It is a pretty good program. I use it myself but it's NOT perfect ...
1) The spell checker randomly ignores words, leaving many pages full of mis-spellings if you aren't careful.
2) Bugs in the forum are rarely addressed although the program is updated occasionally.
3) No find and replace within code feature
4) If you ultimately want to transfer the site to a buyer in the future iit would be a real hassle for him to edit unless he also has XsitePro - even if you export the site in html format.
5) Your entire sites (pages, images etc.) built into just one folder so large sites get quite messy
6) There's been vague speak of XSitePro 2 for about a year now. It's always around the corner yet tthere's very few updates about it. Many people (myself included) are reluctantly using XsitePro in the hope that V2 will be a great improvement.
7) There's no integrated support for custom css. You have to manually link to a css sheet that you've created elsewhere.
8) For anything even slightly removed from very basic HTML such as tables, forms, wrapping etc. I often find myself copying the code from XSitePro and editing it in Dreamweaver.
9) XSitePro's affiliate management feature is slow and cumbersome. In theory you should use it to keep track of every affiliate link you use but I often use notepad instead and copy and paste from that.
10) There's no support for creating forms which, in my opinion is a very important feature of even the most basic sites.
11) No autosave. The programs gotten more stable in the last few updates but one time I remember losing my entire site when it crashed and damaged my previous save too.
12) XSitePro does have an import and export feature however if you try using it, it will cause you huge headaches. The only real way to import is to build the site again and copy the text and images into it manually. Anybody brave enough to export anything but the simplest sales-letter site is going to need a skilled programmer to clean it all up for you.
13) It's expensive. I don't think it's especially good value but, sadly, there isn't really any competition in this market (surprising, huh?).
14) There is a links-page feature, but it's cumbersome and won't be of use to anybody with many links.
15) The HTML editor has no features at all, not even 'undo'. Accidentally select a paragraph and press a key by mistake and you lose your work.
16) WYSIWYG is not so great. Often I end up seeing bugs in the previews and have to load the html code into dreamweaver to fix it. The commonest complaint i find is that I often need to edit a page in dreamweaver because XSite Pro refuses to center some text.
Don't get me wrong, the programs pretty good, but after seeing such an enticing list of benefits it's only fair to give you a different perspective. If you buy now you do get a free upgrade to version 2 if it eventually surfaces.
FYI: I used XSitePro to create ...
http://www.goodbyekitty.net http://www.realusbank.com http://www.geekcrets.com ... and a handful of others.
Best wishes,
Martin