IWeb vs. competitors: suggestion?

Please, a suggestion for an absolute source code dummy and DOS (HTML, JAVA, UNIX, ...) hater:
Should I start creating webpages (for semi-professional use) with iWeb or Freeway Express / RapidWeaver / ... ?
I have read the controversy about iWeb's awful code output, but I am an absolute code illiterate and I'm not willing to learn it. I just want to handle this app like, say, InDesign - and I want the result to look good with every major browser.
Thanks a lot!
Peter
iMac G5/2/2000/250 Mac OS X (10.4.1)

Try this link it might be helpful...
http://www.macworld.com/2006/02/reviews/iweb/index.php

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If it is there, then drag your existing iPhoto app (not the library, just the app) to the trash
Install the App from the App Store.
Sometimes iPhoto is not visible on the Purchases List. it may be hidden. See this article for details on how to unhide it.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4928
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iPhoto the application and the iPhoto Library are two different parts of the iPhoto programme. So, reinstalling the app should not affect the Library. BUT you should always have a back up before doing this kind of work. Always.
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Problems with text in iWeb publishing much larger, or smaller than in iWeb (it is insane)!

More than a year ago I had a problem with my iWeb not publishing correctly: links to other websites would not open in a separate window as designed in iWeb. I got help from an AppleCare techie and after he did a lot of tests, he concluded I had a corrupted Domain file (which became apparent after I upgraded to OS Snow Leopard). I don't remember if I discussed with this techie another problem I had been having for as long as I had used iWeb, and that was "exploding" text: certain words, often italicized, would be huge, after publishing, relative to the surrounding text. Sometimes certain words, or sentences would be smaller than designed in iWeb. Through trial and error I would sort of solve these problems by enlarging text boxes, or making the offending word or phrase one text point smaller. Sometimes deleting the text box entirely, and starting over would work. And then there are the weird things that happen when my wife opens my website in Internet Explorer: things that make no sense and seem to be totally out of my control.
So, I've spent a long time rebuilding my website in this supposedly uncorrupted Domain file, and today I finally finished and published to my hard drive, checked it out, and the "exploding" text is there with a vengeance. So much so that I may just stick with my original ("corrupted") Domain file, the text problem on this new one seems even worse than the old one. Anyone had this problem? I meant to ask this question years ago, but got a bit lazy.
Another question is: I've heard Apple is going to discontinue iWeb. Despite my problems with the program, I rely on it. What are the options going to be for iWeb users?

Well you heard wrong didn't you!
Apple is discontinuing MobileMe, which is the hosting in favour of iCloud services which will not contain any hosting.
iWeb is an app and as far as we know you can still continue to use it - it will still work so carry on using it if you are happy with it.
If you want to look at other alternatives to iWeb, then others suggest RapidWeaver and Sandvox as being closer to iWeb - both are available via the Mac App store.
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I cannot open iWeb where I need to update my website.

My website is hosted by GoDaddy. But I developed it and keep it updated on the iWeb application. I have been having startup problems with my laptop and cannot even backup my files because Time Machine is not working and whenever I try to backup my files to an external hard drive I get "read/write error" messages for certain files or photos. It then ceases to backup the files not in error. So, I am in limbo. Without backing everything up especially the photos which are important to the website, I can't go further in doing a system wipe on the hard drive.
Any ideas on 1) opening up iWeb? 2) overriding error messages to allow backup of files to continue?
One last question. Does anyone know how one can transfer a a whole website application and its content to another website application without doing all the input over again? My website has over 1,000 photos and 7 line captions as well as numerous explainatory text.
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1: Don't erase anything, use another Mac or external boot drive to make sure you have a copy of your files, or use something like Data Rescue on another bootable drive or Mac to recover files so your sure you have them.
Create a data recovery/undelete external boot drive
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT1661
Consider your TimeMachine drive corrupted, because one can't verify it works to restore (like a bootable clone can) you won't know until it's too late.
2: Fix your machine once your files are safe off of it and the drive with your files is disconnected and verified on another machine.
Step by Step to fix your Mac
3: iWeb is discontinued, but yes you can transfer the files and use another program.
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of how to move iWeb sites to another host. In this New York Times article
David Pogue shows replacement options for MobileMe services, including iWeb. His suggestions were Jimdo and Weebly.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IWeb
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http://www.realmacsoftware.com/rapidweaver/overview/

Rollovers in iWeb?

Hi, I am a pro retoucher, and have looked around for an easy way to put images in some sort of gallery view, but with rollover effects displaying before images and after images if you roll the mouse over them.
Any idea if iWeb has any plans in ever putting this kind of thing in? (If they haven't already) I see there are HTML snippets one can embed and other fancy workarounds, but my HTML skills are extrmemly limited and can't see how I can integrate that into the galleries functionality as it's all backend coding stuff and I am very much front end designer...
May just have to learn the next best thing - SiteGrinder - as that is Photoshop converted to websites, and with Photoshop being my strength, seems the way to go, but even that requires a lot of time going thru the tutorials...
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Hover over the image on this page and see if this is what you are looking for:
http://web.me.com/phelpssculpture/Site/Resume.html
If this is what you're looking for, look at Old Toad's Demo's here:
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Can anyone advise on how to get a shopping cart on iweb please

can anyone advise on how to get a shopping cart on iweb please

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Clone an iWeb Site?

