IWeb won't save

I created two new blog entries and published them yesterday. Now I want to add pictures and text to those entries. I did so, and keep getting the message "iWeb can not be saved" I keep trying and ultimately it crashes.
Rusty

In the Search Discussions panel in the upper right of this page, enter:
The Document "iWeb" could not be saved
...and you will see many prior threads about this problem. The following thread says: "Found a real easy fix and It works for me."...
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=4371665&#4371665
...if that fix doesn't work for you, look at the other threads for suggestions.
Also, did you run "Verify Disk" in the Disk Utility app as suggested in this thread?...
http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=4748229#4748229
...just curious to know if it reported any iWeb-related errors.

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Hello,
I've been using iWeb for a cuple of years, and have been creating quite a few web sites by now.
Recently, i switched to Lion, and saved my Domain file from Leopard, to the fresh new copy of Lion.
But now, in Lion, iWeb won't save my work/changes.
I've modified a site 4 times allready. As usual, i used Cmd+S and/or File>Save in order to consrve my work before the actual publishing to the MobileMe Domain. When I modify and publish my web site, the changes are present on the online version, but after i quit the application, everything comes back to the old version of the web site in iWeb. it doesn's matter whether I save or my work with Cmd+S or File>Save, nothing works. Everytime I have to start from the old version of the web site and modify everything again.
Has anyone encountered this problem and can she/he provide a solution for it?
Thake you very much for your time!

No, I have only one Domain file. Inside this Domain file, there are 2 sites. But for the past year it has been the same, and it worked well under Snow Leopard.
The Domain file (saved from Snow Leopard), i copied it to Users/user_name/Library/Application Support/iWeb. Of course, I overwrote the existing one (the sample one that comes with iWeb by default).
As far as I know, this should be the wright place to put it. Proof is that after installing Lion and putting the Domain file in the above named folder, iWeb recognized the Domain file and showed me my 2 web sites.
So i guess the problem doesn't come from here. It must be something different...

IWeb won't save properly - permissions issues

I moved the domain file to another user account on my laptop and then changed the permissions on the file to enable me to carry on working on the file under the new user account - however I've just read these posts that I should have changed the permissions IN THE ORIGINAL USER ACCOUNT BEFORE i moved the file. This could explain why it doesn't seem to be saving now. I make changes and publish, but the new changes don't publish and when I reopen the file in iWeb inone of the recent changes have been saved, despite me clicking FILE > SAVE, before closing iWeb down.
Oh dear, can I put this right? or do I have to start all over again creating the entire site in my new user account.

No, I have only one Domain file. Inside this Domain file, there are 2 sites. But for the past year it has been the same, and it worked well under Snow Leopard.
The Domain file (saved from Snow Leopard), i copied it to Users/user_name/Library/Application Support/iWeb. Of course, I overwrote the existing one (the sample one that comes with iWeb by default).
As far as I know, this should be the wright place to put it. Proof is that after installing Lion and putting the Domain file in the above named folder, iWeb recognized the Domain file and showed me my 2 web sites.
So i guess the problem doesn't come from here. It must be something different...

IWeb won't save my domain

I recently had my computer reformatted from Snow Leopard to Mountain Lion 10.8.2. I backed up via Time Machine and now want to bring the two sites I was working on in iWeb back so I can continue working on them.
After adding Domain.sites2 page to the hidden user/library/AppSupport/iWeb folder I opened it up in iWeb. All appeared to be fine until I went to save it. It read "iWeb is unable to save this domain".
I've tried this:
delete the iWeb preference file, com.apple.iWeb.plist, that resides in your Home()/Library/Preferences folder.
go to your Home()/Library/Caches/com.apple.iWeb folder and delete its contents.
launch iWeb and try again.
If that doesn't help continue with:
move the domain file from your Home/Library/Application Support/iWeb folder to the Desktop.
launch iWeb, create a new test site, save the new domain file and close iWeb.
go to the your Home/Library/Application Support/iWeb folder and delete the new domain file.
move your original domain file from the Desktop to the iWeb folder.
launch iWeb and try again.
But neither of those soloutions worked for me. I also changed the permissions, but that didn't work either. I've searched online and nothing I've come across seems to help. What else is there? I'm sure I'm missing something that is simple...I just don't know what it is.
Any help would be great.
Thank you.

