How can I optimize an iWeb site? Has anybody used WebSiteMaestro?

G4 Dual PowerMac Mac OS X (10.4.9)

What ftp programme are you using to upload the site?
Also, where are the files being placed on the server - if they are not in the root folder on the server then they might not show up - (root folder could be anything from "public_html", "www", or "htdocs". This differs on all servers).
Also, when you published the site from iWeb to a local folder did you see all the files that iWeb produces - did you see firstly the Site folder, the separate index file? If you did, did you transfer this folder and file to the computer in question?
When you uploaded the site did you upload the whole site folder? If so, then you also need to upload the separate index file so that it points into the site folder - this needs to sit outside the site folder itself so that it points to the index file in the site folder.
If you don't want to upload like this, then what you can do is simply upload the contents of the site folder instead of the whole folder itself and place all the contents of the site folder - that being all the html file and the resultant css folders for each page to the server instead.

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I bought a new iMac. How can I move my iWeb site from my old computer to my new one. iWeb is installed on my new iMac.

iWeb stores the data in a Domain.sites2 file whose default location is shown here...
http://www.iwebformusicians.com/iWeb/iWeb-Tips.html
Move this to your new Mac.
See this page for info about using iWeb with OSX 10.7 & 8...
http://www.iwebformusicians.com/iWeb/mountain-lion.html

How can I save my iWeb site as an interactive doco for a presentation? It is not published to the net.

How can I save my iWeb site as an interactive doco for a presentation? It is not published to the net.

mashett wrote:
By interactive document I meant to function as a website with pages that are linked through what would be the hyperlink.
That's exactly what you would get. Create a folder with a suitable name: publish to it. Zip it; email it. Tell them to start with the 'index.html' file inside the folder. The rest will follow - they will see it exactly as they would see an online site, links and all.
Note that there is usually a 20MB limit on email attachments so if your site is image-heavy you might have a problem. An alternative is to post it to your webspace - you could post the zipped file and give them a link to it - that will download it (and it's a preferable way of handing a large file anyway, as they can download it at their convenience rather than being forced to in order to get their other mail).

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How can I make my iWeb site private with a password?

The inbuilt facility to do this disappeared with the demise of MobileMe. It is possible: some ISPs offer this facility (GoDaddy is one) so you should start by checking whether yours does.
If not, you can do it yourself provided your ISP allows you to add an .htaccess file to your foldere - not all do. Also it's not entirely straighforward if you are unfamiliar with the techniques involved.
This page describes the method:
http://www.thesitewizard.com/apache/password-protect-directory.shtml
Please note the caveats at the bottom of the page: this isn't a highly secure method and you should not rely on it to protect sensitive information.

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The cloud doesn't do website hosting. You need to publish your site via the iWeb FTP or to a local folder and upload to a hosting account...
http://www.iwebformusicians.com/iWeb/Publish-Website.html
http://www.iwebformusicians.com/iWeb/Website-Hosting.html

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ajnalight

Here's some additional information that may be of help to you: Life After MobileMe.
OT

How can I import my iWeb sites??????

I had a crash trying to install Leopard.
I have reinstalled the original OS with my new Intel iMac. BUT - how can I get my web sites back into iWeb? I REALLY do not want to have to recreate all these pages! It's insane! Is it just ME, or is there absolutely NO WAY to import my stuff in the folder (which I backed up, luckily)? Or do I have to recreate the sites YET AGAIN? Is there no way to make separate web sites so that they don't have to ALL be published in the same folder and have to save and resave and resave EVERYTHING over and over every time I do a new page, or update or whatever. It's maddening.
Judie

