XSitePro Website Design Software Message Board

Xsite Pro, let me tell you. I hope they never go out of business. I like the fact the company is cutting edge and always thinking what their customers want and need. I mean just look at xHeader Pro and X comment Pro along with Xsite. They couldn't make it any easier if they tried. I have been making websites since about 1994 and let me tell you Xsite Pro is a dream come true.

Sure I like to design with software like dreamweaver but why. Xsite Pro does it all for me from html code to putting in my adsense information. I am so glad for xsite pro. I was able to actually focus on SEO and marketing now more than ever, and the software makes it so so easy.

Thanks Xsite Pro, You have truly made my life easy and gave me hope for a road to Freedom from the 9-5 grind.

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Well -

They make most of the things easy but wait until you have grown out of the simple site structure and want to design a fancy web2 site

unless you already have coding knowledge or some good computer skills,... you will find yourself very limited indeed.

And i will reiterate to XSP my gripes so far

1. The ability to customize our own menu buttons is ESSENTIAL in web design (add your own button design etc)

2. Roll over Images with Links - Without the need to use external Java script

3. Just kidding - I love Xsite pro... But seriously they need fixing before you update more templates to add to 2.5

peace!

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Its amazing for niche sites.

No matter what HTML editor you are using (Dreamweaver, MS Expression Web, Site Build It, XSitePro, etc.), you still need to learn HTML and basic CSS to understand what is going on behind the scenes. Only then will you know what is really possible, only then will you know why something is "not working as expected," only then will you truly be in control of your Web site. XSitePro has some limitations, yes, but that's because it's not Dreamweaver! Dreamweaver is expensive and hard to learn, it doesn't have wizards and built-in SEO features, and building sites takes much more time, effort and know-how (HTML and CSS again!).

If you really want menus that you have full control over (including using your own rollover images and SEO-friendly CSS menus), you can use AllWebMenus Pro (my affiliate link) with XSitePro. It works perfectly. But then you will have another learning curve; you will still need to know some HTML and CSS; and you will have to add page links to the menus manually.

Here's a couple of tips for you...

In 90% (at least) of the templates I create for myself and for my clients, I use the XSitePro menu style called Ice Block. I remove the border and change the arrow to one of the smaller, more elegant ones. At that point, the menu is very vanilla, so now I can do a lot with it. I often add my own background image as the menu bar. Then I decide on an attractive combination of the things that Ice Block offers: separator, fonts, font weight, rollover colours, text decoration (underline), etc. It doesn't matter that I use this menu style over and over again, because it looks different on each site and it's exactly like the simple, functional menus used on innumerable professional Web sites.

By the way, you can create your own rollover buttons for the XSitePro default menu styles. You just have to create them the same size as the ones that are already there. Then you have to find the right directory to add them to (e.g., C:\Program Files\XSitePro2\ExampleMenuStyles\Backgrounds\Glass). Note: You might have to do this as Administrator in Windows.

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I like the tip with the ice menu. Still not understanding how to add the underlying image even with this advice. When i goto the source it just says [LINKS_MENU]. Within the links menu I see no way to add an image. How can I see the actual code for this links menu so I can attempt to add an image?

I read on another thread about just swapping out the image once it is on your hosting server. That could work but I would l ike to see it before publishing.

Could it be as simple as just adding the background for menus to the folder xsite program pulls in for this functionality?

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I just answered my own question. Here is a solution for others. As long as your image is roughly the same size the solution is:


1. Goto C:\Program Files\XSitePro2\ExampleMenuStyles\Backgrounds\______ (our choice for master images)
2. Add your image to this folder
3. When you are in the Navigation Menu System pick whichever style you picked (same folder name)
4. Goto Settings then background images
5, Voila, your image is there and works in the website

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