A whole slew of iWeb questions:

FAIR WARNING: I've always been chastised for taking 15,000 words to say what could be explained in 300 words -- this post is not and exception (Sorry).
I never thought I'd be a technology elitist, but since I finally made the switch to Apple as soon as the MacBook Pro was released I've started forcing "Steve Jobs for President" buttons on everyone I know. I'm one of these dudes that knows just enough to be firmly grounded in the fact that I know nothing.
So, now that I'm firmly committed to Apple/Mac, I'm trying to convert everything I can. I am the current (pretend) administrator for my church website - www.drccsedona.com. I'm building ver 2.awesome through iWeb and will probably make the switch to .mac in late April. Before I get in trouble for completely screwing up the church website, I'm wanting to clarify some points about iWeb and .mac. Here they are:
- I want to do some really simple post-publishing things (change link colors, add web forms, etc.) and from already posted threads it seems like this won't be too difficult as long as I get, and learn to use, things like MassReplaceIt and Wufoo (that one looks pretty slick - thanks 'varkgirl'). My question is, if I'm already going to subscribe to a .mac account anyway, can any of you gurus shed some light on whether I will need to just plan on publishing to a folder, or if publishing straight to .mac will work?
- This is just a luxury, but does anyone know, or has been successful at getting a .ICO image uploaded to a site directory and working with an iWeb/.mac setup? (For anyone wondering, I'm hopefully referencing this correctly -- the icon image that some web browser's display before the url in an address bar.
- I thought I saw a thread in the past that displayed frustration at iWeb's inability to publish two separate sites. In addition to my church site, I've registered the domain 'frigginrad.com' and I'm hoping to publish a site to this domain in the future (under a different .mac subscription) -- anyone foresee problems for me here?
- Lastly, for now, I think I've got the Forward/Masking concept down, but I tried this (GoDaddy) for one of my domains and it masked the entire url -- which I wasn't expecting. Here's an example of what I mean:
'www.mydomain.com' forwarded and masked to 'www.redirecteddomain.com'.
This worked well, but when I visited different parts of my site I expected to see a url of 'www.mydomain.com/aboutme' or 'www.mydomain.com/links' and instead it the url in the address bar never changed from 'www.mydomain.com'. I hope what I'm describing makes sense. If this is the way it's gonna be, I can live with it, but am I just missing something?
Any feedback will be much appreciated! Thanks Gang.
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- I want to do some really simple post-publishing
things (change link colors, add web forms, etc.) and
from already posted threads it seems like this won't
be too difficult as long as I get, and learn to use,
things like MassReplaceIt and Wufoo (that one looks
pretty slick - thanks 'varkgirl'). My question
is, if I'm already going to subscribe to a .mac
account anyway, can any of you gurus shed some light
on whether I will need to just plan on publishing to
a folder, or if publishing straight to .mac will
work?
You can do post publish changes on .Mac, no worries.
- This is just a luxury, but does anyone know, or has
been successful at getting a .ICO image uploaded to a
site directory and working with an iWeb/.mac setup?
(For anyone wondering, I'm hopefully referencing this
correctly -- the icon image that some web browser's
display before the url in an address bar.
http://web.mac.com/will.englefield/iWeb/WillG4PB/MRI_Favicon.html
Is this what you mean?
- I thought I saw a thread in the past that displayed
frustration at iWeb's inability to publish two
separate sites. In addition to my church site, I've
registered the domain 'frigginrad.com' and I'm hoping
to publish a site to this domain in the future (under
a different .mac subscription) -- anyone foresee
problems for me here?
Well first off, you can publish them both to the same .Mac subsctiption and then forward your two differernt domain.com addresses to the proper location on .Mac.
If you want things located directly on yourdomain.com you will have to publish to a folder and upload via ftp, purchase hosting, etc. You would also need to split your domain file.
http://web.mac.com/mark8heaton/iWeb/DomainSeparation/SiteSeparation.html
http://mistergregg.com/cocoadrillosoftware/iWebSites/
- Lastly, for now, I think I've got the
Forward/Masking concept down, but I tried this
(GoDaddy) for one of my domains and it masked the
entire url -- which I wasn't expecting. Here's an
example of what I mean:
Yes, this is how it works.