THANK YOU!
I just checked it out and it sounds too good to be true.
I won't do anything with it until I have Leopard installed, but it's great to know it's there and the PRICE IS RIGHT!
Also, about my install: We bought a 5 pack license and made a copy for me. SOMEONE didn't verify the disk and it obviously had a glitch. When it was checked it got to about 30% and I got a message that the disk wouldn't work. So I clicked whatever buttons I was told to and then got the blue/grey screen. It sat there so long I had to turn it off with the button. Perhaps it was trying to reset everything to before I tried the install, I don't know. So, the problem wasn't necessarily Leopard and my computer, but the disk to start with and perhaps I compounded it by not waiting for 28 hours for it to fix itself <G>. Anyway, I have to kick myself for not doing a back up of EVERYTHING, and my famous last words were "Nothing ever screws up with a mac."
Lesson learned. I will have a 500G hard drive next week and this will never happen again.
I will also disconnect all peripherals as I saw some people suggested that was causing problems. But, what is MOST annoying after the data loss is all the TIME that it takes to do this. I have work to do on this darned machine!
Thanks again for the RapidWeaver tip, tboelsklfte.
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I am working in Lion. I created two iweb sites - one for me and one for another user. I am trying to export the files to that user so he can continue updates. But when i make copies of the site it is linked to my site. How do I separate and export the files to him? Thanks!

HI Ben,
Unfortunately the other website - let's call it Charles - is not listed separately - it has somehow joined with mine. So if I delete his I delete mine. Something happened when I upgraded to Lion and they became joined' somehow.
I do see the file in Library but I still don't know how to separate them.
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Emily

How can I restore lost iweb site?

Hard drive had to be wiped - I did have a backup up of my "published" site, but not the ".sites" file that resides in the Apllication Support/iweb folder.
Anything I can do besides spending an entire day to rebuild from scratch?
By the way, how does Apple not recognize the ABSURDITY of not being able to save a file of your project?
It's also RIDICULOUS that you buy the iweb software but apparently can only design and upload 1 website. No other program works like. Has anyone at Apple ever responded to the criticism? (because I know I am not the first to find these features incredibly annoying)
Thanks!
OS 10.5.8
iweb '09

Unfortunately if you don't have a copy of the Domain.sites2 file you will have to rebuild your site from scratch. Chapter 2.3 on the iWeb FAQ.org site has tips on using some of the existing files, image, audio, video, etc., from the published site in the creation of the new site.
By the way, how does Apple not recognize the ABSURDITY of not being able to save a file of your project?
That's what backups are for, either for the whole drive or selected files/folders.
It's also RIDICULOUS that you buy the iweb software but apparently can only design and upload 1 website.
Where did you get that idea? I have domain files with 5 or 6 sites in them. However, only one can be published at a time. The capability of managing multisites in iWeb has been around since iWeb Version 1. Here's the contents of just one of my many Domain.sites2 files:
OT

How can i optimise my iweb site

how do I optimise my web site is the software in iweb? Is this done before I publish or after I publish through the FTP server host?

There are two types of optimization - search engine optimization and optimizing your files for faster download....
http://www.iwebformusicians.com/Search-Engine-Optimization/SEO.html
http://www.iwebformusicians.com/Search-Engine-Optimization/Optimize.html
The first is done post publishing and before upload. The second is best done at the same time but can also be carried out when the files are on the server.
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How can I share my iweb site I am creating online without publishing it on a host website?

I m working on my website with iweb, but I still haven't bought a domain from anywhere. I remember once I could publish my website on my local folder and then share it with a friend by sending the link. Now when I publish my website on my local folder I only get a local file. and no httpp address. If I go and visit the webaddress that appear on my search bar is file:///Users/... How can I make it http so that a friend can see it before I actually publish it with a proper domani www..
I hope someone understand what I am saying...I don't have mobile me btw.
Matteo

The website files have to be on an online server for them to be viewable by others.
There are some free hosting servers available. Most will put adds at the top of your site but might be sufficient for your purpose. Just do a Google search for "free website hosting" to get a list of them.
You might try setting up Web Sharing on your computer in the System/Sharing preference pane. It may or may not work depending on your internet provider:
Wyodor has used this method and can probably give you more info on how to set it up.
If you haven't purchased your domain name nor hosting service look at HostExcellence.com. It has a couple of packages that offer free domain names, unlimited storage and band with, email addresses. The Unlimited Business package is currently at $8/mo (a bit less than MobileMe was) and offers 3 free domain names. The economy package offers just 1 domain name at $4/mo.
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How can I import my iweb site into iweb on my new laptop?

