does xsitepro live up to all the hype?

headhancho365 · 06-05-2009, 07:43 PM

hello, I have read a ton of reviews regarding xsitepro. Unfortunately, most of those positive reviews come from affiliates who are trying to earn a commission by talking me into purchasing the program. The sad thing is that first i read a sales pitch from the affiliate, then another sales pitch from the merchant so i feel double pitched and I can't tell if the affiliate is telling the truth or just trying to earn a commission. I would really appreciate it if someone who is an actual user would post an UNBIASED review of xsitepro- preferably from someone who is NOT affiliated with xsitepro. Thank you for taking the time to answer my questions, headhancho365

Nutrifitness · 06-05-2009, 07:58 PM

I think it's great! I have used it for product sales pages and it really was a big help becuase I am technically challenged

Kevin_Hutto · 06-05-2009, 07:58 PM

If you are just making simple websites (like a sqeeze page/sales letter combo) then xsite pro is the best choice. If you are going to be making more complex sites then dreamweaver is the tool of choice. But it takes quite a while to become proficient with DW - you would probably be better served by hiring a developer to build complex sites for you.

remodeler · 06-05-2009, 08:41 PM

No affiliate link and no hype. I bought XSP 3 years ago and it continues to be the single best purchase I have made for my business.

Hortensia · 06-06-2009, 01:22 AM

If you get xsp, don't forget to get the xsp cheatsheet by James Schramko as well!
I am NO affiliate btw, just advising.
I am sure you get it for free if you buy xsp thru James.

It's a timesaver and it works.

Another good one is ezgenerator. Some of my pages I make with this software.
Great for forms and membership pages.

MADINAZ · 06-06-2009, 02:13 AM

Xsite pro is great for sales pages and simple sites. It allows you to put up a site quickly and still look professional

Joseph Then · 06-06-2009, 04:59 AM

Hype? What hype? It's real, it's good, and it's powerful!

I've build over 100+ websites using JUST XSitePro.

What do you think?

Loren Woirhaye · 06-06-2009, 06:05 AM

I'm an affiliate but I've never really promoted it outside
of mentioning in a blog post or email here and there.

It is truly an excellent piece of software - and the more
experience I get with it the less it's supposed limitations
affect me in my design work. For doing HTML emails
I use Komposer (integrated with the browser I use,
SeaMonkey) but for site design XSP meets all my
requirements.

You can do virtually everything XSP does, from the point
of view of your visitors, with WordPress... but consider
the additional work involved and, to my mind, the
value of XSP is in time-savings developing sites which
are basically pretty cool, and doing it quickly.

Get it. Stop whining and try it out.

ezimedia · 06-07-2009, 09:30 AM

HI

Yes it is great software to make many sites quickly and they all look good... I use it for most of my sites , but am also starting to use wordpress more..

Tom

seomark09 · 06-11-2009, 01:12 PM

Great site builder for newbies who do not know how to work with html or build websites. But nothing all that great if you want a really unique extreme looking website.

nine-yards · 06-11-2009, 02:00 PM

Absolutely! I can bang out a site with this in about an hour and come out with a good looking silo site. I haven't done sales pages with it yet but can easily see how they would also be really easy. I also use Wordpress for some of my sites and this is much easier and faster. Definitely worth adding to your tool box.

As someone else said - get James Schramko's cheat sheet to go with XSP.

Amy

Just Lookin · 06-12-2009, 05:39 AM

XsitePro is very powerful and easy to use, as some of the above have mentioned.

I have to say that the old saying "Horses for courses" is very valid here.

If you are not a competant html/php coder then this is for you. I can code and use WP and Joomla too, but as Joseph said, I can draw, slice and get a site up in no time at all, the other good thing about Xsite is that so many people have it that you can design a site for someone/a client and send them the xsitepro source file. Very cool feature.