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IWeb question and feedback

I've been testing iWeb '08 and putting it through its paces. It really does a good job if you know what you are doing. It is way more capable then the easy templates reveal. But first I have a question.
If I want to include an external javascript file with a page, how do I get iWeb to publish it with all the other data? Right now I have to manually copy it to my publish folder after every time I publish. Not a very elegant solution.
I also have one big request for the next version of iWeb. For some pages, I want to make the browser background transparent. HTML allows this but not iWeb. iWeb only offers a solid color or image. It would be so easy for Apple to include a "none" option for this field like they do the page background. Here's why this little detail is so important.
When I use HTML snippets, I can put one iWeb page within another using iframes. I also overlay iframes for various effect. I need the embedded page browser backgrounds to be transparent so when the inline frame refreshes, the browser background doesn't wipe the iframe clean each time. This is what it does without the transparent option. It makes the whole inline frame look like a refresh instead of keeping the existing objects solid, except for the specific objects I want to change. It may seem a small detail but this goes a long way to making the site look solid and professional. Using transparent iframe overlays allows me to do some pretty nifty looking pages.
Right now I have to post-process my files using a utility that does a multi-file find and replace. It is fast but it still is a hack job - not very Apple-like or elegant. What I end up doing is having every page that I want to be transparent use a certain known color code (ie. #000000) that I then search for and replace with the word "transparent". This does the trick, but again, not the way things should be with Apple software.
This change I'm requesting in iWeb is not anything unreasonable or hard to implement. One Apple tech could do this in about 5 minutes. This opens iWeb up to doing iframes elegantly and enables iWeb to do amazing things without post-processing hacks. I know Apple wants to keep things simple but this one change does not jeopardize this for beginners, yet opens things up to us who are capable. It could make complex pages simple.
Actually, I wish Apple would go even further and add a new option at the bottom next to web widgets. Call it the iFrame, or subpage, option. That way I could do inline frames without even resorting to HTML snippets. Have the details come up in the inspector too. This is more complex to add but even a more elegant solution. Newbies and simple templates could ignore this function but advanced web designers would flock to it.

You are just talking to other users here, so make sure you also put in all your requests to Apple via the Provide iWeb Feedback item in the iWeb menu.

ILife 08 to 09 iWeb question (and a question about DW while I'm here)

I was thinking of upgrading to iLife 09 for just a couple of reasons:
(1) The iPhoto face recognition feature looks cool and I want to try it. I have tens of thousands of photos of friends from nearly 30 years in my iPhoto and it might be fun.
(2) I basically like iWeb 08, but hate the way it deals with multiple sites. I always have to publish everything, but in iWeb 09 it looks like I can single out just a single site for publishing, even via FTP. is that right?
Recently I also acquired Dreamweaver because of some work I'm doing for a company. But I find I can't even do basic simple things, like drag around text or insert a web widget (some HTML in a box) to move around and position - like I can do in iWeb.
Are things like that possible in Dreamweaver?
I can't even figure out how to add new text somewhere on a blank page in Dreamweaver. And everything I create looks boxy, plain and clunky. I am obviously not a web designer - I am a web application programmer.
With Dreamweaver I feel like I stepped into some 20th century web authoring tool. With iWeb everything I create looks nice even though I have no artistic talent myself.
doug

I don't mind publishing to a folder and uploading using my FTP client, but it seems I have to publish ALL the sites each time to the folder and then just upload the one site's folder I was editing. So it takes a long time each time I publish to the folder. There is no way around that, is there?
About my DW question, it was "in comparison to iWeb". If I asked in a Dreamweaver forum if DW could do this thing that iWeb could do, somebody would probably say, "Why don;t you ask your question on an iWeb forum?"
Thanks,
doug@hoping this discussion doesn't digress into whether I should post my question here or not

Bridge gallery and iWeb questions, newbie....

