Xara Web Designer MX

What's new in this version:

• All versions:

  2.8 stars

  out of 5 votes

  • 5 star: 1
  • 4 star: 1
  • 3 star: 0
  • 2 star: 2
  • 1 star: 1

• Current version:

  0 stars Be the first to review this product

• My rating:

  0 stars

  Write review

• 4.0 stars

  "Great product just needs better template packs!"

  April 25, 2011  |   By WMU2010

  Version: Xara Web Designer MX 6.0

  Pros

  Fast, efficient, easy to use, flexible to custom code to various parts of website for programmers. Always being updated to add more value and pricing is very competitive.

  Cons

  Lack of professional designed templates, Not programmer friendly it would be nice to be able to call up certain actions (i.e syntax for things like css, html, java script etc...) depending on what language you are programming in.

  Summary

  Great program and will pay for its self very quickly and allows a fast mock up site to be created for clients. If you are looking for a great program that will continue to grow definitely buy it. If you are looking for more professional templates due to strict client standards you will be better off visiting: http://www.xaratemplate.com their are a few designs available for sale and can be viewed live on website. More designs will be coming within a couple of weeks.

  Reply to this review

  Was this review helpful? (1) (0)

  Report this post Email this post Permalink to this post

• 1.0 stars

  "not so much"

  February 12, 2011  |   By amjad1956

  Version: Xara Web Designer MX 6.0

  Pros

  not free as other

  Cons

  old version better

  Summary

  old version better
  
  Updated on Feb 14, 2011

  NOT ENOUGH, AND TRIAL PROGRAM

  Reply to this review

  Was this review helpful? (1) (0)

  Report this post Email this post Permalink to this post

• 2.0 stars

  "If you are a business owner, stay away"

  November 26, 2010  |   By agcampagna

  Version: Xara Web Designer MX 6.0

  Pros

  Fairly easy to use with a descent amount of templates. The site I created looked clean and I received more people attention due to this fact.

  Cons

  There are only two real complaints:
  1. The navigation or menu bar on occasion tended to mix up the page links. This only occurred on sub-menu applications.
  2. Customers would find themselves being automatically forwarded to Xara's website.r.

  Summary

  If you are a business owner and don't want your customers complaining about being exited off your site only to end up on Xara's webpage, then this software isn't for you.
  
  Realistically, I really liked the way the site came together with ease of use. Any other company would have some permanent insignia on the site that a potential customer can link to at their own will. This was a big turn off and threw me into the world of Joomla.

  Reply to this review Read reply (1)

  Was this review helpful? (2) (0)

  Report this post Email this post Permalink to this post

• 5.0 stars

  "A Web development tool for users for the rest of us."

  September 20, 2010  |   By athubbard42

  Version: Xara Web Designer MX 6.0

  Pros

  Easy to learn, easy to use. Make Dreamweaver look like a torture device.

  Cons

  Not for geek coders. Lets be clear if your writing e-commerce sites this is not the tool for you, but for the other 90% of humanity this is it.

  Summary

  What's not to like. Clean user interface. A graphical environment the way the web was meant to be. On a scale from 1-10 we are at a 9. Why not 10? add some features for website background graphics, search a site and you have a 10.

  Reply to this review

  Was this review helpful? (1) (1)

  Report this post Email this post Permalink to this post

• 2.0 stars

  "Not very intuitive, some features hard to use"

  February 12, 2010  |   By sbirny

  Version: Xara Web Designer MX 5.0

  Pros

  Nice templates
  Can produce a very basic decent-looking web page fairly easily
  Can preview different colors and text on an object by just mousing over drop-down list

  Cons

  Can't add form objects (text boxes, dropdowns, etc.) ; this means you have to add these by hand after the page is created, which is not practical for someone who does not know HTML
  Working withh layers difficult
  Changing colors not that easy

  Summary

  If you just want to produce a very basic page with no functionality execpt for links, this is OK. But having to add all form objects by hand negates the usefulness. OK if you stick with their color schemes on buttons, etc., but changing them is a pain. Wish I would have bought something else.

  Reply to this review

  Was this review helpful? (2) (1)

  Report this post Email this post Permalink to this post