Hosting your IWeb site

Hi,
I want to change my local IWeb site and upload it to a server host....(For example: "http://www.machighway.com") Will I be able to upload files just as they are locally and drop them unto the server? Otherwise, who offers the most affordable monthly plans for hosting an IWeb Site

What's affordable depends on how much you want to spend and where you live.
Here's one for starters. Its free and if you like it you can pay for it and get a free domainname :
www.000webhost.com
I use several of these webhosts, besides MobileMe.
Or do your own webhosting. Either on your own computer or on an external one.
Since I was in need of backup anyway I bought a Synology DS211 NAS with two 3TB Seagate harddisks.
bit.ly/pDg4Ka
bit.ly/oFa9j5
It has all the bells and whistles to run your own show. I just need to learn how to bell and whistle, lots of UNIX inside.
Today I got the mailserver up and running with my own domainname, so now you can reach me too.
The coming months I start migrating my website from MMe. But first I must get aquainted with some httpd.config directives I want to use on my current computer before I configure the NAS.
So lots of fun ahead.
Here are the pictures, BTW

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Hosting Your iWeb Site From Your Mac

If you don't have a .Mac account or you don't want to pay a monthly fee to host your new website you created with iWeb, you can use OS X's built-in Apache Web server. To accomplish this, follow the steps in the link below.
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I was able to get this to work, using the same configuration you mention. The way I did it was to set up the IP address on my LAN using fixed static addresses, and to have the router "forward" the http packets to the Mac running Apache. In Network system preferences panel, you also need to set the DNS servers address to the address of the router on the LAN. In order to reduce hackers trying to break in, I don't use the standard port 80 for my address, but use some other 4-digit port (e.g., 8182), so my website address ends up looking like www.whatever:8182. Instead of "no-IP.com" I used the free dynamic name service from http://www.dyndns.com/. I also put the web content on a firewire disk, which requires a little editing of the httpd.conf file. This was another security precaution. Anyhow, its been working great -- not a single problem. Also, Weblock is great shareware that lets you assign login IDs on the web folders.

Hosting your iWeb site with a third party

Where is the best place to host my iWeb site so that I can get it indexed by the various search engines? Apparently, .Mac blocks spiders and therefore I cannot get my site to come in search results. Obviously, my primary goal is to have my site prominent on google. I would like to find a host that would submit my sites for me if possible. Thanks.

.Mac doesn't block spiders. You have to get rid of the iWeb standard navigation and build your own.
Create a sitemap and upload it to Finder/Go/iDisk/My iDisk/Web/Sites.
The URL for your sitemap is ...
http://web.mac.com/username/sitemap.xml
... and the URL you submit to Google is ...
http://web.mac.com/username/
Rage Sitemap Automator will create the map, upload it and enter it into the four major search engines..
http://www.ragesw.com/products/googlesitemap.html
A more basic, and cheaper, version is iMap...
http://guimkie.com/projects/imap/
Or you can use the freeware Carto and do all the hard work yourself....
http://www.freemacware.com/carto/
Lots of information here...
http://alyeska.altervista.org/en/iWebiWebGoogle.html

Is there a way to have files available for download on your iweb site?

Ok here's the question. If I wanted a image file or music file to be available for download on your iweb site.....would that be possible?
Kind of like when you go to a website and sometimes it has a link you can press to download a file. If you click the file then the "save as" or "download" window opens depending on your browser.
Is something like this available on an iweb site? If so then how would you create something like that? Any help would be appreciated.

audiophiler,
There are two ways to link to files with iWeb. The approach that iWebFaq outlines results in iWeb making a copy of the file in question and storing it in the domain.sites file. Then, when it publishes your website, it puts a copy of the file in the right place in the folders it publishes. Visitors to your site then download that copy.
You are correct that you can put things in your public folder of your iDisk for download. But the process of linking to those files is different. When you set up the link in iWeb (using the inspector) you need to choose "external link" and provide the url of the file in question.
For more background on the differences between these approaches, and the advantages of each, see this thread. That thread also has some good links for sorting out what the url of the files in your public (and other) folders of your iDisk are.
kabing
iBook G4 14 in Mac OS X (10.4.9) iMac 400 MHz G3 OS 9.2.2

When icloud replaces mobile me, will it stop hosting all iweb sites.

When icloud replaces mobile me, will it stop hosting all iweb sites.
If so, what are the millions of iweb users meant to do.
From the notes I have seen, kindlyt sent out by apple, we need to buy Domain space on servers now.
Are there any better ways?
I really hope apple can update iweb, as its an amazing apple app, and if they do it may make the pain fo having to live without mobiel me hosting a bit easier!

