara Elements update adds new professional-quality presentation and social media designs, catering to a wide range of industries.

The update includes a cool new Bookflip transition effect, some valuable updates to web blocks and a host of minor web fixes.

FAQ

What is a Xara integration and connection?
Xara integrations connect tools like Youtube to your website, to power up more functionalities.

Do I need to upgrade my plan to install integrations?
All integrations are available in your Web Designer+ subscription.

Alternatives

Webflow
- Visual builder for advanced design control.

Zoho Sites - Integrated with Zoho's business apps.

Wix - Drag-and-drop website builder with templates.

WordPress.com - Flexible platform with extensive plugins.

HubSpot CMS Hub - Marketing-focused website platform.

PROS
  • Intuitive Drag-and-Drop Interface
  • Built-in Graphic Design Tools
  • Responsive Web Design Features
  • Extensive Template Library
  • One-Time Purchase Option
CONS
  • Limited Advanced Web Features
  • Outdated User Interface Design
  • No Direct CMS Integration
  • Limited Collaboration Features
Note: 7 days trial period (can be extended to 30 days after the free registration process).

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