Can I convert my old 35 page IWeb website to IWeb 09?

Question

I currently have a 35 page website that I created in the old IWeb. I want to update to OSX panther and
I Web09. Will there be any issues opening the old website and working with it in 09?
Thanks for any help.
John

Answer 1

John:
There shouldn't but be sure to keep a backup of the 08 domain file before you open it for the first time with iWeb 09.
You mean upgrade to Leopard, right? I'd run Disk Utility and repair disk permissions first followed by a verify of the disk. If repairs are indicated boot into the leopard install disk and run Disk Utility to repair the disk from the Utilities menu in the first window after the language selection window.
Install Leopard and then run the 10.5.6 COMBO updater. You can get it from the Apple Downloads page. I find it safer to download and run the necessary updaters manually.
If you want to keep iWeb 08 available just in case make a copy of the application and name it iWeb 08. Then the iLife 09 installer will update the plain iWeb application and leave that one untouched.
There have been issues with the red site and page icons making it necessary to publish every page each time you make a change to just one page. I've gotten around that by creating a new site for each page of my family site (currently have 79) so that I only have one site (usually consisting of only one page- a photo page) to edit and upload each time. This keeps the domain file size down.
You can link to a another iWeb site in the navbar by creating a blank page with the name of the other site and adding the following code to an HTML snippet on that blank page:
<script type="text/javascript">
parent.location.replace('URL TO SITE/PAGE YOU WANT TO REDIRECT TO');
</script>
This will immediately redirect the visitor to the other site. A return button can be put on the other site's page (I turn off the navbar in those sites which act as individual pages) so it appears like part of one big site.
If you're interested in that approach this is how I split up my original multi site domain file. You would first create a new site and drag page 1 to it. Then create a new site and drag page 2 to it. Again keep a backup of your original domain file.
I use iWebSites to manage over 40 individual sites.. It lets me create multiple sites and multiple domain files.
If you have multiple sites in one domain file here's the workflow I used to split them into individual site files with iWebSites. Be sure to make a backup copy of your original Domain.sites files before starting the splitting process and move it to another location on your HD until you're satisfied the separation process is completed and what you want.
This lets me edit several sites and only republish the one I want.
OT
Message was edited by: Old Toad