Domain File Problems

I began to design a website in iWeb 08'. I saved my progress, then copied the domain file in the application support folder to my two external drives. I planned to use one as a backup and the other to work on outside the house. My problem is that when I open any one of the three domain files, iWeb launches, all of my pages show except for my albums page. i tried to publish and it begins to run smoothly until it get to the albums page. Then it say an unexpected error occurred. Anyone experience this before. Am I doing anything worng by copying the domain files? I was under the understanding that the domain file is a self contained file with your entire website.

You're not doing anything wrong by copying your domain files - especially for a backup!
I take it that when you say you are publishing you are trying to publish to MobileMe.
Try publishing to a folder on the desktop and see if this works. If so, double click the index.html file to see if your site will launch in the browser directly from your hard drive and check to see if the albums are there.
If not, delete the iWeb preference file Home Folder/Library/Preferences/com.apple.iWeb.plist, restart your Mac and run Disk Utility to repair permissions and try again.
If the problem is still there after all this then you probably have a corrupt domain file.

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  • Multiple Domain files, Multiple Sites, Publishing Problems

    I am frustrated beyond belief. I'm an old hand-coder, coming from BBEdit, but I've been using iWeb almost exclusively since its release, because it really is a great product for quick, easy, stylish designs.
    However.... In that year, my collection of sites has grown to 12. Discovering that iWeb becomes a major dog when dealing with that much material, I found and followed the instructions - today - to separate my sites into individual domain files, and edit them individually. iWeb is much snappier and publishing goes much more quickly.
    The problem? Well... after editing, "Publish to .Mac" rarely works. Only "Publish All to .Mac" will get the site online (something about an error with the index.html file). But "Publish All to .Mac", I've just discovered, DELETES the other websites that I have previous published. All day I've been doing updates and publishing my sites, only to discover that the uploads have all been wiped out by the most recent one!
    I'm a big enough fellow to admit that my knowledge isn't total nor perfect - so please, would someone out there with a better handle on iWeb than I (preferably someone who actually deals with multiple domain files rather than someone who thinks they can guess the problem) please clue me into how we make use of this program non-destructively?
    I suppose I could always publish everything to folders and upload it to my iDisk (which itself remains ridiculously slow after how many years now? Sheesh!), but that detracts from the elegance of the .Mac integration, the counter features, - not to mention the little fact that I'm a paying .Mac customer and this darn thing should just work, no?

    Mark:
    I was where you were also. You should give iWebSites a try. It's to iWeb what iPhoto Library Manager is to iPhoto.
    I use iWebSites to manage multiple 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 Domain.sites files before starting the splitting process.
    This lets me edit several sites and only republish the one I want. Just remember to put a copy of your current Domain.sites file somewhere else on your HD in case the splitting gets messed up. It went very smoothly for me and I now manage 19 or so sites.
    Do you Twango?

  • LOST MY DOMAIN FILE AND INDEX DOESNT WORK :(

    HI, I got a really big problem here. Recently i got broken imagines on my web which i made it via iweb. Then sudently, my domain file is blank, and my index.html aswell! - i only have my other html files. SO are there anyway that could save me from this?! - I really dont hope that i have to start over. I read that iweb cant read html.file, but does apple have any apps that can read html files and publish it?
    HELP ME PLEASE

    What version of OS X are you using?

  • How can I find iweb domain files?

    Hi everyone.  I'm in a bit of a state!  I built a fairlybig website with iweb 1 - http://www.lakesweddingmusic.com - on my old Macbook (10.4.11) which died a few months ago.  I now have a Macbook Pro(10.8.2) and have imported iweb 3.0.2 (I think that's the version) from an iLife '11 disc, along with iDVD.  I tried the newly imported iweb 3 and it worked well. However, my mistake was to test it out:  I opened a new file from a template and called it 'blank'. Now I want to get rid of this test file and load up my already created website -lakesweddingmusic.com.  However, now that I've traced my old Domain files on my old Mac's hardrive, which fortunately, was left intact after the rest of the computer died, I can't get rid of this test file I created.  My problem is I can't find the new domain file that I created in order to test out iWeb 3.  If I delete the file in iWeb, iWeb won't close and neither will the mac Pro close, unless I do a 'start button shut down', which seems to be the only way to close iWeb when there are no files in it.  Then , when I reboot and open iweb, up comes the test file which I deleted!  So it's got to be somewhere on my new Mac.  I've searched Users/Me/Library/Application Support - but the only iweb folder there is the one I created which houses the Domain file which I copied from my old Macbook hard drive!  I've tried searching for 'domain' but only get the file with my website on it.  I simp[ly cannot find or get rid of this new file.  Any suggestions as to where it might be hiding would be most welcome.

