Is maverick support iWeb and iWeb icons?

Question

I created a web site in iWeb - some time ago - had a problem and was ar that time instructed by a Apple tech to pull the "opening web page app" out of iWeb and place it in the folder of the site - 5 years later I installed Maverick - and now I cannot find that "page app" (sorry don't know the correct title) I do automatically backup to my external hard drive - but before I try to search it- I wanted to know if Maverick will support the necessary "page app" so I can get back into the iWeb files to update the web site - the thought of telling my client that I can't update or change her web site is enough to give me the shakes - Anyone out there have an answer for me PLEASSSSSE?!!!  thanks for any and all help Barb

Answer 1

Have no idea what the "opening web page app" is.  Do you have the iWeb application in your Applications folder?  If it's iWeb 2 it won't be compatible with Mavericks.  Only iWeb 3 is.
The file you need to have to edit a website is the file named Domain.sites (Web 2) or Domain.sites2 (iWeb 3) that is located in your Home/Library/Applications Support/iWeb folder.  That folder is invisible in Lion, Mt. Lion and Mavericks. Check in that folder now to see if it's there.
NOTE: In Lion and Mountain Lion the Home/Library folder is now invisible. To make it permanently visible in Lion or Mt. Lion enter the following in the Terminal application window: chflags nohidden ~/Library and press the Return key - 10.7: Un-hide the User Library folder.
For Mavericks, 10.9,  go to your Home folder and use the View ➙ Show View Optionsmenu to bring the this window:
If you find the library there and have iWeb 3 continue with:
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.
If the domain file is not in your current library: do you use Time Machine to backup your Mac?  If you do there's a way to recover that file from the invisible folder in the backup.  Let us know if you are using Time Machine or another form of backup.  In either case you will have to recover that file.
Suggestion:  since iWeb has been discontinued for 2 years now it would be prudent for you to switch to a currently supported application that has more advanced features to rebuild the site so you can go forward from here.  One application that many are moving to is EverWeb which is very iWeb like in it's appearance and operation, i.e. drag and drop, etc. There's a demo version you can try for 30 days to see if it will meet your needs.
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