It is now is apparent that iWeb, and iDVD, will no longer be supported by Apple. This is evidenced by the fact that new Macs are shipping with iLife 11 installed but without iWeb and iDVD. iWeb will still continue to work but without the following:
Features No Longer Available Once MobileMe is Discontinued:
◼ Password protection
◼ Blog and photo comments
◼ Blog search
◼ Hit counter
◼ RSS Feed Widget
All of these issues can be replaced with 3rd party options.
There's another problem and that's with iWeb's popup slideshows. Once the MMe servers are no longer online the popup slideshow buttons will not display their images.
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However, Roddy McKay and I have figured out a way to modify existing sites with those slideshows and iWeb itself so that those images will display as expected once MobileMe servers are gone. How to is described in this tutorial: #26 - How to Modify iWeb So Popup Slideshows Will Work After MobileMe is Discontinued.
I would imagine that iWeb and iDVD will be dropped from future boxed versions of iLife if there are boxed versions. However, there may be some copies of the boxed iLife 11 still on the shelves that would include iWeb and iDVD. Those two apps were listed in small, gray text on the iLife 11 box that I bought.
OT

How do you hyperlink a rollover to another page from within your iweb site?

Ive made a bunch of rollovers for my iweb navigation bar. If youve created a rollover you know you have to link the images to a image hosting site. here as you would just normally drag and drop a image from your desk top. Because of the way iweb works, if you are using images from a image hosting sit, you can no longer adjust the characteristics of the images i.e. colors, size, and in this case the hyperlink. More specifically you cant change the hyperlink to a page within the iweb site.
So the problem im trying to figure out is how to link the rollover to a page within my iweb site.
now you can actually change the hyperlink of the rollover. however you must do this by adjusting the html within the snippet of the rollover. The problem i found is that iweb doesnt creat sub domains for each page. a entire iweb site with multible pages uses only one domain which is the homepage. so i cant just type a subdomain of another page into the snippet hyperlink because the subdomain doesnt exist.
here is the link to my site. youll notice i did figure out a work around with the "contact us" button but its a huge pain in the butt. i had to create a new domain and a new site then attach the referal index.html to that new domain. todo this for every single button is very difficult.
http://springgardenranch.tk
so i guess the bigger question is, is there a easier way to do this?
perhaps if there was a way to create a subdomains like springgardenranch.tk/contactus withing iweb for each page. but i dont even know if thats possible.
thanks for you help.

Because of the way iweb works, if you are using images from a image hosting sit, you can no longer adjust the characteristics of the images i.e. colors, size, and in this case the hyperlink.
Then use your own images. Then you can create them the way you want.
Here's how I do it :
http://cafenoir.atspace.com/Hover/
And here's the menu in an iWeb page :
http://cafenoir.atspace.com/HNBF/
And here you can learn how to do it. Follow the links to the How-To pages.
http://cafenoir.atspace.com/
You may have to learn HTML. CSS, JavaScript, AJAX, DOM and how iweb creates its webpages.

How do I go about hosting an iWeb site on my own domain?

I have never "posted" or tried to post anywhere on Web before. Forgive me if I don't follow a protocol that I should.
I just published an update of a site. The original site I can't change by myself. I made the new one on iweb thinking it would go to www.capellidanglifoundation.org - instead it is found at this unwieldy place: http://web.mac.com/marciareidmarsted/CapellidAngeli_FoundationSite/Welcome.html -
I did make a Netscape site in 2001 which is now at http://www.aboutmyhair.net, but someone else did the uploading for me.
how do I post to my own domain?
I have made another updated site. It is ready to upload to www.marciareidmarsted.com - and I don't want it to go to another long address.
I thought they had fixed it at the apple store at West Farms Mall, but I guess not.
Thanks for any help you can give - I did see someone with the same problem, so it is probably not that unusual.

If you want to put your site on a server other than .Mac, here are some tips:
http://homepage.mac.com/thgewecke/iwebserver.html
If you want to use .Mac to host your site but have your personal domain name point to it, the basic info is here:
http://help.apple.com/mac2/1/help/member/pgs2/memfmsetgen367.html
Which approach do you want to use?

Can i host an iweb site elsewhere

Hello
i was wondering if i need to have a mobile account to host a iweb website or can i host it elsewhere.
thanks

No, you don't need a MobileMe account — you can post your site elsewhere.
To find out how, in Web, click on the Help menu and choose +iWeb Help+. Then click on +"Publishing and viewing your website"+ and then on +"Publishing to a server or hosting service other than MobileMe"+.

