Moving 'Domain' file

My 'Domain' file is currently in my documents folder on my system disk. It's enormous: 19.53GB. Is there a way of moving it to another disk inside my MacPro and telling iWeb where to find it?

Yes, just move the file to wherever you want it. After you move it double click on the file to start iWeb, after that iWeb will remember where it is.
PS Be sure to keep frequent backups of this file in safe places. ( preferably somewhere other than your active hard drive, If this file is lost or corrupted you loose all your work because iWeb cannot restore from the published pages.
Sincerely, David Phelps

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Help-moved Domain.sites2 file, lost content wife's site

Hi,
This is about my wife's MAC so it is even more serious because it's my fault. I'm her IT guy but I don't know her iWeb projects very well. I helped her get started and once her site launched a year ago, all has been great and I stopped studying/learning iWeb. Now I'm in trouble.
So asked for help creating/publish multiple websites from iWeb09. (personal and work) Don't know if she'll publish as sub/site on her mobileMe or host the second site elsewhere. I read the forums this morning about iWeb's use of the Domain.site file. I read that if you move the file from it's default location (lib/app support/iweb) to another level in the Finder, then iWeb will open to a new site template and no longer default to her personal site. Okay, got it. Did it. Created a folder called "iWeb Sites" in the Library/Sites folder. Created folders for her sep sites, work / personal.
Then I moved Domain.sites2 to the new "personal" folder. Launched iWeb from there to check her site. All good - still there. Quit iWeb
Re-launched iWeb from dock, saw it create a new Domain.sites2 file in lib/app support/iWeb. I chose "New Site" in the menu. After it appeared, I deleted her Site icon (and the files under it went away). Okay, good, now this Domain.sites2 file is ready to be her new work website. Quit, and movd this Domain file from it's default (lib/app supp/iWeb to the new "work" folder.
Now the problem...(if you don't already see it coming). I went back to open her personal site to make sure it would open directly from the new "personal" folder - it's new home. It opened with NONE of her site info. Totally new site - all her content gone.
First thing I did was quit. Opened my ftp (cyberduck) went to her mobileme account and downloaded the entire "SITES" folder.
Now what? Where did I go wrong and how do I fix it?
Thank you!

The first time you open iWeb it creates a Domain.sites2 file in :
~/Library/Application Support/iWeb/
where ~ is your Home directory.
Anything you do in iWeb is stored in that file.
When you move the file to another location, for reasons only you know, iWeb cannot find it and offers you to find the Domain file or create a new one.
You can also double click the file you moved to open it in iWeb.
iWeb will remember it the next time you open iWeb.
If you start moving files around and creating folders for whatever reason and lost track, then retrace your steps to the point where it went wrong. If in the process you created multiple copies, then open them one by one and see what's inside.
You can have multiple domain files, I have 57, for any reason you desire. They are not linked and are fully independent of each other. It's up to you how you organize these different files and remember what they are for.
If you publish the Sites in each domain file to MobileMe, then the last one published will be the default Sites. If Sites in different domain files have the same name then it is surprise, surprise which page will be deleted, updated or added on the server.
Downloading the Sites (the HomePage folder) or the Web/Sites folder (where iWeb publishes the pages) from iDisk is useless in this respect, since it does not contain anything usefull. You cannot import webpages back into iWeb.
[The concept of iWeb Sites|http://homepage.mac.com/wyodor/.Public/The concept of iWeb Sites.pdf] (pdf)

Moving iWeb domain file among/between computers?

Greetings:
I'm working with a student who started his iWeb on a campus library computer and is trying to open the resulting 'domain' file to another computer, in another lab. He seems to have trouble opening it in order to continue working on it.
Is that possible: to begin an iWeb site on one computer and then move it among computers to work on it?
Thanks very much, in advance --
Best,
Michael

Hi !!
My name is Sal I am a painter from Barcelona.
My Computer and english skills are low.
I hope you can help me.
I think I have deleted the Domaine file that is located in:
[Your Users Folder]/Library/Application Support/iWeb
That folder is not there any more.
I want to create a new one. But i don´t know how to transfer the webs sites data for the iweb application to this new folder I have created.
can you help me ?
You can check my work at salvadorcastella.com
Thank you.
Sal

Missing domain files and how do I find them?