Hi All....
I have made myselve a page in iWeb but I´m not happy with the gallery-layout with thumpnails and small sized pictures, I would like my galleries to be scroll down type, OR just one picture at the time and nothing else, except "Next/previous" and a "Menu" sign, either in a good (>>>big pictures) size....
I have this morning realized that I can do that in Bridge, so I have made myselve a testgallery and uploaded to my site via Bridge, and I can see in Filezilla that it is there, but I can´t see it on my page, off course because there´s no link between the two of them, the question is, how do I make my page show the gallery....???
I haven´t been able to locate the testgallery on the web, as mentioned I can see in Filezilla that it is there somewhere, but how to find it out there I don´t know....
My homepage is called www.easerfoto.dk and the gallery I have oploaded is called Bridgegallerytest, if it has any relevance....
If anyone have a page that is made in Bridge and care to share how´s, then please step forward, I´m on zero here, any tip is appreciated....;-)
Maybe I should mention that I am an complete NOOB on all this (managed to have Filezilla working first time last week), but want to learn....
Bjarke

When you created your gallery did you publish the file to a folder? And was one of the files in that folder named index.htm or html? Make sure the gallery works correctly by opening the index.html file with your browser from the gallery copy on your hard drive.
Then upload to the root directory of your account on the server. The url would be something like this: http://www.easerfoto.dk/Folder_name/index.html.
Put that URL in the iFrame code below in an HTML snippet. The iFrame code in the snippet would look like this:
<iframe height="XXXpx" allowTransparency="true" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" style="width:XXXpx;border:none" src=" http://www.easerfoto.dk/Folder_name/index.html"></iframe>
Adjust the height and width dimensions to fit the size of the gallery you want on the page.
Also for what it's worth there are other gallery types of presentations, some from iPhoto with a free plugin, that might be of interest to you:
SimpleViewer and Flash Album Exporter
Flash Album Exporter Postcard and AutoViewer Slideshow Themes
Jalbum Examples
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Noob with some iweb questions...

Let me clarify - im not a noob when it comes to mac & computers in general, but when it comes to web pages, how they're made, & hosted etc i have no idea!
I have been using iweb08 to make my web page for my business. Its turning out really well but there are a few things i'd like to know...
1. Can i add any flash (or moving) menus? nothing too complex but i really like those menus that expand with drop down boxes etc
2. My business is a DJ/entertainment business & id like to add some music (my own productions) to some of the pages. What is the best way of doing that?
3. Protection: how do I make sure my site doesnt get hacked? how is iweb security?
4. Google searches - how do i optimize my site to make sure it comes up well in a google search
5. Any good tutes around that may answer these questions & more? Free is good
thanks in advance

The best site for iWeb learning is here...
http://iwebfaq.org/site/iWeb_FAQ.html
I've covered quite a lot of you questions here...
http://www.iwebformusicians.com/
If you are building a business site you won't be publishing to MobileMe so security depends on your web hosting company. Both the author of the iWeb FAQ site and myself use Host Excellence.

Mobileme website and iweb question

how much longer will Apple host my mobileme website? Any suggestions for transitioning to a new server? Will iWeb continue to work as my web update program?

Why did you not consider doing a search of this forum first before posting a question like this? Your totally unique question is asked and answered on a daily basis on this forum.
If you had searched you would have found that MobileMe will be available until the end of June this year and if you are a registered MobileMe user, then you should have received e-mails regarding this and extending your subscription for free until the end of June.
iWeb is an application and you can continue to use it to update and publish your website - it works in Snow Leopard, Lion and will work with Mountain Lion.
Have a look at GoDaddy and HostExcellence for starters and do a search of this forum.

