Designing web pages is an arduous process using most tools. As someone who has built web sites with simple tools and occasional hand coding for the past 14 years, I can attest to the complexity of the task.
Xara Web Designer enables anyone to effortlessly build killer web pages and sites without having to learn HTML or JavaScript. All you need to do to get started is to select a template and load it. Edit the content to your liking and customize to taste and you are done. You can export your site to HTML complete with graphics or upload it directly to your server using its built-in FTP client.
With Web Designer, you also have the ability to create web pages manually and save them as templates, providing tremendous flexibility to the experienced web and/or graphic designer. Another huge plus is true WYSIWYG display of web pages--something that anyone who has designed web pages with simple HTML editors will instantly appreciate.
Those who have used any of Xara's other programs (Xara, Xara X, Xara Xtreme) will feel quite at home. The GUI is very similar and the tools are where you expect them to be. The resulting quality is incredible, just as you would expect from any Xara product.
Xara Web Designer also allows you to perform tasks which would be daunting in many other programs, such as liquid text flow around objects, Flash creation and easy mouse-over. That makes for a very compelling offering.
And the price--$49 US. All I can say is: Wow!!!
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