Lost iWeb Template

My iWeb template for my website seems to have disappeared. I have searched high and low within this iMac to find it but cannot. I enjoy posting to my site and would like to continue to do so. Can you help me find my template or suggest other ideas?

When you launch iWeb do you get your web site? If not what do you get? If you do see your web site then the domain file has to be somewhere on your hard drive.
If you don't get your web site in iWeb and can't find the domain file that contains it you'll have to recreate your site from scratch. Read Paragraph 2.3 of this iWeb FAQ site for tips on recreating the site from scratch with some of the file from the online site: http://iwebfaq.org/site/iWebBackupretrieve.html
To help recover from a a similar incident in the future you should consider instigating a backup strategy. I've created an Automator script to copy the domain file to the Documents folder. It can be used after every session in iWeb so you have a current copy. Download it from Toad's Cellar.
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The cool little features in iWeb templates

Hi all,
I was just wondering how to get the cool little add-ons that the iWeb templates have on my site?
For example, iWeb has scissors on one of the sites. Their are also others like.. doodles, post its, "hello, my name is" I know I can simply cut and paste, but I'm looking for additional add ons. is there a stock pile of these somewhere on the web or maybe on my mac?

You can add scrolling banner text, blinking text, mouse rollover, Fancy Zoom, Show and Hide text and many other enhancements.
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I've lost iWeb and thus my web design. I must start from scratch. Should I reinstall iWeb 09 and use that, or is there a better way?

I've lost iWeb and thus my web design. I must start from scratch. Should I reinstall iWeb 09 and use that, or is there a better way?

The file you really need is named Domain.sites2 which resides in your Home/Library/Application Support/iWeb foldler. It's independent from the iWeb application. If it's not in there do you have a backup of your hard drive from an earlier time?
Resinatll iWeb 3 from the iLife 09 disk or wherever you got it from originally and then try what's described below:
In Lion and Mountain Lion the Home/Library folder is now invisible. To make it permanently visible enter the following in the Terminal application window: chflags nohidden ~/Library and press the Return key - 10.7: Un-hide the User Library folder.
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.
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Does and one know if you can change the navigation menu at the top of the iWeb template pages?

Does and one know if you can change the navigation menu at the top of the iWeb template pages? I need to make the background a little wider.

It depends on which template you use.
You can also hide the default navigation and build your own which allows more freedom of design and is better for search engine optimization...
http://www.iwebformusicians.com/iWeb/Navigation.html
Make sure you use web-safe fonts in your navigation...
http://www.iwebformusicians.com/iWeb/Fonts-Colors.html

Can iWeb templates be modified?

I last used iWeb to set up a travelogue in 2006. I have 3.0.4 ('09, I think).
I may be remembering why I didn't use a template before--because I wanted something I couldn't get with the templates.
Am I correct that I can't change a background or text color, or choose to center text which is flush left on an iWeb template?
Karen

Jeff, you're a prince. I've printed out your last posts & dragged & dropped the 2 samples to my desktop, from which I can then use them I was able to do the web browser background instructions. It worked! Cool.
I'm sure this will turn out to be embarrassingly self-evident, but how did you 'copy the page background image and paste it into preview'? It has no 'handles' allowing it to be selected. Nor could I locate 'Preview'.
Now trying the paper maneuver you explained, I'm a bit stuck. What do I select for 'Page Background? I now have removed the Formal Theme text boxes, have changed footer pixels to '0', and have a horizontal rectangle of the ivory paper there. How do I make it disappear so I can then replace it with the size-able box as you describe?
By the way, I noticed right off in your video was how you changed the width of the page immediately. How did you choose 900--and I forget the vertical pixels you chose but will check again. I hate how small the page content size is. Is there a 'standard' size these days for website width & height?
Again, thanks.
Karen

Free iWeb Templates and other goodies?

Hey, it's me again!
I was looking for FREE iWeb templates but I haven't been able to any find free ones or great ones.
Do you know where to get them?
I was also looking for other free goodies that are on iweb, such as little doodles and pieces of paper. You know what I mean?
Do you know where to get them?
You're always appreciated :)

Hello MissMacintosh,
MissMacintosh wrote:
Hey, it's me again!
Always nice to hear from you.
As you, I did an extensive search (3 months ago) on Google and Ask, only to find out that there is a poor choice of great / free templates for iWeb '08.
There are 1 or 2 "user understandable" manuals on how to make your own templates, but I found it less time consuming to choose the "blank" template from a theme, adapt it myself with the tools provided in iWeb and then copy this "custom adapted" template.
I know this is not the answer you are looking for but it is the best I can provide.
Hopefully, someone else has found the gold somewhere...
Kind regards,
Leo

Lost iWeb

Hi
I have completely lost iWeb from my Mac for some reason. Is there anyway that i can re-install iWeb either from the OS Installation disc or, from a separate iWeb i had purchased previously without causing damage or grief to all other programs?