Holy crud!! I solved the problem. After 24 hours of working on it. Here's the deal just in case others ask.
I literally tried everything everyone was telling me...nothing worked. I sent it to a friend of mine (running, as I am, the latest version of ML and iWeb) via Dropbox. I had to, of course, zip the file in order for him to be able to get it. He opened in up, put it in the App Support / iWeb folder and opened it up on iWeb. He hit File / Save and it worked!!!
So I had him send it back to me the same way...it works fine now. Not sure how or why. Again, I was able to open the file and make changes, it just wouldn't allow me to save the changes. Something about the ziping of the file (I'm assming that's what it was) made whatever the problem was go away.
You guys probably understand this much more than I do, but I figured I would tell you what my solution was just incase you run into it again.
Thank you for your help.

IWeb Can't Save Images

I did an erase and install of Leopard in early November. I couldn't save with iWeb after installing. I installed upgrade (10.5.1) and still had the problem. Because of additional problems with internet speeds and always having to reset the cable modem, I reinstalled Tiger. Everything is back to normal but I still can't save when I make changes to iWeb. Specifically:
Drag a photo from media into an iWeb photo page.
Type a caption.
Try to save and an error message comes up. "Couldn't save image." and the jpeg number. When I continue the page appears as it should with the photo and caption. However it won't save with repeated tries.
When I quit iWeb, I have to choose "Don't Save" to get it to close but it has saved a place holder for the photo and the caption I've typed.
When I go to the website there is a white-space rectangle where the picture should be with the correct caption.
When I reopen iWeb it looks the same with a white-space rectangle where the photo should be and the correct caption.
I also tried exporting a photo from iPhoto to the desktop and dragging it into iWeb from there but that didn't work either.
Any ideas on what I can try to fix this problem?

I did an erase and install of Leopard in early November. I couldn't save with iWeb after installing. I installed upgrade (10.5.1) and still had the problem. Because of additional problems with internet speeds and always having to reset the cable modem, I reinstalled Tiger. Everything is back to normal but I still can't save when I make changes to iWeb. Specifically:
Drag a photo from media into an iWeb photo page.
Type a caption.
Try to save and an error message comes up. "Couldn't save image." and the jpeg number. When I continue the page appears as it should with the photo and caption. However it won't save with repeated tries.
When I quit iWeb, I have to choose "Don't Save" to get it to close but it has saved a place holder for the photo and the caption I've typed.
When I go to the website there is a white-space rectangle where the picture should be with the correct caption.
When I reopen iWeb it looks the same with a white-space rectangle where the photo should be and the correct caption.
I also tried exporting a photo from iPhoto to the desktop and dragging it into iWeb from there but that didn't work either.
Any ideas on what I can try to fix this problem?

