Putting WEB files on WWW pages

Using the Xara plug-in for Netscape Navigator and Microsoft Internet Explorer, you can place Xara WEB files (.web) and Xara LX files (XAR) directly on pages on the Internet.

Note the difference between this plug-in, which is for viewing .WEB files, and bitmap effects plug-ins, which alter the appearance of bitmaps.

To add a WEB files to a WWW page

Include the following in the HTML for the page with a correct filename and correct values for the widths and heights.

<embed src="xara.web"

width=xxx height=yyy

pluginspage="http://www.xara.com/plugin/download.html">

<noembed>

<img src="alternative_image.gif"

alt="[Alternative text]"

width=xxx height=yyy>

</noembed>

This HTML does the following:

Inserts the specified file (xara.web in the example) into the WWW page.

Sets its width and height so the page is correctly formatted before the file has been downloaded.

Allows for automatic download of the plug-in if it is not available.

Inserts details of a GIF to use in place of the WEB file if the plug-in is not available.

Includes text to use in place of the WEB file on text-only web browsers.

Notes

Before you can place WEB and XAR files on the Internet, you need to make a minor change to your web server to support the new file types. See Configuring a web server for Xara files.

To be able to view WEB and XAR files on the Internet, you need to download the Xara plug-in from

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