It has it's buggy moments but when you look at what you are asking it to do, I for one can live with those bugs

Lookin

Dredger · 06-12-2009, 09:52 AM

Another yes vote. For me, it's easier to use than Word Press. XSitePro gives you total control. Also, another vote for James Shramko. His tutorial on making videos is represented in the video on the first site in my sig file. It's on the Sports Betting Champ page. His info is golden.

Kevin McNally · 06-12-2009, 02:25 PM

For any new guys starting out and struggling with web design it would be my best recommendation before you buy anything else. Anyone can build a decent looking website with this software, also I have had at least 3 laptop crashes and the support has been first class when reinstalling the software.

If you need custom templates or good PLR Xsite Pro websites I highly recommend Ted at 10 Sites a Month - Welcome , some of these websites have done very well for me.

Bobru · 06-14-2009, 05:49 AM

I also like it for simple sites, for the most part. You can whip them out quick and easy; and there are some cool tools in the software geared towards marketing sites. The only problem I have had with it is how some of the sites look in different browsers. They may look fine in IE, only to look screwy in FF. Apparently XSP likes to throw in some extra coding that mucks things up.

RoyChan · 06-14-2009, 12:26 PM

I used to build sites with XSP; now that Wordpress has become so powerful and come with so many plugin - I think it's better to learn Wordpress, which comes with 2.0 technology in-built. It's highly recommended that you use 1 platform, since Wordpress almost has it all, you should consider using WP if you are just starting out and not afraid to get your feet dirty. Besides, Wordpress is free.
I have nothing against XSP - in fact, I have xsp 1 and 2, found it a great piece of software, but when it does not allow your visitors to post comment on your site, then ... think twice before deciding which tool to build your sites upon...

Cheers
Roy

Joseph Then · 06-15-2009, 04:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by netpro7

but when it does not allow your visitors to post comment on your site, then ... think twice before deciding which tool to build your sites upon...

I'm sure the creator would find some software which allows commenting soon...

Ray Erdmann · 06-16-2009, 12:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mccflo99

This is only my own experience, nothing more. From what I can tell, Paul seems like a stand up guy.

I'd like to chime in and point out that I've had major issues with XSitePro. I'm running Vista SP2 with maxed out ram and maxed out readyboost and my system runs fast. However, XSitePro continually runs very slow when opening, navigating and closing the software to the point of getting the (Not Responding) message at times. This is the only software that does this.

I'm running it on a pc w/XP SP3 and all updates installed and only 2 gigs of RAM and I have no problem w/it running nice and smooth. Could be an issue w/Vista though, not sure. Just wanted to say that on my less then powerful machine, as compared to yours, it runs fine.

webdesignservice · 06-16-2009, 12:44 AM

All i can say is that XSite Pro is simple and it is easy to use.It is very user friendly and every tool that is required to build a good website can be easily accessed.

Just Lookin · 06-18-2009, 12:13 PM

I am on Vista and use XsitePro all the time, as I say further up this post, I do get xsp freezing now and again but no more than I did with XP.

I do agree that the amunt of cpu usage is high and could probably be managed better if re-written, that said I am happy to re-start Xsitepro now and again, it does so much for you.

Lookin

James Schramko · 06-18-2009, 12:38 PM

I am using it on Vista and XP.

My Vista is on a 4G laptop that may help.

seogal · 06-20-2009, 02:04 PM

I have xsite pro. Been using it (occasionnelly) since Day 1. It's ok it you don't have the time to learn how to code yourself.

The code that it does produce is not clean, and far from being W3C Validated.

And IMO, the vast majority of the sites that are created by xsitepro are at best, average visually.

But to create a quick sales page or a 2-5 pages sales site, it's good.

portalofprofits · 06-20-2009, 04:44 PM

Xsite pro is a great product for building simple yet effective websites I used it up until I had my computer stolen. I miss my xsitepro!

viclink · 06-30-2009, 06:50 AM

I've used Xsitepro since last year and find it to be quite powerful and rich in features but the only set back is no video tutorials, it will take a while for beginner to familiar themselves with the software.

bigcat1967 · 06-30-2009, 07:37 AM

I saw your vid on your site - I had to laugh. Great site!

