Sticky bitsĪnother welcome feature is the ability to lock certain objects on your screen. It’s a very nice modern effect which XWDP fully supports. This isn’t simply resizing the image to fit the screen, this is actually concealing the edges so as you increase the browser’s page, for instance, more of the image is revealed. Depending on the size of the browser page or the actual device’s screen, the background image will show more - or less - of its content. XWDP helps you make fully responsive sites, and this also includes intricate options such as resizing photos used as background images. XWDP makes it really easy to access those features, and apply them to your creation. These features create a much more dynamic feel to your design and encourages interaction. They work best when the pages are actually of the same dimension (which is a design issue, as when creating websites, one generally doesn’t need to think about such restrictions), and although fun, it feels more like a gimmick which could get pretty tedious if you visit the site often. Unlike the animations for objects we just discussed, these page animations are site-wide.

You can for instance have the animation triggered as the cursor moves onto it, or animate you content as the visitor scrolls down the page.Īdding animations to objects is as easy as right-clicking (Image credit: Xara)Īnimations can also be added when moving from page to page, and there’s a host of options for this. You can animate your objects so they interact with the viewer. Modern sites take advantage of HTML5’s animation features, and XWDP is fully compliant with these. It’s like working in a desktop publishing application, and helps you make your page look exactly as you want it. By setting an object as “repulsive”, you’ll see text within a text box automatically wrap around that abject as you drag it, so nothing is obstructed.

You can for instance sprinkle images throughout your text, wherever you want them to be. This restriction does make for a simpler service, but also curtails your creativity. If you check out some competing web-based services, you’ll notice nearly all limit where you can put your content on the page. Templates come with multiple pages, which you are then free to totally customise (Image credit: Xara) Moving aroundĪnd this goes hand in hand with the ability to drag and drop whatever you’re adding to your page, exactly where you want it.

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