IWeb won't open-cannot find "index.xml" file

I've been having kernel panics lately and ran off my hard drive to another Mac (iMac) -not using migration assistant-and upon returning back to my main computer (MacBook Pro) and after diligently saving my Domain file, iWeb won't open because it cannot find the "index.xml". I have the site up on my idisk and when I open up the package in Domain, there's plenty in there. How do I get back to where I was-an iWeb site that I can manipulate.
Any way I can get what I do still have to work? Or do I have to make my site from scratch again even though I have loads of files all over the place and only this one missing?
I think Apple needs to tell us "how" and "what" to save when we need to vacate a computer because of kernel panics and the like-wouldn't you say? I ALWAYS suffer from something missing when I have to put the OS back on the computer from scratch-not to mention hours of wasted time downloading updates again and having to find keycodes and various application discs!
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Welcome to the discussions, RPashman.
I got this message before when I was editing multiple Domain.sites. I believe it happened when I tried to Publish when the Domain was not in the iWeb folder. During the Publish, it places a Domain file in the iWeb folder (maybe because it has to publish from there even though the actual file is elsewhere??) and if anything goes wrong, iWeb when it next opens will default to that improperly created Domain.sites file.
Check in the iWeb directory (Library/Application Support/iWeb/Domain.sites
) and see how large the Domain.sites file is. If it's something under a meg, then maybe this is what happened to you. Move it out of that directory (I held mine just in case) then relaunch iWeb. Since there's not a Domain.sites file there anymore, it should ask if you want to create one or open an existing one.
Not sure if this happened to you, but it's possible. It happened to this user as well.
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=4178327&#4178327

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To open your domain file in Lion, Mountain Lion or Mavericks or to switch between multiple domain files Cyclosaurus has provided us with the following script that you can make into an Applescript application with AppleScript 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
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You can download an already compiled version with this link: iWeb Switch Domain. Note: you may have to Control (right) - click on the app after uncompressing and select Open due to the Sandboxing feature of OS X. If you have problems with the app create your own with AppleScript Editor.
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.
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 and Yosemite go to your Home folder and use the View ➙ Show View Options menu to bring the this window:

HELP! iWeb won't open-

HELP! iWeb won't open- it says "Domain.sites" is invalid. The index.xml file is missing. And then immediately closes. can anyone help?
thanks,
s.

To open your domain file in Lion, Mountain Lion or Mavericks or to switch between multiple domain files Cyclosaurus has provided us with the following script that you can make into an Applescript application with AppleScript 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
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You can download an already compiled version with this link: iWeb Switch Domain. Note: you may have to Control (right) - click on the app after uncompressing and select Open due to the Sandboxing feature of OS X. If you have problems with the app create your own with AppleScript Editor.
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.
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 and Yosemite go to your Home folder and use the View ➙ Show View Options menu to bring the this window:

My new iWeb won't recognize my website, gives error message

UPDATE: After more reading, I found the only ".sites" file I have on my computer (Library/Application Support/iWeb/Domain.sites2), and opened it in iWeb, which prompted me to choose a background for my site as if I were creating a site. It looks like I'm missing this .sites file for the website I already made.
Is there a way to recreate this .sites file? Does it exist on my remote server?
Thanks for your help.
Old news:
I upgraded to Snow Leopard, and my friend installed it for me. He made a backup of all my files, but may not have used Time Machine.
Now iWeb won't recognize the website I created in iWeb. My website's folder appears in my directory under "Sites", and all files appear to be there.
When I open iWeb, it says "Can't open file "~/Sites/[mywebsitename]/assets.http:--www.mywebsitename.com.plist" then immediately closes.
Message was edited by: Bulletproof_tgr

If you're trying to open one of your published site files then that's why you're getting that message. iWeb can't read html files.
Is the size of the Domain.sites2 file large indicating it contains your site and its components. A new domain file with just 1 page will be around 200 KB. If the size of the file indicates that it is your domain file
Try the following:
close iWeb.
delete the iWeb preference file, com.apple.iWeb.plist, that resides in your Home/Library/Preferences folder.
go to your Home/Library/Caches/com.apple.iWeb folder and delete its contents.
reboot.
launch iWeb and try again.
If that doesn't help continue with:
move the domain file from your Home/Library/Application Support/iWeb folder to the Desktop.
launch iWeb, create a new test site, save the new domain file and close iWeb.
go to the your Home/Library/Application Support/iWeb folder and delete the new domain file.
move your original domain file from the Desktop to the iWeb folder.
launch iWeb and try again.
If you can't find a backup copy of the Domain.sites2 file that existed before the installation of SL you'll have to recreate 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 recreation of the site.
OT

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