    In Lion and Mountain Lion the Home/Library folder is now invisible. To make it permanently visible enter the following in the Terminal application window: chflags nohidden ~/Library and hit the Enter button - 10.7: Un-hide the User Library folder.
    To open your domain file in Lion or Mountain Lion or to switch between multiple domain files Cyclosaurus has provided us with the following script that you can make into an Applescript application with Script Editor. Open Script Editor, copy and paste the script below into Script Editor's window and save as an application.
    do shell script "/usr/bin/defaults write com.apple.iWeb iWebDefaultsDocumentPath -boolean no"delay 1
    tell application "iWeb" to activate
    You can download an already compiled version with this link: iWeb Switch Domain.
    Just launch the application, find and select the domain file in your Home/Library/Application Support/iWeb folder that you want to open and it will open with iWeb. It modifies the iWeb preference file each time it's launched so one can switch between domain files.
    WARNING: iWeb Switch Domain will overwrite an existing Domain.sites2 file if you select to create a new domain in the same folder.  So rename your domain files once they've been created to something other than the default name.
    OT

  • Publish Error after copying domain file from one mac to another

    Hello there,
    so here is the problem: I have had iweb installed on a MBP, and a website up and running. Now that I just bought an iMac I wanted to transfer all the iWeb over to the iMac and make it the main machine. I was doing all the transfer work manually rather than using the migration assistant or time machine.
    I have copied the domain file in the iWeb directory over to the iMac. iWeb starts and displays all the pages and sites normally, but when I try to publish I get the " Publish Error. An unknown error occurred" message.
    On the MBP everything was/is working normally.
    I have tried to copy the same file again, no change. I have deleted the preference file, no change.
    I have tried publishing to a local folder, and get the same error message.
    Does anybody have an idea how to get this fixed? I browsed through the discussions here but couldn't find anything regarding this specific issue.
    cheers
    grani

    Welcome to the Apple Discussions. Try the following:
    1 - delete the iWeb preference file, com.apple.iWeb.plist, that resides in your User/Library/Preferences folder.
    2 - go to your User/Library/Caches/com.apple.iWeb folder and delete the contents.
    3 - reboot.
    4 - launch iWeb and try to publish.
    If that doesn't help continue:
    5 - move the domain file from your User/Library/Application Support/iWeb folder to the Desktop.
    6 - launch iWeb, create a new test site and save.
    7 - go to the your User/Library/Application Support/iWeb folder and delete the new domain file.
    8 - move your original domain file from the Desktop to the iWeb folder.
    9 - launch iWeb and try again.
    OT

  • Saving the domain file in iWeb fails. I have tried deleting the cache. I see that the file uploads to iWeb but the message is that the domain.sites2 file can't be saved. I note that duplicating the domain gives me different size files. Ideas?

    I have read other discussions and my problem persists.
    I note that duplicating the domain file user/library/applications support/iweb/domain.sites2 gives me files of varying sizes (I'm at around 200Mb).
    I tried rebuilding the cache ../library/caches/com.apple.iweb - no change
    I found a note to delete also a preference file ../library/prefernces/com.apple.iweb   bt found more than one (.../plist and .../plist.lockfile) so ducked that.
    The website seems to update out of sync - as if I have a domain file elsewhere (in the cloud?) that is saving on my drive later - that doesn't make sense of the comments I have read. My domain.sites2 file is stadily growing - so one interpretation is that files are being saved and the error message is the error.
    This has been a problem for about a year as I have tried many alternative solutions. I;m looking fro somethign substantially different.
    One repeated situation is that I write a new page and upload it. I get the usual error message. I visit the site and there is the new page. My domain (on my machine) shows no new work, so I copy the stuff on the web back to my domain and steadily the file increases in size. Bewildering.
    Everything is as up to date as it can be. I don't reboot very often as my machine is rarley off.
    I'm looking for different ideas and approaches.....

