Domain.sites file

I've been poking through the discussions trying to solve my issue, https://discussions.apple.com/message/15079651#15079651, and have found that the domain.sites file should be in the library/applications support/iWeb folder.
My new/additional problem is I have no iWeb support folder. I looked through my Time Machine backups all the way back to December of last year and have no folder. There is also no file named domain.sites anywhere in the backup.
Any ideas on why not? Also, any ideas on how I can get iWeb to start working again would be a big help.

To be more precise, the file should be in :
~/Library/Application Support/iWeb/
folder (note the uppper/lowercase characters and the missing s in Applications) where ~ is your Home directory.
If you copy that line and do Command-Shift-G in the Finder, paste the line and hit Return, you'll end in the iWeb folder where the Domain.sites2 file should be.
Whether or not the file is backup'ed is another matter.

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Quite a few people are moving to other drag and drop style editors like Sandvox and RapidWeaver although they aren't really any better - just more expensive.
I advise people not to use iWeb for new sites and just to keep it going to update existing ones until they are defunct or rebuilt some other way.
I quit using iWeb about a year ago due to the fact that it, and similar apps, can't create responsive designs for mobile devices although I did figure out a stop gap design for iPhones...
http://www.iwebformusicians.com/iWeb/Mobile-iWeb.html

Multiple domain.sites files

Any reason I shouldn't rename my domain.sites file in order to create and work on another site? I could just rename the files when I switch back and forth. I'm building a site in exchange for lessons and don't really want to keep it around all the time..... plus I'll turn it over to them someday anyway. Good, bad, indifferent?

No problem with that. Rename each domain file to match the site name it contains. You can then put them both in the default location, your User/Library/Application Support/iWeb folder, and drag that folder into the Dock. When you want to open Site A click on that folder in the dock and select the A.sites2 file.
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If my guess is not wrong, I had the same problem and after "googleing" for long hours and reading barely all the post I basically will have to disappoint you. Apparently there is no solution. It seems to be some corruption with the index.xml.gz file and unless you are a hardcore programmer and manage to edit that file at "code-level" there is no human solution available for restoring that file...
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I'm using iWeb '08 and have read some of the forums about how to transfer sites. Trying to design a site for my sister. I've read some of the other questions on this topic and people say to transfter domain.sites or domain.sites2 file. I can't find either. Someone explained it was in the library/application support/iweb folder. Well that folder doesn't even exist on my computer. Any help is appreciated.

Make sure you're looking in the right Library folder. It's the one in your home directory, not at the root level of the boot drive: User/Library/Application Support/iWeb.
It's the folder that looks like this in the icon mode:

Manage multiple Domain.sites files

Is there any cool utility to manage multiple iWeb Domain files ?
In .Mac, is that possible to publish the site Site_A based on one Domain file and to publish just after the site Site_B based on another Domain file ?

XoruX
Take a look at this thread: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=414637&tstart=15
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Can I change where iweb looks for it's domain.sites file?

as Title. I Assume it would be an item in the plist for iweb, if it's possible. Thanks!

Even simpler than that....read the Apple bulletin...it's a good summary.
Basically if you move your domain file to another location, all you have to do is double-click on it to launch iWeb. From that moment on, iWeb will remember the location of this "default" domain file, until either you move it or you "bless" another domain file as the default by the same method.

Accessing domain.sites file from idisk

Hi, all! Merry X-mas!
I just got a new MacBook (yay!) and I would like to work on my various websites. However, my desktop with my files on it is 3,000 miles away. Is there a way to open iweb on my new computer and access my various domains here using my idisk?
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Hi Lisa and Merry Christmas!
If you had copied your Domain files to your iDisk, you could download them to your new laptop and open them with the iWeb application. Beyond that, unless you know a way to hack into the system on your desktop machine...
I keep mine (Domains) on a usb thumb drive that I always carry with my laptop. You can even click on them straight from the drive and iWeb will open them for editing and publishing.
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I've looked over a lot of postings, but I can't figure out what I should do once I have the Domain.sites file, and I've put it in the same place on my new computer but I get the message: "Can't Open File."
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What system are you running on your new Mac?
OT

