Iweb replacement

I've built several sites using iWeb, but Apple's move to iCloud will kill blog comments, so I'm looking elsewhere... any recommendations?
I have to be able to build a site with multiple blogs Specifically:
On http://www.mouzon.com, I have a blog where I archive news, a bunch of blogs where I sell our house plans (one blog for each plan type,) two blogs for our image collections, a blog that is our book store, three blogs that describe our services, and a conventional blog where I talk about the things that might be interesting to those that follow our work.
I do similar things on originalgreen.org, newurbanguild.com, and guildfoundation.org, taking blogs to places they don't normally go.
I did all this in iWeb, knowing almost nothing about html. Is it possible to replicate these sites with some other tool without dedicating months of my life to learning html? Or is it even possible at all?
And is there any chance of iWeb living on in some other form, like Filemaker did with a new company, or any chance of Apple launching a pro version? Some word of this could keep me as an Apple customer and not cause me to waste tons of time migrating elsewhere.

Apple are not getting rid of iWeb, just MobileMe publishing.
iWeb is an app and you can still continue to use it. You just need to upload your site to another host such as GoDaddy or HostExcellence etc.
You are correct that Blog comments won't work - they were MMe only, but there are alternatives, such as adding http://www.intensedebate.com as a comment system instead.
You could always consider using WordPress as a blog instead and just linking to it from your website - this is what I have always done and I have managed to change the templates in WordPress, so they have the same colours and look of my website.
Have a look at http://www.weebly.com too.
You don't need to look for an alternative to iWeb yet. It's an app and will still work.

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State of iWeb replacement options...other ideas?

Like many others, I've been searching for an iWeb replacement. Here's my next findings:
Sandvox - way too dumbed down (can't even set page widith).
RapidWeaver - not WYSIWYG (editing is separate from layout), can't modify templates easily.
Muse - best candidate, but still in beta (and that subscription model....)
Freeway Pro/Express - WYSIWYG but not free layout (i.e. can't put an image where you want it - it flows with the text) - still requires knowledge of HTML, tables, etc.
Dreamweaver - heavy duty, not remotely free layout, requires HTML knowledge.
Flux - Dreamweaver done right, but still requires knowledge of HTML layout, and doesn't do free layout.
In other words, there's no decent iWeb replacement out there right now that I can find. Here's what 'decent' means in my mind:
1) Able to publish to any server
2) True WYSIWYG (edit and preview together)
3) Able to do basic site formatting (like page width) without hand-editing CSS (or breaking open app bundles)
4) Able to do drag/drop placement of images and text without futzing with tables, etc (i.e. free layout).
Maybe in sum, what I'm looking for is an iWeb that generates good code :-).
Have I missed any options?

I have played with a bunch of different iWeb replacement programs. I have a product brochure that I am transferring to a web page and I have tried it in just about all of the packages you mentioned (just not dreamweaver or Muse). In Sandvox and Rapidweaver, I gave up; I could not get the programs to display what I wanted. Kind of a shame because the interface seems very nice otherwise. I was pretty convinced that Flux was the best I was going to get. Flux is overall good and gives a lot of flexibility. It is not as difficult to learn to be productive as it might seem given its easy access to the HTML code being generated. As discussed above, putting stuff in div elements and walking them around the site is pretty easy to do. I have tried to get fancy with a few things, but each time, I got twisted to the point that my project became un-workable. I can accept that this is because I am not a code guy, but then again, I am also looking for something that helps me avoid code as much as possible. I was disappointed that after I got my site organized in Flux the way I wanted it, I could not get it to display correctly in either Firefox or Safari. Not sure what I did wrong, but was not about to start over. I am sure I can get there with Flux, but I think they still have some work to do before the program is really a viable option for non-developer / weekend designer types like me.
I was very surprised how much I like Freeway. I think this is the way to go. I have been playing with the pro version and I can drag photos directly in and place them anywhere without any trouble. I can mask (or crop) easily with drag and drop simplicity too. It is not too bad getting into the tables when I need to to modify page sizes or HTML text details. Right now, I am pretty enamored by Freeway as a replacement. I think it is very well done and I was able to generate my brochure very quickly without ever using the program before. I should give credit to Flux for some of that. After the time I put in with it, I picked up a little bit about styles and site organization that helped me understand better what I was doing in Freeway.
As a benchmark, it took me about 3 hrs to create my page in Flux (but again, it did not publish well in the two browsers) and about 45 min in Freeway from a cold start (and the page published fine). Sandvox and Rapidweaver Did Not Finish because I could not get the layout I wanted. I will try Muse as well as the standard version of Freeway to see how those compare.
For reference, I created my page in iWeb in 20 min. I have no idea what the code looked like, but it published as expected and seemed fine for my purposes. I too will miss that program.