    Although some of the following will be a repeat but try the following:
    delete the iWeb preference files, com.apple.iWeb.plist and com.apple.iWeb.plist.lockfile, that resides in your Home() /Library/Preferences folder.
    go to your Home()/Library/Caches/com.apple.iWeb folder and delete its contents.
    Click to view full size
    launch iWeb and try again.
    If that doesn't help continue with:
    move the domain file from your Home/Library/Application Support/iWeb folder to the Desktop.
    launch iWeb, create a new test site, save the new domain file and close iWeb.
    go to the your Home/Library/Application Support/iWeb folder and delete the new domain file.
    move your original domain file from the Desktop to the iWeb folder.
    launch iWeb and try again.
    OT

  • Warning:  Backing up your iWeb 'Domain' file will not save you.

    Here's the transcript from my chat with a MobilMe Support Rep. after losing (they simply disappeared) all of my blog's very valuable comments (hundreds), for nearly two years of blog entries.
    I have many backed up 'domain' files, and each shows the comments that have been received and saved for all the entries when iWeb first starts up. But then, for some reason iWeb scrubs them (they just disappear) and when I "Publish All" to the web, the entries are published but not the comments attached.
    Read MobilMe's response and consider yourselves warned. Backups won't save you. They simply won't. And yet . . . I was actually told I should have backed up. When I told my tech rep I had, then the reality of the situation came out. This is amazing to me.
    Read on . . .
    You are chatting with Omran A, a MobileMe Support Representative
    Hi, my name is Omran A. Welcome to Apple!
    Omran A: How are you?
    Omran A: I see that you have lost your comments.
    Omran A: Correct?
    Perry: Yes. Phone just rang, so my responses will be a bit slow for a few
    Omran A: I apologize for the inconvenience.
    Omran A: Have you upgraded iWeb recently?
    Perry: Yes, Omran, is there any way to retrieve them?
    Omran A: I am sorry this has happened to you. Losing comments tend to happen when upgrading iweb:
    Perry: I'm running the latest version, and have been since it came out. Had problems with people even leaving comments for a while, as did everyone who was using iWeb, but that had become an issue of the past for a few months as memory serves.
    Omran A: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2094
    Omran A: Please let me know if you can view the link
    Perry: We are well past the info in this upgrade doc. Upgraded long ago
    Perry: Yes, I've got it up
    Omran A: I just wanted to show you that upgrading iWeb tends to delete comments
    Perry: I am at step 6, contact MobilMe support.
    Omran A: Can you please give me a link to your site?
    Perry: http://web.me.com/davidperryphoto1/GardenBlog/APhotographers_Garden_Blog/A_Photographers_GardenBlog.html
    Omran A: Can you please give me a link to your site?
    Omran A: Thank you
    Omran A: Please hold while I do some investigation
    Omran A: Did your comments get deleted after updating to iWeb 2.0 or did happen month after that?
    Perry: More than a month afterward. Just a week or so ago
    Omran A: OK
    Omran A: Thank you
    Omran A: Please hold while I do some further investigation
    Perry: Still there?
    Omran A: Yes
    Omran A: I am still performing a investigation.
    Omran A: Please give me a few more minutes.
    Perry: Thanks. I'll just keep on working here...
    Omran A: Thank you for your patience
    Omran A: I am terribly sorry. I search all over the servers and I am not able to recover your comments.
    Omran A: I suggest backing up comments regularly.
    Omran A: I suggest backing up comments regularly.
    Perry: When I start up iWeb with my saved "domain" file, I see the comments, but then, within moments, the program scrubs them, because, apparently they are no longer out there on the web. Is there anyway to recapture them from the saved domain file?
    Perry: How the heck do I back up my comments if they are stored in some obscure place on one of your servers and seperate from my website?
    Omran A: So you see them and then they disappear
    Perry: yes
    Omran A: OK
    Omran A: I believe the following link shows you how to backup to save comments
    Omran A: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2094
    Perry: Omran, look. I have a backed up copy of my domain, just as they direct. When I start up iWeb with this file, I see the saved comments. But when I publish all, as directed, I get the blog but I get no comments published. That's why you and I are talking. I've apparently got the comments still in some form in my saved domain, but the program, or .ME scrubs them. What the **** good does the backed up file do me if I can't get Mobil Me to recognize the comments and re-post them? This is my issue.
    Omran A: OK
    Omran A: I am sorry I did not fully understand you
    Omran A: One moment please.
    Omran A: I am sorry even though you are able to see the comments for a split second. You can not recover them from the domain file.
    Omran A: Just for clarification
    Perry: Can we agree that this is a gigantic "cluster #@$*" and that this wonderful new opportunity presented us in the form of MobilMe has been very painful and expensive for many of your loyal customers?
    Omran A: You see the comments with the domain file you backed up in iweb but can not see them once you published them to the internet, correct?
    Perry: correct.
    Omran A: Do they disappear in iWeb ?
    Perry: But the program or something tends to scrub them within a minute or so of the program starting up. They are there, in all the entries dating all the way back, and then they are not. They just disappear.
    Omran A: I am sorry the domain is there but We can not recover the comments. I am sorry that you have had a bad experience with MobileMe. We have given our loyal customers a 90 day extension for your patience with us.
    Perry: Do you or anyone there know of a resource that I can send the domain file to take it apart and retrieve the comments. Someone has to know how to burrow into the file and pull that stuff. Anybody there know of a resource?
    Omran A: Let me check
    Omran A: I just checked with my supervisor and he checked the servers and said there is no way to recover your comments.
    Omran A: My sincere apologies. I understand loosing comments that span for two years is very sad.
    Omran A: If there was a way I would let you know.
    Omran A: I am sorry that you experience with MobileMe has not been that great, you may leave a feedback and let us know what issues has frustrated you
    Omran A: MobileMe feedback
    Omran A: Upper manager reads the feeback
    Omran A: Feedback
    Perry: Thanks to you personally Omran for your efforts. I'll be saving and perhaps publishing this dialogue between us on the blog as a warning to others, along with a few choice words and pictures illustrating my newly formed opinion of MobilMe. Watch for it.
    Omran A: If you select the blue close button and you will receive a survey.
    Omran A: Please note that the survey reflects only me.
    Omran A: I am sorry that I was not able to help you.
    Perry: NO worries. Thanks!
    Omran A: If you create the blog can you change my name to something else
    Omran A: It would be horrible to have people coming in and saying oh no it is you!
    Perry: Why, you were awesome. It is iWeb and this new, rammed down our throats long before it should have been, MobilMe that is the problem, not you. You were a real peach.
    Omran A: Thank you Perry
    Omran A: Thank you for chatting and I hope MobileMe services improve to meet your needs
    Omran A: And have a great day
    Perry: You can be certain that I do too! Thanks again!