Help-moved Domain.sites2 file, lost content wife's site

Hi,
This is about my wife's MAC so it is even more serious because it's my fault. I'm her IT guy but I don't know her iWeb projects very well. I helped her get started and once her site launched a year ago, all has been great and I stopped studying/learning iWeb. Now I'm in trouble.
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Now the problem...(if you don't already see it coming). I went back to open her personal site to make sure it would open directly from the new "personal" folder - it's new home. It opened with NONE of her site info. Totally new site - all her content gone.
First thing I did was quit. Opened my ftp (cyberduck) went to her mobileme account and downloaded the entire "SITES" folder.
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The first time you open iWeb it creates a Domain.sites2 file in :
~/Library/Application Support/iWeb/
where ~ is your Home directory.
Anything you do in iWeb is stored in that file.
When you move the file to another location, for reasons only you know, iWeb cannot find it and offers you to find the Domain file or create a new one.
You can also double click the file you moved to open it in iWeb.
iWeb will remember it the next time you open iWeb.
If you start moving files around and creating folders for whatever reason and lost track, then retrace your steps to the point where it went wrong. If in the process you created multiple copies, then open them one by one and see what's inside.
You can have multiple domain files, I have 57, for any reason you desire. They are not linked and are fully independent of each other. It's up to you how you organize these different files and remember what they are for.
If you publish the Sites in each domain file to MobileMe, then the last one published will be the default Sites. If Sites in different domain files have the same name then it is surprise, surprise which page will be deleted, updated or added on the server.
Downloading the Sites (the HomePage folder) or the Web/Sites folder (where iWeb publishes the pages) from iDisk is useless in this respect, since it does not contain anything usefull. You cannot import webpages back into iWeb.
[The concept of iWeb Sites|http://homepage.mac.com/wyodor/.Public/The concept of iWeb Sites.pdf] (pdf)

IWeb 2009 - Crash & Domain.Site possible corruption?

I was working on a webpage that I publish to my MobileMe account. Created the Welcome page, no problem, when I got to the "My Albums" is when my crashing problem begain. Something regarding a Kernal Exception (SGID).
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Created Album on "Sites" list in iWeb.
Selected a template from presets.
(this is where the problem began). I dragged a MobileMe Gallery I created in iPhoto, into the templates "drag and drop album here" element on the Album page in iWeb.
The Domains.site2 file it was using, would crash iWeb everytime.
I deleted (moved Domains.site2) to trash, and iWeb would once again, load.
I created another site, saved it, then moved it to another folder, so I would be prompted by iWeb to create or choose a domain site.
I chose the Domain.site2 file that had been causing the iWeb crashes, and it loaded.
When I attempted to select the album page under "My Albums", it would crash everytime. But I could at least still load iWeb. But there was no way to remove the "corrupt?" album page from Domains.site2. So basically, I had to start over.
Now, I go to create a new Domain site, I publish it to my MobileMe web/site. But the Domain.site file could not be found anywhere! Perhaps, instead of using ".site" or "site" as the root name, I named it "The Art of t.king", caused this?
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2.) Do the suffices of Domain.Sites have to be "sitesxxxx"? is this why I lost my last Welcome page / Domain.TheArt_oft.king? (it shows on mobile me browing "/web" contents.

InterAd wrote:
How can I find the real domain file? or is it gone?
Welcome to the discussions. Try using Spotlight to search for the latest Domain file. ...It has an extension (usually hidden) of:
.sites2
But Spotlight doesn't look in all areas of the hard drive — so if no luck, download and run Find File to search for ".sites2".
InterAd wrote:
Can I recover the file from the published site?
No.
Or do I have to rebuild it from scratch?
You'll have to if you can't find the Domain file.
And it's not only your Domain file that you may lose; as someone wrote:
"Be very careful with those domain filed. You lose them and your toast."

