Web Authoring
Web Publishing
General Tools & Useability Enhancements
Content
Other Minor Enhancements
Direct support for Google Fonts & a new Google Font picker
Every document has the perfect font, so you can never have too many of
them. Google has recently shaken up the font world by offering a large and
growing collection of fonts for free. We bring that collection right into the
font picker with a new Google Fonts section where you can preview and select
fonts from the current 600+ Google Fonts collection.
What’s more, if you import a document with Google fonts then the fonts will be
automatically downloaded and installed. Check out our examples on demo page 1 and demo page 2.
A new 'pull' option extends the automatic page resizing and object positioning feature
Automatic object positioning and smart page resizing was one of the big hits of v8, because it’s such a great time saver. Now we’ve extended the feature so that it works in reverse, automatically adjusting the position of objects and shortening the page when you delete text or objects on the page.An easy way of re-coloring elements in complex grouped objects & web backgrounds
There’s a new and much faster way of changing the individual
colors in grouped objects such as clipart, NavBars, buttons and web page
backgrounds. When you drag & drop a
color onto the group, you’ll see a list of all the colors in the group, simply
pick the one you want to change (changing a theme color converts it to a local
color).
Drag & drop NavBar replacement
A new and really easy way of replacing NavBars in your document with a new NavBar design. Simply drag and drop the new design from the Designs Gallery onto the current NavBar in your document. All features of the existing NavBar such as menus and links are automatically copied.
Improved web page background handling
Backgrounds behind your web page that fill the
whole of the browser window (regardless of how wide the window is or how big
your monitor) are all the fashion, whether they are graduated fills or textures
or simply headings that stretch across the whole window. So we’ve added some significant improvements
to background handling in v9:- A selection of quality background designs in the Designs Gallery (see below in Content)
- A new right click menu allows you to easily set pasteboard and page background
- You can draw anything on the website backdrop
- Supports the new drag ‘n’ drop re-coloring methods for easy re-coloring
- Efficient tiling texture backgrounds
- Fixed backgrounds (stay fixed as the page scrolls over the top)
Improved web font embedding
Xara’s innovative font embedding technology gives you the freedom to use a much wider range of fonts on your website than the traditional limited ‘web safe’ fonts, by embedding fonts in the uploaded site (where license permits). In v9 we’ve enhanced the export so that the embedded font files are much smaller. And smaller font files mean faster websites!
Improvements to the creation & editing of web presentations
Changes to the presentation feature make it more intuitive and quicker:- We no longer auto-delete empty steps during editing (delete on export/preview/save instead)
- The current step is shown in the presentation bar
- Adding a new step makes that new step current
- Steps above the current step are hidden
Retina® screen compatibility
Most of the latest versions of iOS and Android
devices support superb quality ‘Retina’ graphics. Web Designer 9 automatically creates the
high-resolution photos and web graphics required for Retina displays - you need
do nothing - but the web pages are smart and only load the correct resolution
graphics for the browser being used.
Simpler publishing to MAGIX Online World
To make publishing your website as easy as possible, Web Designer includes a free hosting offer from MAGIX Online World (includes 500MB for Web Designer, or 2000MB for Web Designer Premium.) We’ve made this popular option beautifully simple to use.Usage Note: Previous versions of Web Designer required you to export the HTML to your local disc before publishing. This is no longer necessary in v9.
MAGIX Online World 'M' hosting included free
Owners of Web Designer Premium get MAGIX Online World ‘M’ hosting option included free for one year (worth \$1.99 a month). This includes 2GBytes of free web hosting space, one free domain name (e.g. yourname.com or .co.uk or .de etc) and a free web-based email that can be associated with that domain name (5 different mailboxes).Improved HTML5 compatibility
Web Designer 9 automatically makes use of HTML5 whenever it can, so you get a state of the art website without having to do anything or understand anything about HTML! In v9 we ensure that your graphics are exported in the best format for current browsers (shapes such as rectangles, rounded rectangles with grad fills and transparency, shadows, text with shadows and page backgrounds, are displayed using native HTML not memory hungry PNGs) . It’s more efficient, and that means your site will be faster.Your site will of course still work with older browsers.
Google Analytics
You’ve created a great website and published it, now you’ll want to know how well it’s working for you. Google Analytics is something of an industry standard for website stats, we’ve now provided a quick and easy way to add the analytics code to your site.
64 bit Windows version
Web Designer Premium now takes advantage of the power of 64 bit, if your computer supports it, enabling you to create larger, more content rich sites, excellent news for anyone creating large sites with lots of high-resolution photos (typically 50 or more) where the memory limits of 32-bit Windows were becoming a problem.User note:
With 64-bit Windows you’re no longer limited to the 2 to 3 GB RAM available to the old 32-bit systems. Most current computers (Spring 2013) are now provided with 64-bit Windows and typically have (or can have) more than 4 GBytes of RAM installed.
New collection of backgrounds
To complement the improved background handling in v9, we've added a collection of top quality web page backgrounds to the Designs Gallery, including graduated fills, tiling textures and repeating bar designs, all color editable. Simply drag and drop them onto your page background.Check out our examples on demo page 1 and demo page 2.
A collection of new Widgets
Web Designer Premium 9 includes new Widgets that add support for basic tables, easy addition of Google+ buttons, and support for Google’s AdSense advertising program. Plus there are 6 exciting new photo slideshow and gallery widgets. You’ll find them in the Designs Gallery.See previews of many of the Widgets and some working examples in our demo page 1 and demo page 2.
20 new general web theme template designs
No less than 20 new web themes (normally sold for \$10 each, that’s \$200 worth!), with up to 15 page layouts each, offering a massive increase in the choice of web pages, websites and web graphics to every user of Web Designer Premium.See the templates.
A new category of business specific theme designs
You will see a new category of web themes in the Designs Gallery, designed for specific business types, such as pubs, travel agents, hairdressers, etc . Each is a complete website, with linked pages typically required for that business type, and professional photography suited to the business. This makes it easier and quicker than ever to create a complete, professional looking website for almost any type of small business.More than 100 business specific web themes will be offered for sale at the time of v9 launch and we plan to offer more by the end of the year. Web Designer Premium upgrades include a coupon that enables you to download one full business theme for free, worth \$15.
Take a look at the new business themes.