NickCook · 06-30-2009, 11:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by viclink

I've used Xsitepro since last year and find it to be quite powerful and rich in features but the only set back is no video tutorials, it will take a while for beginner to familiar themselves with the software.

I agree... XSP takes a while to learn....best for minisites and salesletters...

James Schramko · 06-30-2009, 11:15 AM

XSP 2 is pretty straightforward to learn if you have some help like perhaps an easy start guide etc....

stormer · 06-30-2009, 07:13 PM

Hey James, would you ever consider offering you XSP Cheat Sheet as a WSO for those of us who (shamefully) purchased XSP from a different source?

All this mention of your magic Cheat Sheet sounds like it's really a 'must have' item!

billt91 · 06-30-2009, 07:18 PM

XSP is great for minisites and there is plenty of help for it.

xenergy · 06-30-2009, 07:21 PM

It's great software, specially if you want to create 'SEO optimized' salespage.

Danny Turner · 07-01-2009, 09:12 AM

Hi I use WYSIWYG Web Builder in my opinion a more advanced,cheaper option
cheers
Danny

new2ebiz · 07-01-2009, 04:09 PM

Does anything live up to its hype?

Seriously though, I've found this software useful for small sites in niches.
As with anything there is a learning curve, but I will continue to use it because it allows me to create niche sites with ease.

I do recommend it to friends just starting out with no html experience, but with word processing experience.
I've found their forum useful as well.

OPLeads · 07-02-2009, 08:22 PM

When I first started in IM, and still did not have a huge background on html and php coding, I loved using XSP for creating sales letters etc.

Nowadays I don't use it too much anymore. Most of my sites are wordpress powered or coded by hand.

I guess what I wanted to say is it all depends on your preferences.

bluenetworx · 07-02-2009, 08:27 PM

I have used and continue to use Xsite, but I will be honest and say that this software has caused me a lot of pain in my time. It has limited functionality in some regards, and relies heavily on tables, which causes slow load time and also isn't great for SEO. Considering it is designed for internet marketers I think they could improve this. However in saying that, unfortunately there is not a lot of other better basic HTML editors out there, of course Dream Weaver is better in my opinion.

06-05-2009, 07:43 PM	#1
headhancho365 Warrior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 1 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	does xsitepro live up to all the hype? hello, I have read a ton of reviews regarding xsitepro. Unfortunately, most of those positive reviews come from affiliates who are trying to earn a commission by talking me into purchasing the program. The sad thing is that first i read a sales pitch from the affiliate, then another sales pitch from the merchant so i feel double pitched and I can't tell if the affiliate is telling the truth or just trying to earn a commission. I would really appreciate it if someone who is an actual user would post an UNBIASED review of xsitepro- preferably from someone who is NOT affiliated with xsitepro. Thank you for taking the time to answer my questions, headhancho365

06-05-2009, 07:58 PM	#2
Nutrifitness Advanced Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: , PA, USA. Posts: 683 Thanks: 252 Thanked 9 Times in 9 Posts Social Networking	Re: does xsitepro live up to all the hype? I think it's great! I have used it for product sales pages and it really was a big help becuase I am technically challenged

06-05-2009, 07:58 PM	#3
Kevin_Hutto On the Boat... War Room Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Newport Beach Posts: 1,093 Thanks: 60 Thanked 205 Times in 148 Posts Social Networking	Re: does xsitepro live up to all the hype? If you are just making simple websites (like a sqeeze page/sales letter combo) then xsite pro is the best choice. If you are going to be making more complex sites then dreamweaver is the tool of choice. But it takes quite a while to become proficient with DW - you would probably be better served by hiring a developer to build complex sites for you.