IPhoto and iWeb Question

If you create an album in iPhoto and you decide to also publish it as a MobileMe Gallery you will see both in the left hand sidebar in iPhoto - the regular album and the published album - all is well.
You are able to drop EITHER of these into an iWeb photopage. Here is teh question:
Is there any advantage/disadvantage to using one of these albums as "the iweb one"?
I ask as I dropped a gallery which is posted on MobileMe and then WITHIN iWeb I started to delete some of the pictures within that album - not sure if that updates the album in iPhoto/MobileMe or not but it made me think that perhaps this isn't the best way to do it. Any thoughts appreciated.
Steve

Steve:
If you create a MMe gallery from an album you will have both the album and MMe gallery in the left hand iPhoto pane. The MMe gallery icon can be seen in the Media browser in iWeb but the photos are not viewable nor is it able to be dragged into any iWeb page. You need either an album or event to be able to drag into iWeb.
If you drag an album into iWeb and then delete photos from it the album in iPhoto is not affected nor would the MMe gallery created by that album.
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IWeb Question

How are you able to publish a website on iWeb without using a .Mac account?
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How are you able to publish a website on iWeb without
using a .Mac account?
Some tips:
http://homepage.mac.com/thgewecke/iwebserver.html

Basic iWeb Questions

I am new to iWeb. We are uploading a site to a .org address, www.miniapples.org, not mobile me. I am publishing the site to a folder on my computer and then uploading it with an FTP program to the server.
1. Where does iWeb store a site on your computer prior to publishing?
2. Is publishing a one way street? In other words is the site stored somewhere within the iweb package and then when published, it is dumped into a site folder in a one way diretion (iWeb->site folder)? As compared to a program like Dream Weaver where you access files located in a site folder (Site->Dreamwever->Site), I have the impression (maybe incorrect) that the pages available for update are not those located in the published site, but are held somewhere else?
3. Can a .htaccess text file be inserted into an iWeb site to make "home.html" the default page? Our site is hosted on a mac server. In converting the site to iWeb, I've noticed if the main page is listed as "Home.html", the site will not display it when a search is done for www.miniapples.org. But if I change the main page to "Default.html" then it appears. However in iWeb whatever you name the page is what appears on the site. I don't want this page called "Default" but "Home". Hence the .htaccess question or is there a better way?
Thanks!
-Dave

Yes, Fetch aimed at the wrong page is more likely.
Turns out you might be right about cache. I went to look at the cache setting in Firefox (which I just started using on a regular basis) and I could not find a cache setting in the Firefox Prefs. So I googled it and it appears that at least according to a 2005 article that to turn off the cache in Firefox you must type about:config in the address bar. Scroll down the list of items that pop up to browser.cache.disk.enable which should say true, right click that line and select toggle (in the menu choice that pops up) to toggle it to false. Now I'm going to see how this works with different pages and see if there are any unintended consequences and see if my updates to the iweb site reflect my changes. Thanks, I'll report back.
http://blog.gilluminate.com/2005/03/18/firefox-cache-issues/
I'm new to Fetch (having before used Dreamweaver's built in FTP) to upload pages. How could you have Fetch pointed at the wrong page? To get signed in, I'm having to log into the site at the server which puts me into the correct folder. All of the html pages are on the top level.

IWeb questions - Youtube and Videos.

Hi,
A few quick questions
1) How do you put a link into a page so that visitors see the movie (let's say it's on Youtube) but are not directed to the actual page. Here is a link to a website that accesses one of my Youtube videos, yet it doesn't bring the visitor to Youtube.com. http://starsneverfade.com/callowayConcert.htm Here is another example of how someone access a video on my website without visiting my site. Both of these have my permission... but how was it done? http://www.davidgeist.com/rhapsodyinblue.html
2) is it possible to put a Flash movie into Iweb? I have a few people grumbling that they cannot play Quicktime movies. I hear .flv movies are more compatible with Windows based computer... augh! Why doesn't everyone just buy a Mac and make my life easier?
3) Is it possible to copy protect a video? What I'm asking is once I post a video is there a way to prevent people from downloading it?
Thanks!
Gary