The last Full back up the time machine did was a couple months ago. I have been having trouble with it. I did manage to find an older version of a "Domain.sites2" and that did open an iweb from that time so not all is lost. Thank you. One more question thou, I have all the backed up files (except the .site file because while in iWeb I not only published to .mac but published to a folder on the external hard drive. I brought those files over and when click on each index page it works great. Can't I write a .site to connect those pages to iweb if not how do I cut and paste the many pages as you suggest?
Why does iWeb give you the option to publish to a folder? What other things would you use this for?
Thanks again for the help

Lost DWT templates!!!

OK....I lost the template files for a rather large
site. Yes, it was a stupid thing to do. But, what I need to know
now is...is there any easy way to recreate them?
You see, I need to change the Spry menu object across the
site, but I cannot change it on any page except the main page
because they all use a template that I no longer have access to.
So, how do I change these Spry menus? Can I re-create the template
without screwing up the site?

Template files have no function on the server. It's not
likely you will
find it there.
If the template was made using Template expressions/Template
parameters, or
Optional/Conditional Regions, you're hosed. If it was not,
it's a piece
o'cake.
1. Backup your site.
2. Close all open files.
3. Make a duplicate of the aboutus.htm file
3. Select this duplicate file in the file list.
4. Do a find and replace in this CLOSED selected file for
each of the
following -
Find -

Replace -
with nothing
i.e., delete it.
Find -

Replace -
with nothing
i.e., delete it
Find -
<!-- Instance
Replace -
<!-- Template
You now have a template file. Rename it to 'template.dwt' and
move it to
the Templates folder.
Now you can open it and edit out the contents in the editable
regions before
saving it again.
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>>news:[email protected]...
>>>
OK....I lost the template files for a rather large
>>> site.
>>> Yes, it was a stupid thing to do. But, what I
need to know now is...is
>>> there any easy way to recreate them?
>>
>
>
> On Fri, 21 Dec 2007 09:31:13 -0800, "Randy"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>If it is a published site and you have ftp
permissions, can't you just get
>>a
>>copy from the hosting site? I thought the dwt file is
also saved on there
>>as well.
>>
>
> Not if the Template folder is cloaked
>
> F1 or
>
http://livedocs.adobe.com/en_US/Dreamweaver/9.0/help.html?content=WSc78c5058ca073340dcda91 10b1f693f21-7e9d.html
> --
>
> ~Malcolm N....
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Using iWeb Templates

I have found not only iWeb templates difficult to deal with, but also iPhotos.
Whenever I try to delete a certain saved area - a most important one - I cannot. If I select to utilize a photo template I cannot delete the photo area and when
I login to the website the slideshow puts up the template photos. This is very disturbing.
Also in iPhoto I cannot create a new folder or copy to an existing folder except the Library. If this is the case then why cannot I move photos to a newly created directory or folder after copying them to the library,
I am extremely new to MAC but totally competent with UNIX, LINUX, DOS, and all versions of WINDOWS, ( SADLY )!!
Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Ron

Ron:
Can you give us some information about what you're using: iPhoto an iWeb version, Quicktime version, the theme and page layout in iWeb, etc.
As far as dragging a photo into an album, where are you dragging from? If you're creating "folders" in the Source pane then yes, you can't drag a photo into them. Then will only take albums, slideshows, books, calendars, cards and other albums.
So instead of creating folders in the Source pane, create an album and put the photos into it. You can use folders to further organize the albums. But albums are the primary photo container (except for rolls of course).
What saved area are you referring to? If you've selected a photo page then yes, you can't delete the section that is used to house the photos for the slideshow. If you don't want that, create a new page with a different layout, Welcome, About me, or blank. Whichever works best for you. The blank lets you completely customize the page, background, etc.
Do you Twango?

IWeb template file locations, ect.

Where are the iWeb templates and other iWeb trinkets located on the HD? I checked the iWeb file in my library but it was empty. Some help would be appriciated, I think I might have accidently deleted them, and I don't want to go through with re-intalling OS X tiger for the third time. Thanks guys!

