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What is Xara Web Designer?

Xara Web Designer is unlike any web page editor that you will have seen before; an easy to use, template based web page creation tool that gives you total page design freedom, absolutely no HTML or Javascript skills required. Simply choose one of the

Beginner's Guide To Web Designer

View a movie on the key things you need to know in order to operate Xara Web Designer.

You can also visit webdesigner.x

Web Designer MX Questions Part 1

Web Designer MX questions have been divided into the following categories. Click the required category and then click on the question of interest to display the answer.

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I own Xtreme / P&G Designer/ Designer Pro, should I buy Web Designer?

The goal of Web Designer is to offer an easy to use, uncluttered tool specifically for creating web pages, websites and web graphics.

Xara Photo & Graphic Designer (formerly called Xtreme) is intended more for print graphics, illustration an

I own Webstyle, should I buy Web Designer?

Webstyle has reached the end of its life with V4 and we are replacing it with Web Designer. We believe Web Designer is a better solution for creating web pages and web graphics, it retains the template-based approach and no HTML or Javascript skills are r

Does Web Designer offer more than P&G Designer / Designer Pro for creating web pages?

Xara Web Designer is intended for web graphics, web page and website design and it has web features and templates that are not in Photo & Graphic Designer. Photo & Graphic Designer is intended more for print graphics, illustration and photo wor

Can I create buttons and button bars in Xara Web Designer?

You can use any of the designs found in the Designs Gallery in the folder named Buttons to create your own NavBars (button bars), and in V6 and later there are also NavBar templates. You will also find buttons and NavBars within each of the website th

How to create a great looking website with Web Designer.

Please visit webdesigner.xara.com to see the short tutorial on creating your website in Web Designer (the site itself is created in Web Designer and you can f

Do you have any demo movies or tutorials for Web Designer?

Yes, you can find some Web Designer demo movies on the Xara website.

There is also an example website at webdesigner.xara.com

Where can I buy the extra Templates and Widgets?

You can find more information on all our additional template and widget packs here.

Note April 2013: We have just released Web Designer 9. The template and widget packs do not yet work wit

Are there any extra templates or widgets for Web Designer or Designer Pro?

Web Designer and Designer Pro come with a wide selection of professionally designed templates, but you can also purchase additional templates. You can find information on all the addtional template and widget packs

Can I install Web Designer MX 8 alongside Web Designer 7?

Both Web Designer 7 and Web Designer MX 8 can co-exist on the same machine. There is no requirement to keep version 7 installed if you do not wish to do so.

Where can I find information on the free web hosting?

Web Designer, Web Designer Premium, Designer Pro and Photo & Graphic Designer v7 and v8 include a free hosting offer from MAGIX Online World, with 500 MB of web space. V7 and v8 owners can find information at

Locally Editable Widgets

The majority of the locally editable widgets utilise various libraries and plugins licensed under MIT License. Copyright headers are retained within the script files exported when exporting a lo

Can I see an example of a presentation created with Web Designer Premium?

Web Designer Premium and Designer Pro v7 and later offer the ability to create online presentations. You can see an example presentation here.

Can I upgrade my MAGIX Web Designer to Web Designer 9 Premium?

VERSION 6: If you have an *English* language version of Web Designer 6 bought from MAGIX and you wish to upgrade to Web Designer MX Premium 8 we can handle that, but unfortunately it doesn't work automatically in our online store, and you

The serial number you've given me doesn't unlock my trial.

If nothing happens when you enter your serial number, or you see a red cross next to the serial number, the first thing to check is that you have the right trial, for example that you haven't downloaded Web Designer instead of Web Designer Premium, or D

What are the license terms for Xara Web Designer 7?

This is the end user license agreement for Xara Web Designer 7

IMPORTANT NOTICE: The Xara Web Designer 7 software ("Software") is the copyright of Xara Group Limited ("Xara") whose principal place

What are the license terms for Xara Web Designer 7 Premium?

This is the end user license agreement for Xara Web Designer 7 Premium

IMPORTANT NOTICE: The Xara Web Designer 7 Premium software ("Software") is the copyright of Xara Group Limited ("Xara") whose

What are the license terms for Xara Web Designer MX 8?

IMPORTANT NOTICE: The Xara Web Designer MX software ("Software") is the copyright of Xara Group Limited ("Xara") whose principal place of business is a

What are the license terms for Xara Web Designer MX Premium 8?

IMPORTANT NOTICE: The Xara Web Designer MX Premium software ("Software") is the copyright of Xara Group Limited ("Xara") whose principal place

What does the 'MX' mean, is this version 8?

Yes, this is Web Designer version 8.

The MX stands for Media eXchange. MAGIX and Xara are releasing a range of MX titles, which can easily interchange files via a new top Share menu. Xara Web Designer MX can exch

Where can I find information on the free 12 month domain name?

Web Designer MX Premium (v8) included top level domain name free for 12 months, in addition to the free hosting offered to all Web Designer owners by MAGIX Online World. A voucher code for the free domain would have been included in your purchase con

Web Designer 9 Premium 64 bit vs 32 bit

We now have a version of Web Designer Premium that takes advantage of the power of 64 bit on Windows 7 & 8, if your computer supports it, enabling you to create larger, more content rich sites, excellent news for anyone creating large sites with lo