This is easy, but you need to make sure that your FTP publishing details are saved within the website project file and that the website has actually been previously published at least once from a Xara Desktop product.
You can only save the FTP publishing details to the website project file from within the Xara Desktop product. The publish settings as they appear in either of these two - check the Web Properties Dialog publish details. Not sure how to find these? Press F1 and search the Help pages for Website Publishing.
The Publish dialog in Designer Pro / Web Designer looks like this. You need to make sure the Save Publish settings in document box is checked... (learn more here)
To open your website project file in Xara Cloud:
Save the project file to a cloud storage provider.
Connect that storage provider within Xara Cloud so you can access the file.
If you haven't linked any cloud storage to Xara Cloud see How to connect a cloud storage drive in Xara Cloud).
Now you can open the file in Xara Cloud and work on it.
When you want to republish - tap the Share button, then Re-publish…
Then enter the Password - that’s the FTP Password, click Publish and the updated site will be published. You will only have to enter the password once per session.
Note: Xara can't reset your FTP hosting details so you will need to contact your 3rd party hosting provider for this or if you use Xara/Magix Hosting, then please contact our resell partner Magix (who managed domains and hosting) for assistance. You can contact them here.
Collaboration
Once the document is open in Xara Cloud you can edit it in collaboration with Guests or other Members of your team (see our Share With Others article for more information).
Pro tip: Use the various object locking features to control what and how various users can edit a website. Learn more about Object Locking.
Pro tip 2: Annotate your docs and get feedback from others using the Comments feature in Xara Cloud.
Note about New Documents Created in Xara Cloud
Note if you create a new document in Xara Cloud, it will be automatically saved to Xara Storage by default (see Xara Storage explained) unless you opt to save it to your external cloud storage. Using your cloud storage is the recommended choice if you are a desktop user. To save your file to external cloud storage instead of Xara Storage, simply select Move to Folder in the File menu of the Xara Cloud editor and select your cloud storage. Note this is a move not a copy, files will be saved and synched there in future, you only need to do this Move once.