I have a large collection of sample pages with video: QuickTime, Flash Video, Windows Media, DivX, Real.
http://web.mac.com/wyodor/iFrame/
You use the object/embed code and paste it in a HTML Snippet.
I usually use a separate custom HTML page to embed with the [iframe HTML element|http://htmlhelp.com/reference/html40/special/iframe.html] or [object HTML element|http://htmlhelp.com/reference/html40/special/object.html].
I have a few people grumbling that they cannot play Quicktime movies. I hear .flv movies are more compatible with Windows based computer... augh! Why doesn't everyone just buy a Mac and make my life easier?
It's not Win or Mac. It's what you want. Flash Video has advantages over QT. And DivX has advantages over Flash Video. And Vimeo has advantages over YouTube. The samples will show you.
3) Is it possible to copy protect a video? What I'm asking is once I post a video is there a way to prevent people from downloading it?
If I can watch it, I can download it.

Quicktime to iWeb question

Hello,
Question about converting a movie I made for my web site uploading to my .Mac account - using iWeb 08.
When the full quality movie is open in Quicktime Pro, and you click on export for web, I get this info box saying this:
In the same folder as this instructional HTML file, QuickTime Pro has placed various versions of your movie optimized for web-delivery. Also in that folder is a reference movie, which selects the best version for your users' various devices and connection speeds. By including this reference movie in your HTML page, you can ensure a quality video experience on your site.
THEN IT GOES ON ...
Use the following HTML code to embed your movie into your web page.
Important Notes:
•To make your media viewable on the internet, your media assets (movies, poster image) must be placed on a publicly accessable server.
•The URL parameters must be modified if your media assets are served from a different location than your web page.
•The movie URL parameters must always point to the reference movie (Fluid-Cam Test.mov) rather than a source movie.
•The reference movie must be kept in the same folder as the source movies.
•Source movie names cannot be changed, but you can change the name of the reference movie (remember to change it in the HTML code as well).
•Please note, to properly validate as XHTML, the <style> tag and the first <script> tag should be placed within your page's <head> tag.
•Use this code in the <head> of your web page:
(AND THEN THERE IS A BUNCH OF CODE AFTER ALL THIS- WHICH I DIDN'T BOTHER TO TYPE HERE OF COURSE)
Understand that I am using iWeb 08, which is a wysiwyg program.
There is no instructions-that I can find-explaining where this code goes, or how to optimize a movie for various formats, using iWeb 08.
Any input is appreciated!
Thanks!
- TEXASFLOOD

Thanks for the reply...
I would have posted this elsewhere (and would have done so) but since the question seems to originate within the Quicktime program, I assumed there would be a Quicktime answer.
My thought was, surely there are Quicktime users that have incorporated iWeb by now ... guess not.
I will be pleased to post this again in iWeb of course.
Thanks Again!
- TEXASFLOOD

IWeb questions from a newbie

Hi everyone...
I am looking into making my own simple website and am trying to decide whether to make one from scratch or use iWeb and a .mac account. Any advice for the following questions would be appreciated!
1. I see a lot of iWeb sites that have the ugly "web.mac.com" preceeding the site name. Other iWeb sites don't have this prefix so obviously there is a way to do without it. How do you eliminate that prefix?
2. My site would only hold a resume and half a dozen short vid clips. But I've noticed on other iWeb sites that the video loads EXTREMELY slow (on a high speed cable line!). Is this a flaw with iWeb (is there a recommended compression rate for vids to play on iWeb)?
3. When I bought my G5 it came with Garage Band, iMovie, iPhoto, etc. (everything EXCEPT iWeb). I noticed that in order to purchase iWeb, you have to buy all these apps again which seems like a waste! Is there a way to buy or download JUST iWeb?
4. I've done lots of research on iWeb and on Amazon.com virtually everyone prefers iWeb '06 over iWeb '08. Isn't the newer version supposed to be an improvement? Does anyone know what the fuss is about...and is it a better idea to purchase the older version ('06)?
Thanks for any help you might have!