06-05-2009, 08:41 PM	#4
remodeler HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: , , . Posts: 496 Thanks: 87 Thanked 86 Times in 79 Posts	Re: does xsitepro live up to all the hype? No affiliate link and no hype. I bought XSP 3 years ago and it continues to be the single best purchase I have made for my business.

06-06-2009, 01:22 AM	#5
Hortensia HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 189 Thanks: 18 Thanked 29 Times in 27 Posts	Re: does xsitepro live up to all the hype? If you get xsp, don't forget to get the xsp cheatsheet by James Schramko as well! I am NO affiliate btw, just advising. I am sure you get it for free if you buy xsp thru James. It's a timesaver and it works. Another good one is ezgenerator. Some of my pages I make with this software. Great for forms and membership pages.

06-06-2009, 02:13 AM	#6
MADINAZ Active Warrior Join Date: May 2009 Location: Arizona, USA Posts: 53 Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts Social Networking Contact Info	Re: does xsitepro live up to all the hype? Xsite pro is great for sales pages and simple sites. It allows you to put up a site quickly and still look professional

06-06-2009, 04:59 AM	#7
Joseph Then Senior Warrior Member War Room Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Singapore Posts: 4,161 Thanks: 35 Thanked 237 Times in 141 Posts Social Networking	Re: does xsitepro live up to all the hype? Hype? What hype? It's real, it's good, and it's powerful! I've build over 100+ websites using JUST XSitePro. What do you think?

06-06-2009, 06:05 AM	#8
Loren Woirhaye Who'm I kidding? War Room Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Easthampton, Massachusetts Posts: 4,542 Blog Entries: 15 Thanks: 117 Thanked 904 Times in 651 Posts Social Networking Contact Info	Re: does xsitepro live up to all the hype? I'm an affiliate but I've never really promoted it outside of mentioning in a blog post or email here and there. It is truly an excellent piece of software - and the more experience I get with it the less it's supposed limitations affect me in my design work. For doing HTML emails I use Komposer (integrated with the browser I use, SeaMonkey) but for site design XSP meets all my requirements. You can do virtually everything XSP does, from the point of view of your visitors, with WordPress... but consider the additional work involved and, to my mind, the value of XSP is in time-savings developing sites which are basically pretty cool, and doing it quickly. Get it. Stop whining and try it out.

06-07-2009, 09:30 AM	#9
ezimedia Advanced Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: , , Australia. Posts: 746 Thanks: 0 Thanked 35 Times in 7 Posts	Re: does xsitepro live up to all the hype? HI Yes it is great software to make many sites quickly and they all look good... I use it for most of my sites , but am also starting to use wordpress more.. Tom

06-11-2009, 01:12 PM	#10
seomark09 Active Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 81 Thanks: 1 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: does xsitepro live up to all the hype? Great site builder for newbies who do not know how to work with html or build websites. But nothing all that great if you want a really unique extreme looking website.

06-11-2009, 02:00 PM	#11
nine-yards Warrior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: , , . Posts: 20 Thanks: 1 Thanked 4 Times in 3 Posts	Re: does xsitepro live up to all the hype? Absolutely! I can bang out a site with this in about an hour and come out with a good looking silo site. I haven't done sales pages with it yet but can easily see how they would also be really easy. I also use Wordpress for some of my sites and this is much easier and faster. Definitely worth adding to your tool box. As someone else said - get James Schramko's cheat sheet to go with XSP. Amy

06-12-2009, 05:39 AM	#12
Just Lookin Xsitepro Designer War Room Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Manchester UK Posts: 44 Thanks: 2 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts Social Networking Contact Info	Re: does xsitepro live up to all the hype? XsitePro is very powerful and easy to use, as some of the above have mentioned. I have to say that the old saying "Horses for courses" is very valid here. If you are not a competant html/php coder then this is for you. I can code and use WP and Joomla too, but as Joseph said, I can draw, slice and get a site up in no time at all, the other good thing about Xsite is that so many people have it that you can design a site for someone/a client and send them the xsitepro source file. Very cool feature. It has it's buggy moments but when you look at what you are asking it to do, I for one can live with those bugs Lookin

