US Serif Software WebPlus X7

Update: As you can see from my review below I initially rated WebPlus X7 a little lower than I had hoped for. I now rate it 4 stars since the introduction of Win 10. The crashing problem I experienced under Win 7 has been resolved in the latest operating system update. There are many features to make life easier as a web site designer. I like having a master page where you change the page layout/content that is the same throughout the website just one time, and every page is updated automatically! Too many features to cover here. Photo shows website designed with X7. I've incorporated several nice capabilities because of WebPlus X7. Now recommend WebPlus X7.-----------------------------------Shortly after purchasing WebPlus X7 it started crashing when it was first opened. Serif's tech support identified the problem as a conflict with one of Microsofts Windows updates for Win 7. The solution was to uninstall that particular update. This made WebPlus X7 operate correctly ...... for that session. However, when the computer was powered down the automatic Windows Update software found one of its updates missing (the one just uninstalled) and promptly reinstalled the same update. So, you guessed it, the next time WebPlus X7 was accessed it crashed because of the reinstalled update. It has been a continuing endless cycle for 3 months now, still no solution. Today, 11/19/14, I received a sales offer to purchase the new WebPlus X8 .... It was not a complementary upgrade even though my purchase was less than 3 months prior, and it wasn't complementary because my software still crashed. No they wanted to sell a dissatisfied customer a new opportunity for more problems.Tech support has been available so far, up to 90 days. After 90 days you pay for support or you are on your own. Not sure I would have purchased their software had I known the problems I have experienced. Serif is a European company and they seem to have a different outlook toward dealing with their customer base from my experience.

A very good web design program. Allows so many options. Easy to use; easy to upload quickly without a FTP program.

Worked just great.

I have been using Serif WebPlus since version X4. Currently I have WebPlus X7 installed. I have had many issues with this version on my Win 7, 64-bit machine, with constant freezes and crashes. I have sent numerous crash reports from the software to Serif, but I NEVER get any response at all. And my webs don't always display properly in all web browsers. Sometimes they look good in Firefox and IE, but not in Safari. One additional very annoying problem that I still have is a GENERIC program icon on the task bar for X7. I know it's minor, but it is driving me nuts. I have posted this problem to the forums but after YEARS I have yet to find a solution. Currently I am attempting to re-install X7 from the DVD sent by Serif, but the DVD is unreadable, shaking and rattling back and forth in the drive. This is a pity, because the WebPlus program has some good characteristics. But for me, the problems and annoyances are starting to outweigh the benefits, and the lack of support is a deal breaker...

The product itself seems fine but with a bit of a learning curve.That they provide support is questionable. You normally, not always, get through to a support tech fairly quickly.Depends then on who you get. Sometimes they walk you through problems, questions, issues.What I've run into recently is that they are not there for, "How do I," or to get you past a sticking point but are only on hand if the software stops working.I practically begged one of their techs and customer service personnel to help me or find someone to help as I had hit a stopping point and didn't know how to proceed. Just to get me started so I could continue.They refused citing the ridiculous policy stated above. Why don't they advertise then that their support policy is conditional.I should have known better from past experience. Now, for sure, I am finished with Serif.

I bought it as brand new but when I recieved it the wrapper is gone so I cannot give it as a gift because they would think its used since the plastic warpper is missing. I guess everything else is ok but I returned it because it doesn't look new.

a bit too complex

I bought this product because I didn't want to pay a monthly subscription fee. It is easy to use and have used it to create some nice Websites. If I ever have a question on how to do something I just use my favorite search engine and find the answer I am looking for. This is great for beginners and people who have more experience.

Bought this software 24th August 2014. Called Serif 'helpline' 3rd March 2015 for help with the 'Publish to Web' facility which has never worked. Told product was 'no longer supported' because X7 was discontinued sometime in November 2014 and support was withdrawn 3 months later, late February 2015. Told that if I paid £49.99 to upgrade to X8, help would be provided.In short, after six months Serif won't help fix broken software that cost £80, unless I pay another £50. I am sure you can see the problem here so I will limit myself to two comments.First, this product is for serious but not professional users. As a 'serious' user I have invested a good deal of time in my site and this software. I am not a 'professional' so I paid a good price knowing I would need support. I wanted to stick with a brand because familiar software is less time consuming. I FEEL SERIF HAVE PUT ME 'OUT ON A LIMB' AND I FEEL VERY LET DOWN. Second, I note that Serif Webplus X7 is still being offerred on Amazon. I have life and a bed top go to, so I haven't read all the surrounding market text. However, I am sure it won't say, that if you buy X7 today, your brand new software will be completely unsupported. BANDIT COUNTRY!I went for Webplus over Net Objects which is free. I am still having to use FileZilla which is also free. I did this because I thought with Serif I would have somewhere to turn when things got beyond me. Looks like I got that wrong - Serif aren't very good really.

I have seen a lot of disappointing reviews about this product but in my own experience as a web designer I have never had an issue with webplus products. I have used them for years and upgraded to the latest versions as they come out. Webplus has everything that I need for building sites from simple one pagers to elaborate multi page ecommerce sites. I haven't encountered a site build yet that webplus can't resolve. I have experience in html coding so the ability to write my own script in webplus is a bonus (sometimes you may need to drop in elements that are not pre packed with webplus but are quite capable of being dropped in). Publishing sites to the web has always been easy whether it's with serif or a third party. I have also been able to transfer sites from third party hosts to webplus and take over the design so no issues there. All in all I cannot fault webplus for me personally. It does the job for me.

Very good software at a fraction of the cost of other website software. Installation to up and running website in a matter of hours. Finally bought this t try and get a better looking website, I just couldn't get the right look with the software I was using biggest problem I couldn't get the site central. Bought this despite some negative comments, and I am so happy I did. Although I did copy some of the content from my original website it only took a couple of evenings to launch the new site, and it uploaded straight away without any issues at all. I am very pleased with the results. The only criticism I would have is the lack of templates nothing wowed me like I had hoped but I did find one I was happy with so depends what you are looking for. You can buy templates from the Serif site at about £14. For the money of the software can't really blame them for charging for better pro templates.

This website builder is relatively easy to use. I believe it is no longer being developed.It is used to develop the website for a car club that I took over a while ago. I knew absolutely nothing about website builders but have learnt to use the program to produce a completely new presentation of the site and add some new features. This says a lot about the construction of the program and its 'Help' files.All in all a program, or one of the later versions, well worth considering.

I am starting an online business and thought I could develop my website using the Serif Webplus program I already had and had used before. Wrong! Windows 8 would not allow it to upload. I purchased Webplus X7 (another Serif product) hoping that it would do the trick.. Wonderful. My website is now up and running. Even better, I could not get the Paypal html fragment to work but Serif Webplus X7 has its own built in Paypal script. The site now works perfectly, including the e-commerce side of it. Michael