Is Xara Web Designer Premium compatible with WordPress templates?

Helen-Gaims wrote on 10/13/2021, 2:30 PM

I just inherited a WordPress created web site and trying to find the easiest way to update and manage it. Its domain is hosted by GoDaddy. I am wondering whether I can use Web Designer to edit or create new designs within the WordPress template or is this going to need starting from scratch?
I am on a 64 bit Windows 10, but profess not enough knowledge about WordPress to even start the engine. Thanks to any and all responses!

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Helen-Gaims wrote on 10/13/2021, 2:51 PM

😳 Updating my own post with another post that pretty much clarifies what I suspected to be true... Thank you John EB... comments as follows:

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@PeteFisher

. . . . I could import Wordpress or Wordpress widgets/features at least on a single page of a Xara design to accomplish this? . . . .

That is not possible, Web Designer and WordPress are 2 very different incompatible systems.

Web Designer is a website creation program for creating a complete website for uploading to the hosting web server.

WordPress is a Content Management System (CMS) which also the web site ie it is installed on the hosting web server. Content is added to WordPress, which then generates the web pages on the fly when requested by the viewer ie there are no web pages in the form Web Designer creates.

For user account logins and profiles you would be looking at using WordPress, Drupal, Joomla CMS systems for the whole website and a host that provides PHP/MySQL support.

John EB
Forum Moderator

johnebaker wrote on 10/14/2021, 3:06 AM

@Helen-Gaims

. . . . I just inherited a WordPress created web site and trying to find the easiest way to update and manage it. . . . .

Wordpress is not web site creation software like Web Designer as you have found - it is the website.

Wordpress is a Content Management System which uses PHP (programming language) and MySQL (database), the site, as delivered to the viewer, does not exist as HTML in Wordpress. The HTML for the browser is generated when a viewer visits a Wordpress based site from templates, images, video files and the data stored in the MySQL database.

You can login to it as admin/creator and the create the pages with it via the Internet.

I would suggest you have a look at some Wordpress tutorials available on the Internet.

John EB
Forum Moderator