06-12-2009, 09:52 AM	#13
Dredger Active Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: , , USA. Posts: 77 Thanks: 24 Thanked 8 Times in 8 Posts	Re: does xsitepro live up to all the hype? Another yes vote. For me, it's easier to use than Word Press. XSitePro gives you total control. Also, another vote for James Shramko. His tutorial on making videos is represented in the video on the first site in my sig file. It's on the Sports Betting Champ page. His info is golden.

06-12-2009, 02:25 PM	#14
Kevin McNally Advanced Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Scotland Posts: 898 Thanks: 23 Thanked 12 Times in 12 Posts	Re: does xsitepro live up to all the hype? For any new guys starting out and struggling with web design it would be my best recommendation before you buy anything else. Anyone can build a decent looking website with this software, also I have had at least 3 laptop crashes and the support has been first class when reinstalling the software. If you need custom templates or good PLR Xsite Pro websites I highly recommend Ted at 10 Sites a Month - Welcome , some of these websites have done very well for me.

06-14-2009, 05:49 AM	#15
Bobru HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 146 Thanks: 4 Thanked 6 Times in 6 Posts Social Networking	Re: does xsitepro live up to all the hype? I also like it for simple sites, for the most part. You can whip them out quick and easy; and there are some cool tools in the software geared towards marketing sites. The only problem I have had with it is how some of the sites look in different browsers. They may look fine in IE, only to look screwy in FF. Apparently XSP likes to throw in some extra coding that mucks things up.

06-14-2009, 12:26 PM	#16
RoyChan HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: China Posts: 367 Thanks: 30 Thanked 46 Times in 23 Posts Social Networking	Re: does xsitepro live up to all the hype? I used to build sites with XSP; now that Wordpress has become so powerful and come with so many plugin - I think it's better to learn Wordpress, which comes with 2.0 technology in-built. It's highly recommended that you use 1 platform, since Wordpress almost has it all, you should consider using WP if you are just starting out and not afraid to get your feet dirty. Besides, Wordpress is free. I have nothing against XSP - in fact, I have xsp 1 and 2, found it a great piece of software, but when it does not allow your visitors to post comment on your site, then ... think twice before deciding which tool to build your sites upon... Cheers Roy

06-16-2009, 12:44 AM	#19
webdesignservice Web Designer \| Developer Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: 117 N Cooper St.,Olathe KS, USA Posts: 90 Thanks: 7 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts	Re: does xsitepro live up to all the hype? All i can say is that XSite Pro is simple and it is easy to use.It is very user friendly and every tool that is required to build a good website can be easily accessed.

06-18-2009, 12:13 PM	#20
Just Lookin Xsitepro Designer War Room Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Manchester UK Posts: 44 Thanks: 2 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts Social Networking Contact Info	Re: does xsitepro live up to all the hype? I am on Vista and use XsitePro all the time, as I say further up this post, I do get xsp freezing now and again but no more than I did with XP. I do agree that the amunt of cpu usage is high and could probably be managed better if re-written, that said I am happy to re-start Xsitepro now and again, it does so much for you. Lookin

06-18-2009, 12:38 PM	#21
James Schramko Senior Warrior Member War Room Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia. Posts: 3,223 Thanks: 133 Thanked 422 Times in 199 Posts Social Networking	Re: does xsitepro live up to all the hype? I am using it on Vista and XP. My Vista is on a 4G laptop that may help.

06-20-2009, 02:04 PM	#22
seogal Warrior Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 2 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: does xsitepro live up to all the hype? I have xsite pro. Been using it (occasionnelly) since Day 1. It's ok it you don't have the time to learn how to code yourself. The code that it does produce is not clean, and far from being W3C Validated. And IMO, the vast majority of the sites that are created by xsitepro are at best, average visually. But to create a quick sales page or a 2-5 pages sales site, it's good.