    Yeah, if your Domain won't fit on a CD or you don't have space to save it, at LEAST set up Backup to annoy you at regular intervals. Once you've clicked cancel a few times due to wanting to get something else done, perhaps it will begin to wear on your psyche and guilt you into going ahead and doing it!

  • How do jpg files in a iWeb domain file get corrupted?  How can I stop it?

    I opened up my Domain file to work on my site and several photos were replaced by a grey box with an X and a question mark in the middle. I close iWeb right click the domain file and "Show Contents". When I inspect those files i get this message.
    *"Couldn’t open the file. It may be corrupt or a file format that Preview doesn’t recognize."*
    I did nothing to the domain file other then move it's location. All the extensions are still jpg or jpeg. I try changing them to png or tiff and I try to open them with every other image editor I have and still same message "Corrupt" file.
    Some of these are images from iPhoto and some are images from Finder. Some of the corrupt files are the thumbs others are not. Unfortunately I do not have a back up of this last large edit and additional pages and I have only published the previous edit to a local folder.
    I had this problem in iWeb '08 and in '09 while using 10.4.9 and iWeb '08 on my G5 iMac and now in 10.5.8 on the Macbook.
    What could I be doing wrong? Will moving the domain file from the desktop to a folder corrupt the jpgs?

    How can I get out of this loop?
    Try deleting iMovie's preference file. This can be found in your user folder Library>Preferences. The file is named "com.apple.iMovie8.plist". Close iMovie before trashing the file. When next opened iMovie will create a new file with the default settings. You may need to change some settings to suit your own preference.
    It's best to delete files from within iMovie - not externally using the Finder. But, rather than delete them, why not store your Events on an external drive - you may need to use some clips in another project later. Project files are quite small as they contain only text references to the various items (assets) that comprise your project - therefore there is little point in deleting them. Also, check out the "Consolidate Media" function in iMovie, which lets you move/copy everything associated with a project (including Events, music etc) to another location.
    John

  • I want to open a domain.site2 file outside the default folder (User/Library/Application Support/iWeb) with iWeb11, but iWeb only opens the domain file in the default folder. If I delete the default domain file, iWeb wants to create a new site. Help please

    I want to open a domain.site2 file outside the default folder (User/Library/Application Support/iWeb) with iWeb11, but iWeb only opens the domain file in the default folder. If I delete the default domain file, iWeb wants to create a new site. Does anyone have the same problem or know how to fix it?

