Importing an iWeb site..

My mac mini went nuts and I ended up reformating it. But prior to this I saved my website. Now how do I import the site into iWeb? I really dont want to rebuild it again.

Joop,
Welcome to Apple's iWeb forum. Cool site you have there; I'm sure all your buds appreciate the work you have done getting this online.
Problem is, you can't import published stuff back into the iWeb app. You see, iWeb doesn't even write html until you click a publish command; then it draws on a single file, Domain.sites, which is where it stores everything you create in the app, and then generates the code necessary for rendering your pages on the web. It's not a true html editor like Dreamweaver or Golive.
Sorry for the bad news, but you will have to recreate the site. You may consider just creating a new site altogether, and having links in the new site back to the old one; but most definitely, from now on, back up this Domain.sites file so you don't run into this problem again.
-Mark

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I have just upgraded to lion on the macbook pro and was using 10.4.x on the desktop.
Is there any way to replace the files and work on the web site on the MBP?
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Much appreciate the feedback.
Thanks

As I said earlier, iWeb does not open/import webpages.
And yes, you need the domain file. The movie demonstrates how to move them to and from the default location.
And the page explains how to open the hidden library folder in Lion. Which is also discussed in the Lion forum and extensively in this one.

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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.
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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.
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Jorge ~ Welcome to the Support Communities. Apple says:
"iWeb stores everything in a Domain file, normally located in the ~/Library/Application Support/iWeb folder (although it can be moved). If you no longer have this file, you can view your currently published pages and manually recreate them within iWeb, but there is no way to import published pages back into iWeb. You can manually back up the Domain file, or use Backup to back it up.” (Source)
...If you don't have a backup of your Domain file (e.g. via Time Machine), paragraph 2.3 of this FAQ page gives some tips on how to use published files, graphics, photos, etc., to help rebuild the site from scratch:
http://iwebfaq.org/site/iWeb_Backup_retrieve.html

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The website data is stored in a Domain.sites2 file whose default location is Home Folder/Library/Application Support/iWeb. This is the file you need to transfer.
In Lion the Library is hidden and there is a slight problem with opening Domain files. See this page under "iWeb and Lion" for info...
http://www.iwebformusicians.com/iWeb/iWeb-Tips.html

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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.
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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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Ok to rant now and then; we all have at one time or another!
Maybe this will help: understand that iWeb doesn't operate like other web apps, in the sense that it does not write html as it creates. It takes the data you place in it and then converts all of it into html when you click the Publish button. In other words, iWeb does the Save As for you when it generates the html necessary for the web.
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OK thank´s for the reply!
/Fredrik
4 nov 2014 kl. 22:10 skrev Nancy O. <[email protected]>:
iWeb Site import to DW - livemode problem
created by Nancy O. in Dreamweaver support forum - View the full discussion
There's nothing pretty about the code iWeb generates. It's a sea of <div> tags and inline styles that expert coders would find difficult to work with. So yes. Re-building your site in DW with an external CSS file is an excellent idea .
Start with this 5-part tutorial:
Creating your first web site in DW CC -
https://helpx.adobe.com/dreamweaver/learn/tutorials/how-to/first-website-part1.html
Nancy O.
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Import sites to a Mac that already has created its own iWeb sites

Working different places I have been using iWeb on 3 different Macs. On these Macs I have created different iWeb sites, and now I would like to merge them all onto one computer, so that I can work with all of my iWeb sites from the same location. I have tried to find a way to import the sites from the other computers which I have backed up onto an external harddisk, but there doesn't seem to be any. I can easily enough move the content produced on one computer to another but that just deletes the iWeb content on the computer I am moving it to which is no good as I want to keep it.
And now we are at it: Is there a way to publish just one of the sites created in iWeb, so that you don't have to publish all seven of them every time you alter or update one of the sites?

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I use iWebSites to manage multiple sites.. It lets me create multiple sites and multiple domain files.
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