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Flash Clipart
Xara Web Designer 7 Premium includes the ability to create Flash animations from scratch (see the
Flash Animations section in the pdf manual), but also includes a range of Flash templates you can
customize. Flash templates cannot be dragged onto the page directly, but have to be opened as a
separate animation document, where you can customize it as required, and then save the Flash (.swf) file
to your local disk. Then use "File" > "Import"
or drag and drop the .swf file onto your web page.
A placeholder image is automatically rendered for you and this will appear on your page. Preview your
page to see your working Flash animation. Alternatively you can create your own placeholder object
(e.g., a rectangle) and use the Placeholder tab of the Web Properties
dialog to associate it with your Flash file.
Widgets
Some of the items in the Designs Gallery
are dynamic widgets that you can add to your website quickly and easily. When you drag one of these
onto your page, a browser window opens onto a widget website which allows you to configure the
widget. Therefore you must be online to use widgets.
Once you've finished configuring your widget click the Insert
button at the bottom of the browser window. A placeholder image is automatically generated which is a
static snapshot of what your widget will look like when it's viewed in your website. The widget won't
work on the page in Xara Web Designer 7 Premium - you just see the preview image. Simply preview
your page to see the widget in action!
If you find other interesting widgets out there on the Internet, normally the widget provider will give you a
piece of HTML code to copy and paste into your website. With Xara Web Designer 7 Premium this is
very easy. All you need to do is go into the Selector Tool
and then paste the code into your page. Xara Web Designer 7 Premium will detect that you've pasted
HTML code and will render a placeholder image for you automatically, which will appear on your page
after a few seconds. The code is already attached to the placeholder, so just preview your page to see
your widget working!
Alternatively you can paste widget code directly into the head of your page if necessary. Click the
Placeholder tab in the Web Properties dialog and click the HTML code (head)
button, then paste your code into the HTML code (head) dialog.
For more information see the Widgets Chapter
in the pdf manual.
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