1. It's called personal domain. You have to buy a domain at a domain regitsrar like GoDaddy. Example: yourdomain.com
Or Publish to a folder and upload to a server other than .mac
2. It's not an iWeb issue. It's a hosting issue, thus an issue about .Mac. Publishing to a hosting other than .Mac speeds up things.
3. iWeb first appeared with iWeb '06 in iLife '06 package. You maybe have iLife '05 or deleted it by accident (or not by accident)
And no it isn't a waste as the applications are new versions, thus improved. New features included and so on. And no there's no way to legally download/buy only iWeb.
4. I like iWeb '08 a lot more than iWeb '06.
There are compatibility issues with the worst browser of the world, also commonly called InternetExplorer. But it's not an iWeb issue... It's an IE issue.
Regards,
Cédric

Easrly stage iWeb question

Hi,
My boss has asked me to create a web site for his college class using iWeb. In the site they have now, you can do a search by name (and other parameters) for classmates. Also, the administrators of the site can send blast emails out to the entire class right from the site. He wants to know if these two features will be available using iWeb as well.
Thanks for your help!

Welcome to the discussions. For the "search" part of your qstn, this article may help:
http://iwebfaq.org/site/iWebGooglesearch.html
But for what you want to do, perhaps there are more appropriate tools than iWeb. Ning, for example, offers:
Customize advanced member search based on your social network's unique profile questions, including location.
...Read more HERE.
For the "email" part of your qstn, iWeb doesn't have that capability natively, but perhaps there's a widget/script that could be added to an iWeb page to do it.

IiLife update iWeb Question

After updating to iLife '08 and then opening iWeb for the first time we are asked a question about changing domain stuff that I don't understand. The options to click on are Don't Change OR Change All. What do they mean?

Before you do anything, go to Home Folder/Library/Application Support/iWeb and make a backup copy of the domain.sites file. Store this in a folder somewhere "safe" on your hard drive and make a backup on an external drive or burn it to a DVD/CD.
When you first launch iWeb '08 it is asking you if you want to convert your old domain file to a new domain.sites2 format which is not backward compatible with the original. This is why you are making a backup - in case you experience any problems with the conversion.
The alternative is to elect to create a brand new domain file to give you a fresh start in iWeb '08. If you choose this option and don't make a backup, you will lose your old website(s).
The latter is probably the better way to go. Once you have tried out the new application, and are satisfied that all is well, you can double click one of your old domain.sites backup files to launch it in iWeb and "allow" it to convert your old site(s) to a domain.sites2 file.

Whole slew of problems with my iPod and I'm about to go nuts..

My 1.5 year old 4th generation iPod has been having issues recently after having the same issues in the past. Freezing, sad iPod icon, etc.
It was hooked up to my computer when all of a sudden it said that it was corrupted (it was fine before). So I went to restore it in iTunes, and it couldn't. I disconnected and tried to restore it, it didn't work. I tried to force it into disk mode, and I can get the Apple to come up, but then it makes a weird buzzing/clicking noise and the sad iPod face comes back up.
I've been having funky problems with iTunes too, though nothing like with the iPod. Is it worth sending in the be serviced? It's too old to be covered under its warrenty, and I'm a poor college student (it was a present to myself two summers ago for working all through summer instead of taking a vacation) and I need to be sure that the cost of getting it repaired is worth it.
4th generation (I'm pretty sure) Windows XP Makes a weird whirring/clicking noise, though there aren't any loose parts inside.

Thanks for the link, I tried a couple more things in there and managed to force it into disk mode only to have it fail on me again. Now I'm unable to get past the Apple icon without running into a sad iPod or a folder with an exclamation point, it likes to switch it up.
I think there's something wrong with the hard drive, as the link says I should hear it spinning when it turns on. Mine starts, but clicks and stops as it misses something and the cycle repeats.
Since it's out of warranty, there isn't a whole lot I can do as far as cost goes, but I will definitely explore all options before buying a new one.
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