06-20-2009, 04:44 PM	#23
portalofprofits Warrior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: , , USA. Posts: 11 Thanks: 2 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Contact Info	Re: does xsitepro live up to all the hype? Xsite pro is a great product for building simple yet effective websites I used it up until I had my computer stolen. I miss my xsitepro!

06-30-2009, 06:50 AM	#24
viclink Warrior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 1 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: does xsitepro live up to all the hype? I've used Xsitepro since last year and find it to be quite powerful and rich in features but the only set back is no video tutorials, it will take a while for beginner to familiar themselves with the software.

06-30-2009, 07:37 AM	#25
bigcat1967 Senior Warrior Member Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 1,135 Thanks: 17 Thanked 46 Times in 44 Posts	Re: does xsitepro live up to all the hype? I saw your vid on your site - I had to laugh. Great site!

06-30-2009, 11:15 AM	#27
James Schramko Senior Warrior Member War Room Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia. Posts: 3,223 Thanks: 133 Thanked 422 Times in 199 Posts Social Networking	Re: does xsitepro live up to all the hype? XSP 2 is pretty straightforward to learn if you have some help like perhaps an easy start guide etc....

06-30-2009, 07:13 PM	#28
stormer Active Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Athlone, Ireland Posts: 62 Thanks: 19 Thanked 8 Times in 7 Posts	Re: does xsitepro live up to all the hype? Hey James, would you ever consider offering you XSP Cheat Sheet as a WSO for those of us who (shamefully) purchased XSP from a different source? All this mention of your magic Cheat Sheet sounds like it's really a 'must have' item!

06-30-2009, 07:18 PM	#29
billt91 Active Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 53 Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	Re: does xsitepro live up to all the hype? XSP is great for minisites and there is plenty of help for it.

06-30-2009, 07:21 PM	#30
xenergy Active Warrior War Room Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Arround the World! Posts: 91 Thanks: 5 Thanked 9 Times in 8 Posts	Re: does xsitepro live up to all the hype? It's great software, specially if you want to create 'SEO optimized' salespage.

07-01-2009, 09:12 AM	#31
Danny Turner Advanced Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: , , Australia. Posts: 837 Thanks: 18 Thanked 87 Times in 81 Posts	Re: does xsitepro live up to all the hype? Hi I use WYSIWYG Web Builder in my opinion a more advanced,cheaper option cheers Danny

07-01-2009, 04:09 PM	#32
new2ebiz HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 199 Thanks: 11 Thanked 17 Times in 17 Posts	Re: does xsitepro live up to all the hype? Does anything live up to its hype? Seriously though, I've found this software useful for small sites in niches. As with anything there is a learning curve, but I will continue to use it because it allows me to create niche sites with ease. I do recommend it to friends just starting out with no html experience, but with word processing experience. I've found their forum useful as well.

07-02-2009, 08:22 PM	#33
OPLeads HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Metro Detroit, MI Posts: 260 Thanks: 1 Thanked 27 Times in 18 Posts	Re: does xsitepro live up to all the hype? When I first started in IM, and still did not have a huge background on html and php coding, I loved using XSP for creating sales letters etc. Nowadays I don't use it too much anymore. Most of my sites are wordpress powered or coded by hand. I guess what I wanted to say is it all depends on your preferences.

07-02-2009, 08:27 PM	#34
bluenetworx HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 200 Thanks: 10 Thanked 22 Times in 21 Posts	Re: does xsitepro live up to all the hype? I have used and continue to use Xsite, but I will be honest and say that this software has caused me a lot of pain in my time. It has limited functionality in some regards, and relies heavily on tables, which causes slow load time and also isn't great for SEO. Considering it is designed for internet marketers I think they could improve this. However in saying that, unfortunately there is not a lot of other better basic HTML editors out there, of course Dream Weaver is better in my opinion.