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Articles on creating and editing stunning websites in Xara

  • WebP File Format

    What is WebP? WebP is a modern image format that provides superior lossless and lossy compression for images on the web. Using WebP, webmasters and web developers can create smaller, richer images tha...

  • I'm getting error 4577.k.No.ar when trying to add a mobile variant

    To fix this error message: 1) Right-click on  your Navigation Bar > Edit Navigation Bar 2) Uncheck the option Site Navigation Bar 3) Click ok, try creating the variant again. If you are still getting ...

  • Export Tab

    Note: This feature is available for Designer Pro+ from version 20.5 onwards. Formerly these options were referred as 'Supersites'. For Designer Pro X users, you can find more information here. You can...

  • How do I change the picture and title that appears when sharing my website in Facebook?

    This information is controlled by something called Open Graph (OG) tags. Currently Xara doesn't add these tags so we'll need to manually insert them. Adding OG tags to your website Go to Utilities > W...

  • How do I insert a video into my website?

    There are 2 ways to insert a video: 1) Drag and drop your file from Windows Explorer into Xara 2) Go to File > Import, then select your video file We recommend using MP4 format with H.264 encoding. We...

  • How do I set the image filename?

    Having a descriptive image filename is good for a number of reasons, but predominantly to help contribute to your websites SEO. To set the image filename: Right-click on your image > Web Properties Cl...

  • How do I disable the navigation controls on Supersites?

    In version 17, you might notice when previewing your transitional supersite, there are some controls that appear briefly at the bottom left side of the screen: These are designed to make users aware t...

  • My Navigation Bar appears out of place after previewing from version 16.1

    There's a bug with NavBar creation that's been introduced in V16.1 that won't be patched in time for its release very shortly. We are working on a fix although I can't say when it will be ready to be ...

  • Creating a mobile friendly variant

    It can be hard to determine how to make a mobile friendly website in Xara, so this guide has some resources linked aimed at providing help at what should be encouraged and avoided when creating mobile...

  • Why does my audio / video media not Autoplay within my website after publishing?

    Recent policy changes to both Firefox and Chrome mean media that you have imported and set to Autoplay won't do so anymore. This is due to a number of reasons - from preventing unsolicited media playi...