How big domain.sites can be without problem?

Ok. My site right now is just 60 MB so I wonder How bigger can it get?
Because until now I haven't had any problem using iWeb but people frequently is posting problem with publishing and alike.
So sometimes I'm afraid of getting in problems if my sites get larger.
Can you show me how big is your website in iWeb please?

MacFirePro2:
Welcome to the Apple Discussions. I have a number of iWeb domain files that are above 100 MB going up to 256 MB. 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 original Domain.sites files before starting the splitting process.
This lets me edit several sites and only republish the one I want.

How to create .sites file after the work is done?

I've lost one or two of my sites regarding to this problem.
I just know that I need .site files if you need to come back and modify it later.
Any way to create domain.site files?

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IWeb deleated site file

I was trying to publish a site to a folder and I kept getting an "unknown error.' So I ran disk utilities and restarted and when I opened iWeb after the restart all my site files were gone and it prompted me to start a new site with a new page. Now all of the html and images etc. are still saved in the folder from the last time I was able to publish but there is no iWeb file and since I can't inset code I can't just view the source and copy and paste back into iWeb. I searched using spotlight and the only "sites' file is the new one I had to create to open iWeb. Is there anyway to get my "domain.sites" file back?

Guessing your not running leopard and time machine?
If the domain file is gone and there's no backup you have a problem.
You might look in your library/application support/iweb and make sure the correct domain file is not there.
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IWeb 1.1(.1) and multiple Domain.sites

There are (still) a lot of references to Domain.sites resides in ~/Library/Application Support/iWeb folder, this is no longer true with iWeb 1.1(.1).
iWeb 1.1(.1) can handle multiple Domain.sites, and once you double click a Domain.sites outside of ~/Library/Application Support/iWeb folder, ~/Library/Application Support/iWeb folder is no longer needed (unless you double click the Domain.sites inside ~/Library/Application Support/iWeb folder, again).
Once you double click a Domain.sites outside of ~/Library/Application Support/iWeb folder, you can move iWeb folder out of ~/Library/Application Support folder, and iWeb WON'T create another ~/Library/Application Support/iWeb folder.
huh?

iWeb 1.1.x multiple domains handling is quite low
key, and for a good reason. Although, iWeb 1.1.x can
handle multiple Domain.sites, however, there is no
way (that I know of) to create a fresh Domain.sites
from iWeb.
Some one prove me wrong, please.
Hmmmmm, I AM able to create a new Domain.sites file using iWeb 1.1.1; see this Apple support article:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303670
I've got a number of different sites that I had been keeping in different folders in a new folder that I named "Sites" that I kept where the default Domain.sites file was stored, i.e.,
for "Site1": ~username/Library/Application Support/iWeb/Sites/Site1/Domain.sites
for "Site2": ~username/Library/Application Support/iWeb/Sites/Site2/Domain.sites
etc.
Prior to version 1.1.1, when I'd open one of the Domain.sites files, iWeb would automatically create a Domain.sites file in the ~username/Library/Application Support/iWeb folder, then when I was done making changes to that file, I'd have to copy it back into the subfolder. Now with version 1.1.1, iWeb does NOT create a new file but rather just uses the Domain.sites file from where it is opened and makes that the new default location. To create a new site, just move this folder containing the Domain.sites file that iWeb now uses as the default to a different location and start iWeb by clicking on the iWeb application: you'll then get a new site. If the last opened Domain.sites file was in the username/Library/Application Support/iWeb folder, then moved to a different location, and then you open iWeb by clicking on the iWeb application, you will be prompted to either "Quit", "Create Domain…", or "Choose Domain…"; click "Create Domain…" and you'll then be asked to choose a location for a new Domain file; select a new location then iWeb opens with a new site.
Hope I'm making sense.
Bob
20" iMac G5 Mac OS X (10.4.6) 1.8 GHz PowerPC G5; 1 GB RAM

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