Is Iweb replacing homepage?

Is Iweb replacing homepage? If not, which is better and what is the difference!

the biggest difference is that homepage is web based whereas you upload you files to you idisk and construct the pages online, which can be done from any virtually any computer (even a pee cee) anywhere.
Iweb is created on your computer and the final product is uploaded to idisk or a server. It can be updated from other locations or computers (apple), but you would need the "domain" file created by iweb and the ability to run iweb.
The comments I've seen don't indicate that apple is doing away with homepage, but who knows.
Iweb is a lot more flexible than homepage and hopefully as it goes thought a couple of updates they will work a few problems out.

IWeb replacement suggestions

My iWeb website has grown long in the tooth. I am looking for software that a photographer with no website creation experience can use (which is why i used iWeb). I have looked at the WordPress templates but they look a bit involved. Maybe they arent once I get in to them. My site is obviously going to have numerous (as in hundreds) of photos.
Thanks!

Gary ~ Consider the suggestion in this post:
What happens to iWeb when there's no MobileMe?
Here's just one of many photographer's sites made in Weebly:
http://photographybykellimorales.weebly.com
...More can be found by doing THIS.

Hard drive dead with iweb site inside. new iweb site replaced my old site!

Is the old site a gonner? I had published the site with a personal domain, hosted with mobile me. When adding a new site, iweb replaced my old one. the old one was my business portfolio. the new one is just a single property advertisement.
why dont I see my old site on mobile me? (even before I published this new one)

I don't believe so. Not unless the new site had the same name as the old/business site. Mount your iDisk and check inside the Web/Sites folder for your personal and business site folders.
What type of domain name forwarding are you using? If your business site is in a different domain file than the personal site the last published site will have the minimal URL for your MMe account: http://web.me.com/yourMMe_AccountName/.
You may have to change your domain name forwarding to include the business site name in the URL: http://web.me.com/yourMMe_Account_Name/Business_SiteName/.
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Is there going to be a replacement for iWeb?

Now that iCloud is in and iWeb will soon be out, does Apple plan on replacing it with some other web building app?

No. All indications are that Apple is going to cloud sharing and abondaning the website and DVD methods of sharing. But there is Life After MobileMe. The iWeb replacement that I decided to go with is Flux.
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I am trying to edit my website which was composed in iweb. I have my website saved on my hard drive. When I open iweb, I can't seem to load the website folder into iweb for editing purposes. Anyone know a quick solution to this?

I am trying to edit my website which, was composed on iweb about 2 years ago. I have the website stored on my hard drive. When I open iweb, I can't figure out how to load the website into iweb for editing purposes. Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks

You need to migrate to a modern, supported webpage development application and leave iWeb behind. It hasn't been supported for 2 years now and was behind the curve feature wise when it was dropped by Apple.
One app that many have migrated to because it is very similar to iWeb in the GUI and features is Everweb. It has a demo version that you can try. Text and photos from you current published site can be copied and pasted into Everweb to help the migration over.
There are other possible candidates. Just search the iWeb forum for "iWeb alternative" or "iWeb replacement" to get a list of topics discussing them.