Hosting for IWeb Site

I created a beatiful website using iWeb - don't get me wrong, .Mac is great, but not what I am needing to promote my business. What are my options for getting my iWeb site onto the WWW? What hosts are out there that are compatible with iWeb?
Thanks,
Craig

nearly every host allows you to get your site online for iweb! common ones include:
http://yahoo.com http://godaddy.com http://1and.com http://strato.de
depending on your country - there might be better hosts!
here is how you upload your site:
http://karreth.com/iweb/Host%20To%20Other%20Than%20.Mac.html
max

Can BC host an iWeb site

A friend of mine is currently using iWeb for her site and I was wondering if I could take her files and upload them to BC and host it for her there?
Thanks so much!
Annette

Ok, this was a pretty basic site. I don't even think she had a contact form; just a home page, about us, and a couple other pages that had a couple pictures and text. So maybe that would translate over correctly? I was doing some research and it looks like in iWeb, when you hit publish it gives you the option of sending it to another host so do you think I might be able to send it to BC?
Sorry, I'm very new to all this! I use Muse for my sites but I'm trying to help a friend get her iWeb site back up and running (she took it down a few months ago) without it being too difficult for her.
Thanks so much for any help you can give.
Annette

Hosting my IWeb site after MME stops

I am looking to host my current website on a third party website before MME stops. I currently have purchased my domain from weebly, however I believe that weebly do not host iWeb sites. Does anyone have any suggestions as to who to use?

There's lots of options out there. Pick one with good tech support and make sure you order a Linux account. See this page for more info...
http://www.iwebformusicians.com/iWeb/Website-Hosting.html
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Have your iWeb site critiqued.

If anyone would like to have their iWeb site critiqued post it here. All graphic designers and professionals alike are encouraged to critique as well. I have been working as a graphic designer for over 8 years, and am working towards my masters degree in graphic design. I have strong knowledge about typography and layout, and can offer constructive criticisms to help improve the look of your site. Anyone who is interested is welcome to post.

Juejuegirl:
I think you have some nice things going on here. What I like the most is the "Blog" page. I think the background here and the fonts fit your theme more so than the other pages.
An important thing in design is to be consistent, especially when designing a multiple page layout. This will bring the site together as a whole. Having the navigation menu change for each page can be a bit confusing and can "throw off" the viewer.
Maybe finding a page you really like (my vote is for the blog page) and matching the other pages to this style would bring the whole site together.
Also, you don't want to use too many different type faces. I would use the same font and style for subheadings throughout (say Garamond semibold 14 pt), and then for the paragraph text below a contrasting font (say Arial or Verdana 10 pt.) This will embed in the viewers head and they will be able to navigate through the site easily.
For example on the "who are we" page you have the subheading "who lives downtown", and then paragraph type below it. This looks nice, but then immediatly below it the next subheading "featured product" and its paragraph type changes. Make these the same throughout and your site will become more cohesive.
If you stick with the first page, bring up the blog button so the nav menu is on one line. Its hanging by itself right now, and needs to be with its buddies.
Hope this is useful. Nice job.

Can you put Keywords in your iWeb site?

I'd like to add some keywords to my iWeb site so that search engines can find me faster. I have looked this up in Apple help and a search for keywords and meta tags comes up with nothing. How can I put some keywords in?
janerain

"It’s easy to place relevant Google AdSense ads on your site and earn credit when visitors click them. Just complete the simple Google registration process, choose from a variety of ad formats and colors to match your site, designate areas on your pages, and ads will magically appear. You’ll be earning credits immediately."
...Quoted from here.

Your iweb site

I was just wondering if people would be willing to share some of their iweb sites as i created one, however i would like to see what others have done with it and gain more ideas and see possibilities within the program.
Thanks,

Hi All,
my first iweb site is about iweb : http://www.iwebeginner.com
Second one is my blog : http://www.zepatente.com
in http://www.iwebeginner.com if you want , i have a lot of exemple of iweb site made by Europeen users
Bye
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Hosting an IWeb site... and Other Q's

Hey all!
I'm about to start a small business in my town and i've played around with iweb before, and like many of the things you can do with it. I have a couple questions that i hope you guys can help me with...
1) * Biggest one - Does I web allow you to create a shopping cart and purchasing system for a buyer?
If So:
What is a good host to use so that i can create my own domain name?
How compatible is this host with mac's?
I found this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SB86uG3HmQk downloaded it and it seems pretty easy. Does anyone have any input on how good it is?
If Not:
Can i still use iweb to build a site like this then integrate this part in when i find a good host?
In your opinion what is the best host to use when waiting to build a site that is retail focused.
- I haven't been on here in a while, when did everything from .mac switch to mobile me? How is this working for those who use it regularly?
Lastly - My .Mac or Mobile me account is going to run out in 5 days will i loose access to this site and my email once it does?
Thank you!!

For more on E commerce have a look here...
http://iwebfaq.org/site/iWebBusinesssolutions.html
You will have to renew to keep your website published and your MobileMe email address.
MobileMe is not the best solution for publishing. Have a look at ...
http://iwebfaq.org/site/iWebFolderFTP.html
The author uses Host Excellence for hosting - me too.
Host Excellence has E commerce available as well as offering web mail and scripts to have feedback forms etc. Form mail will be pretty essential for your website and this cannot be done with MobileMe with out using, and paying for, an external service.
You will have better performance and reliability with a good web hosting service and they all offer tech support.
Publishing to a folder and uploading may seem like a lot of extra work but, if you use the best applications, you will find it easy and it also gives you the opportunity to optimize your files. This is essential for any commercial web site as people aren't going to wait for your pages to download.

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