    In Lion the Finder folder is now invisible.  To make it permanetely visible enter the following in the Terminal applicaiton window: chflags nohidden ~/Library and hit the Enter button - 10.7: Un-hide the User Library folder.
    For opening your domain file in Lion for the first time or to switch between multiple domain files  Cyclosaurus has provided us with the following script that you can make into an Applescript application with Script Editor. Open Script Editor, copy and paste the script below into Script Editor's window and save as an applicaiton.
    Just launch the applicaiton, find and select the domain file you want to open and it will open with iWeb. It modifies the iWeb preference file each time it's launched so one can switch between domain files.
    do shell script "/usr/bin/defaults write com.apple.iWeb iWebDefaultsDocumentPath -boolean no"delay 1
    tell application "iWeb" to activate
    OT

  • HELP! can't find my iweb domain file anymore

    tried to back up my iweb domain file. located a file called 'domain' (in the library--> application support--> iweb folder) and opened it to check the contents (it seemed too light). it was the wrong file, an empty one not the domain i have been using.
    when i migrated to this machine, i must have renamed my good old domain file, put it somewhere and set iweb to run with it.
    the problem is now that i accidently opened the wrong domain file, iweb is set to run with this empty domain file. i.e. all my pages and sites appear gone.
    i have no idea where my real domain file is.
    "spotlight" or "file-->find" are no help whatsoever in locating it (heck, they could not even locate the other 'domain' file... does spotlight not search in the library area of the HD?? seems really lame). it must be somewhere. it was just here a second ago. it's not in the trash either (which i have not emptied for a while).
    any help?

    hm, i tried Cmd-Shift-C and typing "sites2" in the search field.
    searching 'this mac' and 'file name' or 'contents' turns up nothing.
    i tried typing 'domain' in the search field also.
    also tried to search by 'kind' typing in 'iweb domain'. turns up nothing.
    not even the domain file which i know is there (the wrong one, in the library --> iweb folder) and is called 'domain.' and which get info tells me is of the kind 'iweb domain'. ireonically, only its alias comes up (which is not in hte library folder).
    as for spotlight, it only searches 14 categories of files, and you cannot add any .
    is it just me or is something wrong here? if you search for a file that is clearly there, but search does not turn it up, wouldnt it follow that the search function is no good?
    i also tried searching as 'contents' a phrase which i know is in on one of the pages in the domain. but no luck either.
    i have not deleted the domain file. i am positive about that. i just opened a different/wrong domain file. that in itself should not delete, damage or hide my domain. its just misplaced. the frustrating thing is of course that the sites are still all there published online! but i cannot change or update them without the domain file... (of course i have a backup from a few weeks ago, but would be nice not to have to start from that again...)
    any more suggestions on more effective searches? e.g. i know that the 'kind' is called 'iweb domain'. any search program that could do anything with that?
    thanks for the cmd-shift-c hint btw. will come in handy in other ways im sure.

  • IWeb won't open domain file

    Last week, we published our Web site via Mobile Me. This week, when we tried to modify the Web site, there is an error message saying that it can't open the file. If I trash the plist files in both the domain file and in the Library folders, iWeb will open fine, but it'll ask me to create a new domain file.
    We've been keeping the domain file on a Shared server so a few other people can update the Web site. They've been downloading the domain file to their local computers, editing the Web site, then placing the edited domain file back into the Shared folder.
    Why would this not be working this week where it's been working fine the past 4-5 weeks?
    I'm using Snow Leopard (I know others have had problems with Lion).

    We've been keeping the domain file on a Shared server so a few other people can update the Web site. They've been downloading the domain file to their local computers, editing the Web site, then placing the edited domain file back into the Shared folder.
    How do you know the doman file you download to work on is the latest?  If two users are making changes at the same time and one then uploads to the server and then the other uploads the domain file will not have all of the changes.  How to you control that?
    The problem could be some kind of permission issue.  Try running  BatChmod   on the domain file with the settings in this screenshot and try opening it with iWeb again:
    Click to view full size
    OT

  • Why does my iWeb Domain file not open in my laptop?