IWeb can't find previous pages after transfer/reinstall

I recently got a "new" (read: my husband's previous) MacBook Pro and lost some of my files/folders due to a problem during the transfer. I had to reinstall iWeb and now it won't find the pages I had created and published previously with it. The pages are in their own folder (SuzWebPages) as I had to manually restore them instead of letting the computer copy everything over. When I open iWeb, it can't find the pages. I have looked through other help topics on this and tried moving the SuzWebPages folder to the iWeb folder in Home Folder/Library/Application Support/iWeb and renaming it to a .sites2 file, but iWeb still doesn't see the folder/site/pages and opens with the choose a new page screen. When I right-click and choose Open With on the actual pages, iWeb is grayed out.
I went from Yosemite 10.10.1 to the same version. I had to reinstall many programs which did not transfer or were corrupted, such as MS Word, Safari, and Mail, but all were able to find my previous files although none retained my information.
Any suggestions? I can provide any further information needed.
Thanks in advance,
Suz

The file/package you need to have for use with iWeb is called Domain.sites2. The folder containing your published webpages is of no use with iWeb.
If you still have your old Mac go to your Home/Library/Applications Support folder and look for the iWeb folder. It will have the domain file you need. Copy the iWeb folder to the same location on your new Mac and launch iWeb.
Otherwise you'll have to rebuild your webpage from scratch. If you have to do that I suggest you switch over to a new web development application as iWeb has been discontinued for about 2 years.
One app that many have migrated to because it is so like iWeb in its user interface and how it works (but with many more features) is EverWeb. There's a 30 day demo version that you can try to see if you like it. To recreate your website with it you can copy text and photos from your existing site and paste into the EverWeb version.
For other potential iWeb replacement apps search the iWeb forum for "iWeb alternative" or "iWeb replacement".

IWeb '08 and Maveric

Hi there i am having issues with my new MAC that has Maveric on it.
In my previous MAC OS 10.6.8 i had iWeb '08, which application does not work with the new Maveric. I was told by Apple support to find the iLife '09 or iWeb '09 which should solve the problem.
Can anyone help me with the iLife'09 or iWeb'09 download please? Apparently the '09 is also discontinued
Thank you
Stamena

You'll need to purchase a copy of the iLife 09 or 11 disk from a 3rd party retailer like Amazon.com or eBay.com.
If you think you'll ever be interested in using iDVD then get the iLife 09 version as it's the only one that contains all of the themes available from iDVD 1 thru iDVD 7.
However, you might consider at this time switching over to a more modern and full featured web creation application as iWeb has been discontinued for 2 years not and is nearing end of life.
There are numerious replacements for iWeb and most have been discussed here in the iWeb forum. Just search for "iWeb replacement" or "iWeb alternative".
One thagt many have gone to is Everweb which is very iWeb like in its user interface and it's drag and drop feature. However, Everweb is strongly supported by its developer and has many more advanced features than iWeb had. It has a demo version you can try.
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Moving on...Alternative to iWeb to suit my requirements

Hi guys,
I was wondering whether many have escaped from iWeb since they have announced they are not supporting it anymore?
My website today seems to have a problem displaying and think it may be related to me recently migrating to iCloud from mobileme. All I did to it last night was try and update the SEO
Obviously needs fixing so looking to start again rather than fix it.
Has anyone any experience with alternatives, who have actually used iWeb?
I've done a little googling a found RapidWeaver, it seems the way forward, I've seen a lot of other photographers use SmugMug too, can anyone comment on experience of any of these or other alternatives?
What I really want from it is some easy way of using it on my macbook and my iMac, it took too long to do this with iWeb also. I have a wireless hard drive if that helps the problem, and could I transfer my current site over or would I really have to start all over again?
I've just realised I can access other pages but not the home one, heres what I have now so hoping to match that and hopefully improve on it somehow
http://www.scubysnaps.com/Scubysnaps/Gallery/Gallery.html
Thanks in advance for your help