I would like to use an existing iWeb site as a template for another site, which will replace the first one. I want to leave the first on up online, and re-design it using the cloned site, then publish the new one.
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iWeb stores the website data in a Domain.sites2 file...
http://www.iwebformusicians.com/iWeb/iWeb-Tips.html
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I've got a website that was made in iWeb and I want to upload it to Google Page Creator as a non-homepage subpage. My problem is that when I publish the iWeb page to a folder, it creates subfolders for the graphics and extras. GPC doesn't support folders, so when I upload the page, it is missing its pictures, since the iWeb page is referencing the subfolder. I was told on GPC support forum that I have to specify in iWeb for the pictures to be referenced to the root directory of the page. Then I would be able to upload the page and all the pictures, and the page would still load correctly. How do I get iWeb to reference the pictures in the same directory as the page....or how do I get iWeb to output the page without the subfolder?

Thank you for your suggestion. I eventually hacked out a fix by editing the html code produced by iWeb like you suggested. I changed all subfolder references to point to the same directory the html file was in, then I moved (and in some cases renamed - both in finder and in the code) the files in the subfolders up to the html root folder. After uploading, everything looks and works fine. Except for one issue with IE6, which I have started another thread for. If you would like to help out with that issue as well, I would be extremely grateful! It's located here: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1359321&tstart=0
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After I installed the 08 iLife software, none of my previous web designs are listed (i.e carried over) in the new 08 iWeb.
Any suggestions on how to bring my previous web designs back into iWeb 08 would be greatly appreciated.
PS -
(1) I did download the latest 08 software updates & the problem still is there.
(2) All of my previous web designs are currently on my .MAC account.
(3) I saved all of the previous web designs to folders too.
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IWeb crashes when importing photo album

Every time I attempt to drag a photo album from the "Media" area (from my iPhoto library) into my "My Albums" page on iWeb, the program crashes. I get an error message that it says it is sending to Apple. I've tried reinstalling iLife '09 as well as checking for updates (I have the latest version of iWeb). Any suggestions?

Try Steps 5 thru 9 below:
Try the following:
1 - delete the iWeb preference file, com.apple.iWeb.plist, that resides in your User/Library/Preferences folder.
2 - go to your User/Library/Caches/com.apple.iWeb folder and delete the contents.
3 - reboot.
4 - launch iWeb and see if the domain file will open.
If that doesn't help continue:
5 - move the domain file from your User/Library/Application Support/iWeb folder to the Desktop.
6 - launch iWeb, create a new test site and save.
7 - go to the your User/Library/Application Support/iWeb folder and delete the new domain file.
8 - move your domain file from the Desktop to the iWeb folder.
9 - launch iWeb and try again.

IWeb '09 links jacked up....

Trying to create a website/resume. When others or myself, follow the links across the top in a sequential order, the links don't work.
<Home> <The Man> <The Musician> <The Minister> <Media> <Music>
When I click from Musician to Minister...links are dead. I have to go back to Home and then to minister for it to work.
Newby to iWeb. Any suggestions would be most grateful.
www.dominicmenard.com
Thanks,
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All I have are exported folders from iWeb. How do I import them back. Don't have extension.

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You can't. iWeb can't read or import HTML files, only create them. So, without the Domain.site file you'll have to recreate the website from scratch.
However, Chapter 2.3 on the iWeb FAQ.org site has tips on how to use some of the existing files, image, audio, video, etc., from the published site in the creation of the new site.
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The url for them is somewhere of homepage.mac.com like
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http://homepage.mac.com/jchiarelli/MyRecipes/ChristmasCookies/index.html
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Now i didnt see any mention of the url for homepages going away with the axe of homepages application, but i would like to be prepared and better integrated with iweb.
Any suggestions for integrating iweb with static html pages created by 3rd party apps?
Thanks Joe
Message was edited by: Joe Chiarelli

Joe Chiarelli wrote:
Any suggestions for integrating iweb with static html pages created by 3rd party apps?
Joe ~ Since iWeb can't import HTML pages, one suggestion is to publish your current sites to the same iDisk space iWeb uses by following the instructions in this Apple doc:
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...This would put your sites in Web > Sites folder and the URL would be:
http://web.me.com/membername/foldername/
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Import to iWeb

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~/Library/Application Support/iWeb/
where ~ is your Home directory : Command-Shift-H in the finder.
If the file is missing you have to start from scratch.
You can copy/paste the objects and text from your current published webpages to re-create your Site in iWeb.
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