    I'm having trouble opening my iWeb domain files on a different computer (which I need to be be able to do). I've looked at the other relevant discussions re iWeb domain file editing issues . The problem seems to be (I think) that I have no Library folder in my home folder. Nevertheless, when I open iWeb on my main computer, my website is there. When I copy that file and try to open it from my Macbook Air, all that shows in iWeb is junky stuff I've done on my Macbook in iWeb. My actual website is nowhere to be seen. I've checked the size of the Domain file too, to make sure I've copied the right one and I have. And does anyone know why I neither have a Lbrary folder in my user folder on my Mac Mini or my Macbook Air?

    In Lion the Library folder is now invisible. To make it permanently visible enter the following in the Terminal application window: chflags nohidden ~/Library and hit the Enter button - 10.7: Un-hide the User Library folder.
    For opening your domain file in Lion or to switch between multiple domain files Cyclosaurus has provided us with the following script that you can make into an Applescript application with Script Editor. Open Script Editor, copy and paste the script below into Script Editor's window and save as an application.
    Just launch the application, find and select the domain file you want to open and it will open with iWeb. It modifies the iWeb preference file each time it's launched so one can switch between domain files.
    do shell script "/usr/bin/defaults write com.apple.iWeb iWebDefaultsDocumentPath -boolean no"delay 1
    tell application "iWeb" to activate
    You can download an already compiled version with this link: iWeb Switch Domain.
    WARNING: iWeb Switch Domain will overwrite an existing Domain.sites2 file if you select to create a new domain in the same folder.  So rename your domain files once they've been created to something other than the default name.
    OT

  • "short" urls and multiple domain files

    In http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=655367&tstart=0,
    Apnewbie said:
    "If you have separate sites with separate Domain files and published separately to .Mac, they will be listed on your iDisk in alphabetical order and your short .Mac url will point to the one at the top of the list on the iDisk."
    I'm thinking about splitting my domain file, as my sites are growing large and it is time consuming for iWeb to recreate all the pages when I've only changed one site. I'd like to keep a particular "site" (consisting of one page with links to my other "real" sites) at the top of the list so it is always what appears when folks go to my short url. Are than any non-alphanumeric characters that I can use at the begin that won't cause problems for browsers?
    Does this mean that if my preferred "top site" is in domain file A and I publish domain file B after I've published domain A, the "top site" will still be the site at the short url?
    Also, can somebody please remind me again how to use a link in the forums here but have text other than the full url show up? I think I've done it before, but I've forgotten.
    iBook G4 14 in   Mac OS X (10.4.7)   iMac 400 MHz G3 OS 9.2.2

    Apnewbie said:
    "If you have separate sites with separate Domain
    files and published separately to .Mac, they will be
    listed on your iDisk in alphabetical order and your
    short .Mac url will point to the one at the top of
    the list on the iDisk."
    I spoke too soon on this and a correction is needed. When you publish to .Mac using individual Domain files, your short url will point to the most recently published index.html file, which will then take you to your most recently published site. I tested this just prior to that last statement in that post and my browser cache tripped me up here.
    I'm thinking about splitting my domain file, as my
    sites are growing large and it is time consuming for
    iWeb to recreate all the pages when I've only changed
    one site. I'd like to keep a particular "site"
    (consisting of one page with links to my other "real"
    sites) at the top of the list so it is always what
    appears when folks go to my short url. Are than any
    non-alphanumeric characters that I can use at the
    begin that won't cause problems for browsers?
    I don't think that's necessary; you can keep a copy of the index.html file which points to your preferred site and place it back on your iDisk after publishing any site to force your short url to point to the site of your choice.
    Does this mean that if my preferred "top site" is in
    domain file A and I publish domain file B
    after I've published domain A, the "top site"
    will still be the site at the short url?
    Again, the short url will point to the most recently published index.html file in .Mac. Sorry for the confusion.

  • How to fix a Domain file that will not open

    We have a Domain file on our Mac Mini that will not open - iWeb keeps saying that it cannot be found, even though it is in the Library/Application Support/iWeb folder. I transferred the Domain file to my GS, and I get the same response - if I switch back to the original Domain file (on the G5), all is well. Obviously, the Domain file from the Mac Mini has gotten corrupted, but cannot determine the exact problem (though I think it may be the index.xml.gz file). I've reinstalled iWeb, checked permissions, deleted (and re-created) the associated plist files - nothing. Unfortunately, our company's web pages are in that Domain file, and cannot perform some much-needed updates. Any help that can be offered would be most appreciated!!

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