Sorry havent worked out a way to properly quote you on this forum so copied and pasted below
"Just one thing - iCloud and MobileMe should not be affecting each other in any way. iCloud does not offer web hosting, so your site is still hosted on MobileMe until next June."
Yes I know this, I fixed the bug in my site now, so I have 6 months to make a new version still, I could just host it elsewhere (my domain name is with 123-reg so I may as well use them), but it may be a good move to upgrade at this point as iWeb will start to look updated and if Apple do not keep updating the software it may fall behind with lots of things, whereas something like Rapidweaver seems well supported and would always be upto date with new technology etc
"Also, it is not an iWeb replacement that you should be worried about either - yes, it is correct that Apple will no longer support iWeb, but remember that iWeb is an application and if you have this application on your Mac, then you can still use it whatever - it works with both Snow Leopard and Lion."
yes I realise that, think I've replied to this above
"If you really want to look for alternatives, then yes, RapidWeaver is a possibility, but remember that you cannot start with a blank page, you'll need to use a template and although it might look cheap, there are lots of add ons and this can make it very expensive in the long run. Like iWeb, it can't import either."
What do you mean when you say "it cant import either"?
"The other programme to look at is Sandvox and then something like Freeway Pro or Express and all these are avaialble in the Mac App Store. If you want something more complex that can import code, then take a look at Flux. This is available from the Mac App Store too, but you can purchase it more cheaply from the company itself. There are online instruction videos and a pdf help document."
Could you give me an example where I may need to import code? is this similar to adding HTML snippets to the templates? I know limited HTML but not sure what u mean
"You can then look at the online website creation packages such ashttp://www.weebly.com or if you get a new host, the CMS's or Content Management Systems - when you purchase hosting this can be installed very easily on your server and will include such things as Joomla, Drupal and WordPress.org. WordPress.com is the online alternative."
Has anyone an example of a Photography site with weebly? can it be worked offline then uploaded later, if I had no internet connection?
Thanks for your help

For those using iWeb without .mac

If you don't like the slideshow offered by iWeb when you don't publish to .mac, cheer up because there is a way to replace it.
iWeb dumps a folder called "SlideShow_assets" into your published folder. You can replace that with whatever favorite javascript or flash slideshow package you want, it just needs to get the image urls info and current slide index from the opening photo page.
I kinda like http://www.couloir.org/js_slideshow/ which is open source under the Creative Commons 'Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0' License. I adapted it to work with iWeb. Here's an example:
http://www.codemanic.com/iweb/Europe/La%20fotografia.html
You can use the same if you like, download here:
http://www.codemanic.com/iweb/SlideShow_assets.tar.gz
Whenever you publish with iWeb, replace the SlideShow_assets folder provided by iWeb with this one.
enjoy
uwe
powermac g5 2.3 dual core Mac OS X (10.4.4)

Can I use this slideshow if I DO publish to .mac? I
couldn't find a "SlideShow_assets" folder, but I did
find a SlidShow_assets.html file which I replaced,
but that didn't work.
I don't think so. I don't have a .mac account so I cannot test (my trial period already expired too ). I looked at other people's .mac slideshows to spy how it works and the slideshow for .mac is slightly different. slideshow.html already has a js context with the images array, it doesn't take them from the opener context. So it's harder to just override the file. The code is a little different but I'm sure it could be modified to work... (unfortunately I don't have time to pursue this, so I'm not volunteering, sorry).
powermac g5 2.3 dual core Mac OS X (10.4.4)

IWeb R.I.P. - best options?

With Apple's disgraceful treatment of iWeb/MobileMe users (they have bluntly refused to tell me whether they will continue developing iWeb or the hosting they currently do on MobileMe - surely they must have SOME idea???) does anybody have any recommendations for an iWeb replacement?
I've looked around and find RapidWeaver a bit opaque, whilst Sandvox and Freeway look better... but what I cannot gather is which is best in terms of non-template use, widget availability, slideshows, contact forms and, most importantly search engine optimisation.
Does anybody have any experience with any alternatives should iWeb, as is widely expected, be scrapped?