Where are the iWeb templates and other iWeb trinkets
located on the HD? I checked the iWeb file in my
library but it was empty. Some help would be
appriciated, I think I might have accidently deleted
them, and I don't want to go through with
re-intalling OS X tiger for the third time. Thanks
guys!
I'm not sure what has happened to your iWeb installation, but it sounds like a reinstall of iWeb might be in order. I don't think you would have accidentally deleted the templates on your own. Though, I have actually heard of people losing their templates after updates, especially from iWeb 1.1 to 1.1.1.
The straightforward, no-nonsense recommendation from me would be to do a reinstall of the iWeb application itself. You DO NOT need to reinstall the whole OS X system. If you have the iLife'06 disc, then use that. If iWeb came preinstalled on your computer, then use your OS X install/recovery disk. But don't select to reinstall the whole system...just select "Install Bundled Software Only" and then customize for iWeb only. This will reinstall iWeb 1.0 in all likelihood.
Then download the iWeb 1.1.1 update dmg directly from Apple and apply it immediately after installation of iWeb...
http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/iweb111.html
Hopefully after this process, your iWeb templates will reappear.

How come my iweb template is half the size of my web page is their any way to expand it.

How come my iweb template is half the size of my web page is their any way to expand it.

The Inspector is the blue circle with the I.
The Inspector has 10 icons.
Each icon represents a purpose :
Adding hyperlinks,
Changing the textformatting,
Changing the width and height of objects,
Changing the page settings,
If you're familiar with a wordprocessor you will recognize most icons.
There's also an often ignored word in the menu bar : HELP
See if that helps you any further.

Make an iWeb template wider

hi there
i use the iWeb template "vergilbtes papier" (should be something like "yellowish paper, but not sure" for my site www.thesourcethailand.com. i would like to make it wider, as this works with many templates, but obviously not with this one. if i try it it results in 2 segments. is there a trick?
thanks
george

hi captain wyodor
i see - your experience in building ships is good not only on the sea. and yes, i heard of web design before - this is when captains don't sail anymore?
anyway i am happy you have become a web designer (sooner or later i might end up there too, as i don't want to ask other people toooo much), since you obviously have the creative ingenuity. so i will gladly follow your recommendation. in fact i tried a bit already and did exactly what you said and it looks like this will solve the problem once i will do it properly (almost have it). the question: do i need to make 2 separate pictures? one for the page background and one for the browser background (as they are not the same)?
thanks again - great suggestion.
cheers
george

Iweb template icons

Does anyone know if there is a folder which contains the small pictures of the iweb templates? I'm talking about the ones you see when you click to add a new page. I would like to have these for a website I am doing. Another question, what apps do you guys use for shrinking pictures? Thanks in advance.

It's funny about taking screen shot... they are in
thumbs folder, there are over 100 of these, one for
each .webtemplate package:
/Applications/iWeb.app/Contents/Resources/Shared/Baby
About Me.webtemplate/thumbs/pagethumb1-1.tiff
Now that was a bit more helpful...Thank you, Cyclosaurus. I knew you had it in you.

Were are iweb templates stored?

Were are iweb templates stored? And how editable are they?

The iWeb templates are stored in XML files which can be edited, but it's definitely not for the faint of heart. Thankfully, starting with iWeb 1.1, Apple at the very least started including "blank" templates, which probably satisfied a lot of people wishing for the ultimate in flexibility. Suzanne Boben's work is very good, though...you should take a look.
One poor man's way of making a template page is to start with a blank template, customize it to your specifications, and then save it as a custom template in your site organizer window. By that, I mean keep it as a "page" in your site organizer, but don't display it in your navigation menu by unchecking the box "Include in navigation menu" in the Inspector Page tab. Keep this "template" clean. Whenever you want to make a real page out of this template, just select it and Control-click, then select "Duplicate" from the menu. THen you can add unique information to this copy and still keep the "template" clean and safe. See how this is the poor man's custom template?

Installing Custom iweb templates?

I have downloaded some iWeb templates, but I don't know where to put them so that they appear in iWeb. Any help would be greatly appreciated, thank.

RB if you got the templates from my site, then the instructions are here:
http://web.mac.com/sboben/iWeb/11Mystics/Documentationfiles/Install_NewTemplates-1.pdf
If you did not get them from my site, be sure what you have is actually a template and not just a domain.sites file.

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