I recently got a new MacBook Pro and transferred my files over from my PBG4 12-inch (great little laptop). However my iWeb files/site didn't seem to transfer over to my laptop. I found the files of on my PBG4, and thought I placed them in the correct folder on my one.
Every time I open iWeb it asks to start a new site. How can I import my old iweb site into it and continue with it? Is there a way of doing it? I've a read a few posts some talk about the file 'Domain' in the Home/Library/Application Support/iWeb folder.
If I copy that file over to my new MacBook Pro, will my site be in iWeb again? I greatly appreciate some advice. Thanks.
MacBook Pro Mac OS X (10.4.8)

Isotopecrunch,
Welcome to the iWeb forums!
You are correct about referring to the Domain file; this is the file that contains all of your work created in iWeb, and the file that needs to be transferred to your new MacBook. There are some notes on how to do this here.
Take the time also to make back up copies of this file, and keep them in a safe place.
Mark

How can I publist my iWeb site to a Windows Server? (FTP is not an option, neither is a Linux server))

So I need to publish my iWeb site to a Windows server on a secure I can't access directly. I believe I need to export my iWeb site to a local folder on my Mac, then transfer those files to the computer that has access to the server.
I tried this earlier today with the tech in charge of the system and we had trouble getting the files uploaded.
I don't get any error messages, the new site simply doesn't show up.
Can anyone offer any help here? I know that iWeb users have had problems uploading to Windows servers, but If you know of specific work-arounds to the problems encountered, please let me know.
Thank you in advance. Any and all help is appreciated!

What ftp programme are you using to upload the site?
Also, where are the files being placed on the server - if they are not in the root folder on the server then they might not show up - (root folder could be anything from "public_html", "www", or "htdocs". This differs on all servers).
Also, when you published the site from iWeb to a local folder did you see all the files that iWeb produces - did you see firstly the Site folder, the separate index file? If you did, did you transfer this folder and file to the computer in question?
When you uploaded the site did you upload the whole site folder? If so, then you also need to upload the separate index file so that it points into the site folder - this needs to sit outside the site folder itself so that it points to the index file in the site folder.
If you don't want to upload like this, then what you can do is simply upload the contents of the site folder instead of the whole folder itself and place all the contents of the site folder - that being all the html file and the resultant css folders for each page to the server instead.

How can people viewing my iWeb site print a whole slideshow?

I have several pages of photos and captions on my iWeb site. Many of these are slideshows which are guides to repairing / modifying cars for enthusiasts. The page shows the operations in easy stages.
People who use these want to print off all the photos and captions to take to the car so that they can follow the guide.
Is there a way of allowing them to print the whole slide show with one click. They don't want to select each photo and print it in turn. There are up to 40 photos on some pages.
Users will be using many different computers and browsers.

There is no built in way they could do that but you could assemble all of the photos used in a slideshow, and create a PDF file with each photo as a page. Then put a text link to the pdf file and publish. The file will be upload when the site is published and be available for download when the link is clicked on.
One way to create the pdf file is to use Combine PDFs which will take pdf files or image files and create a single document from them.
Another way you could present them would be to create an iPhoto book of the photos along with the necessary text. Then do a Print to PDF of the book while in iPhoto and you'll end up with a PDF file of the book that you can link to.
This test page has a pdf file that has been linked. It's located in the lower right of the page.
OT

How can I upload my iWeb site to 2 different domain addresses?

I have two different domain names, but I want to publish one iWeb site to both addresses.
I can't work out how to do it, I was thinking to duplicate the whole site but using the other address. Then I would have to make indiviual changes to both sites when updating content etc.
There must be an easier way to do this, I am missing something?

Your info says you use iWeb 08.
That means you publish to a folder.
If so, iWeb is not involved. You decide what to do with the published files on the desktop.
With iWeb 09 you only have one FTP address. To publish to another server you have to change the publish info.
But everytime you do that, iWeb will publish the entire site.
You can't have both. iWeb was not meant for that.
Anyway, you provided the solution yourself : duplicate websites for each server.
There's actually no need to make the changes in each site.
Make changes in one site, and duplicate the page to the other site.
Then publish.

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