You could try going down the CMS route if you already have a domain name and some hosting space with somewhere like GoDaddy. If you do this, then you could try out Drupal or Jooma.
You could also try WordPress, but try http://wordpress.com rather than .org. WordPress is predominantly for blog, but you can create a whole website there including a blog without too much of a problem and you can also link domain names too.
You could also check out things like http://www.weebly.com or http://www.posterous.com. These are all online options to be check out including WordPress where you don't need the domain file.
Other than that as you have already said, there is RapidWeaver, which is meant to be good with lots of online support and tutorials. Can be a bit expense with all the add ons that you have to buy. Not sure about Sandvox or Freeway. Freeway Express is available in the Mac App store for about £17.99, but if you go for Freeway Pro, that will set you back about £70.
You could always try Dreamweaver but that is rather a large learning curve and perhaps RapidWeaver is a better in between option.
Someone posted earlier about something called JimDo at http://www.jimdo.com that are helping people to transfer iWeb sites. Check that out. I'm not really sure what that is all about.
Having said all this, iWeb is an app and will continue to work in spite of MMe and whatever happens. The app should still work with Lion, as they are designed to work with intel Macs and ultimately you have another year to find out, so don't do anything hasty.

Font and text handling in iWeb.

Hello, everyone.
How are fonts and text handled by iWeb ? I am now working on a website and have chosen to work with Gil Sans as one of my primary fonts.
Is this font included as default in a standard installation of Windows ? What about OS X ?
In case I create iWeb pages using this font what will happen when I publish these pages ? Will they be preserved as text ? In this case how will this font be handled by Windows and OS X ? Will the OS's replaced the absent font with another one ? What would the selection of a replacement be based on ?
Or will iWeb replace the text created in Gil Sans with an image of the text to ensure that the display of the web page follows my intended format ?
Thank you in advance,
Joseph

Here is a list of websafe fonts:
http://www.ampsoft.net/webdesign-l/WindowsMacFonts.html
You might want to google 'web safe fonts' and compare other lists to that one just to check.
1. I think you're talking about ALT tags. You could do this as a workaround but it would still be slow loading, and search engines would index it as images, so your text would appear in Google images for example. You might also want to consider whether anyone might need to copy and paste any of your text at some point, and whether you'd ever need to print pages (they will be more ink-intensive and lower quality).
2. You can embed fonts in your webpage; however this only works on PCs and Macs running Windows: http://www.sean.co.uk/a/webdesign/embeddingfonts_inwebpages.shtm
Another way around it is to offer an install of the font (check it's shareware and don't forget to offer both Mac and PC versions) and recommend to your visitors that they install it.
Also remember that whichever font you use, a visitor may have altered their browser settings to display your text differently anyway.

I need a program to create a website. Is there iweb? Thank you

I need a program to create a website. Is there iweb? Thank you Beautiful

iWeb has been discontinued by Apple for nearly 2 years. You would be best served to try one of the apps that have been discussed in these forums as "iWeb alternative" or "iWeb replacement". Just search this forum for those two phrases to get a list of discussions.
One app that many have migrated to is EverWeb because is if very much like iWeb in it's user interface and operations. It is much more advanced than iWeb ever was. It has a 30 day demo version you can try before purchasing.
Most of the other apps discussed as alternatives or replacements also have demo versions available.

Using iWeb for holiday home rentals

Hi any tips or experience for when using iWeb to promote
A holiday home rental?

I have done a couple of rental sites in iWeb:
http://jeffnitschke.com/orange2/home.html
http://www.spokaneonsale.com/hawaii/Home.html
But, I am now slowly making a transition to Adobe's Muse (it is one of the more expensive iWeb replacements but, it has some fun features built-in)
http://jeffnitschke.com/jeff_muse/moyie.html (click on a room to change the photo or swipe on iOS)
And playing with rotating backgrounds http://jeffnitschke.com/testing/

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