XSitePro worth it?

Hav3n

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Hey guys,

After another series of compromised Wordpress installs I want to switch some of my more static/boring sites over to another platform.

I've been mulling over XSitePro for awhile.

Is it really worth $197?

Can you quickly convert basic sites from wordpress to XSite pretty quick?


Does anyone have a license they aren't using that i can BUY from them. PM me.


I just don't want to drop $200 on a program that is quickly becoming obsolete? or am I wrong?

Good alternatives to XSitePro?
 


How many pages are we talking here? And what is the number of sites we're talking?

I develop blogs for a living and have had similar requests from clients in the past talking about how they'd like an xSitePro themed static website.

I should however warn you that though the learning curve on the software isn't steep at all, it can get fairly redundant and boring once you're at it. Chances are you might just end up spending the dollars and not touching the software after the initial install.

If they're just a handful sites you're looking at for a one time conversion, I'd suggest getting it done from someone.
 
I've been using XSitePro since 2005. I still use it today, and plan to move roughly 570 WP Blogs back into XSP's format once I figure out a way to migrated them easily.

My investments in it has easily paid off millions of times over... And I don't see how it could ever become obsolete.

As for the migration, the best tool I've come across so far is HTTrack. Powerful stuff, and free, but of course it's not a full solution between the two.
 
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BlogHue said:
How many pages are we talking here? And what is the number of sites we're talking?

I develop blogs for a living and have had similar requests from clients in the past talking about how they'd like an xSitePro themed static website.

I should however warn you that though the learning curve on the software isn't steep at all, it can get fairly redundant and boring once you're at it. Chances are you might just end up spending the dollars and not touching the software after the initial install.

If they're just a handful sites you're looking at for a one time conversion, I'd suggest getting it done from someone.
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I'd say around 15 sites most of which are like 5-15 pages

Is it easy to crank out sites in XSite like it is in WP? Or do you have to set everything manually?

Cause I'd love to make a bunch of supporting lightweight supporting sites on related EMDs... that I then wouldn't have to worry about being hacked!
 
lukep said:
I've been using XSitePro since 2005. I still use it today, and plan to move roughly 570 WP Blogs back into XSP's format once I figure out a way to migrated them easily.

My investments in it has easily paid off millions of times over... And I don't see how it could ever become obsolete.

As for the migration, the best tool I've come across so far is HTTrack. Powerful stuff, and free, but of course it's not a full solution between the two.
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Thanks Luke +rep

I'll give it the rest of the day to see if anyone wants to sell me their copy then I'll bite the bullet.

Cheers
 
Hav3n said:
Is it easy to crank out sites in XSite like it is in WP? Or do you have to set everything manually?
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Yes, it's easy as sin once you get the software down. It eventually becomes kinda like a text editor in your mind that happens to churn out beautiful sites after you put in all your text & pics.


Hav3n said:
Cause I'd love to make a bunch of supporting lightweight supporting sites on related EMDs... that I then wouldn't have to worry about being hacked!
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This sentence right here tells me that you understand more about websites than 95% of this whole community. Stop being a cheapskate and get the software.
 
lukep said:
... once I figure out a way to migrated them easily.
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Export your blogs to CSV files and go from there.

I duno how xsitepro works, but I believe that with the right script you'll be able to do that migration easily.


@Hav3n

Why don't you create a simple php site (with header.php, sidebar.php, footer.php) with a commenting feature. That's what wordpress is in essence.

You can even enable your own simple CMS to work with wordpress themes.
 
lukep said:
I've been using XSitePro since 2005. I still use it today, and plan to move roughly 570 WP Blogs back into XSP's format once I figure out a way to migrated them easily.

My investments in it has easily paid off millions of times over... And I don't see how it could ever become obsolete.

As for the migration, the best tool I've come across so far is HTTrack. Powerful stuff, and free, but of course it's not a full solution between the two.
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570 sites? That seems like a lot of work. xSitePro is developing nonetheless. But still seamless conversion of 570 websites could turn into a real pain in the ass.

Even if you decide to write some sort of an automation program, I am not 100% sure on how the conversion would be seamless.

Hav3n said:
I'd say around 15 sites most of which are like 5-15 pages

Is it easy to crank out sites in XSite like it is in WP? Or do you have to set everything manually?

Cause I'd love to make a bunch of supporting lightweight supporting sites on related EMDs... that I then wouldn't have to worry about being hacked!
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Certain factors that you'd have to consider are below -

1. Your Permalink URL structure.
If your current structure is www.domain.com/long-post-name - it will become domain.com/long-post-name.html

Which again can be solved using .htaccess, however in the navigation structuring it will show up how you configure it.

2. Your Social integration, if any.

3. Your Comments, if any.

4. Your H1/H2 formation.

5. Author Names/Dates etc.

6. Category/tag based folders viz. domain.com/category-name/long-post-name.html

That's all I could get from the top of my head.
 
BlogHue said:
From whatever little I could make out. The script generates static sites from Blogs. (Blog aware?)

How much is the learning curve there?

I mean, it looks like ruby and I don't know jackshit about it!
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The cool stuff isn't made in PHP, it's all Python / Ruby, think of the knowledge as an asset, if you can churn out sites in a highly optimised workflow, it should be worth it.
 
BlogHue said:
From whatever little I could make out. The script generates static sites from Blogs. (Blog aware?)

How much is the learning curve there?

I mean, it looks like ruby and I don't know jackshit about it!
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I've played around with them (static site generators) a few times. If you don't know any ruby/are new to coding and don't really want to hassle with it, I'd probably go with something like xsitepro if you have a large number of sites you are going to be working with.

I'm surprised more people here aren't using them actually.

Static sites are definitely the way to go though if you don't plan on having a lot of extra shit on your site.
 
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