Two related questions and I will try to be brief. both are related.
1. If I have several iWeb projects, I create a folder in each client's folder where I store their domain.sites2 file. When I set up a new project for a new client I usually have to move the previous project (that is automatically launched in iWeb)into a temporary place until a newly launched and created iWeb project is created. Then I move the previous domain file back to its client folder before I begin work on the second one. I am sure there is an easier way to do this, but this works for me. So question one is is this the way to do this?
2. When I did that today (launched iWeb, found client #1's project still showing there, closed iWeb, moved #1 to temp, relaunched iWeb and got "create a new domain?" which I said yes to, then told it where to save it to). However what was showing now in iWeb was a project I had worked on a long time ago, not a new blank slate. So I tried to find where that very old project was located to delete it completely so iWeb will start anew, and spotlight can not seem to find the domain.site file of that project. I have tried spotlight "domain.sites2, site, site2, domain" and all the rest of my clients projects are listed, just not this old one, yet it must be here somewhere or why else would iWeb automatically call it up?
Anyway I can do a more in depth search for this file?
I tried working a bit on the new project using the old file that appears in iWeb, but I don't know where it is saved to move it incase I want to start on another new project.

I found the answer finally to both questions on a post dated today from "Ethmoid". It reads:
"You need to go to your Home User Library and not your System Library - (note the difference), then Application Support/iWeb - open the iWeb application and your domain.sites files for the sites you have created should be there."
I will use this location now to move files instead of the way I was doing them before within their own folders. much safer this way.
Thanks,
Lew

How do jpg files in a iWeb domain file get corrupted? How can I stop it?

I opened up my Domain file to work on my site and several photos were replaced by a grey box with an X and a question mark in the middle. I close iWeb right click the domain file and "Show Contents". When I inspect those files i get this message.
*"Couldn’t open the file. It may be corrupt or a file format that Preview doesn’t recognize."*
I did nothing to the domain file other then move it's location. All the extensions are still jpg or jpeg. I try changing them to png or tiff and I try to open them with every other image editor I have and still same message "Corrupt" file.
Some of these are images from iPhoto and some are images from Finder. Some of the corrupt files are the thumbs others are not. Unfortunately I do not have a back up of this last large edit and additional pages and I have only published the previous edit to a local folder.
I had this problem in iWeb '08 and in '09 while using 10.4.9 and iWeb '08 on my G5 iMac and now in 10.5.8 on the Macbook.
What could I be doing wrong? Will moving the domain file from the desktop to a folder corrupt the jpgs?

How can I get out of this loop?
Try deleting iMovie's preference file. This can be found in your user folder Library>Preferences. The file is named "com.apple.iMovie8.plist". Close iMovie before trashing the file. When next opened iMovie will create a new file with the default settings. You may need to change some settings to suit your own preference.
It's best to delete files from within iMovie - not externally using the Finder. But, rather than delete them, why not store your Events on an external drive - you may need to use some clips in another project later. Project files are quite small as they contain only text references to the various items (assets) that comprise your project - therefore there is little point in deleting them. Also, check out the "Consolidate Media" function in iMovie, which lets you move/copy everything associated with a project (including Events, music etc) to another location.
John

Can't Find New Domain File

I am in the process of building a new website in iWeb '09 for the first time since upgrading to Lion but can't find the domain file I'm working on so as to make a backup. I have run the script that makes the Library folder visible, since Lion hides this folder, but the Application Support folder in Library doesn't contain a folder for iWeb. I have searched and searched for domains and .site files with no luck. Fortunately, I can open the new site in iWeb and update and publish, but I have no idea where it is finding the domain file that it is opening. As you can imagine, I'm very uneasy about not being able to back up the site as I invest more work into it.
I have two other iWeb sites that were created prior to the Lion upgrade. Each is in a separate account on my iMac. I had moved the domain files for these sites out of the Library/Application Support/iWeb folders to more easily accessible folders prior to the Lion upgrade, so they are fine.
It's the new site that is causing me concern.
Interestingly, when I move one of the old domains to a new account on my iMac as a test, when I double click on it, iWeb launches but wants me to create a new website rather than opening the site associated with the old domain file.
Any suggestions will be appreciated.

Use the freeware app Find File to track down the Domain - or Domain.sites2 - file...
http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/30073/find-file
See this page for info about opening Domain files using Lion and Mountain Lion...
http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/30073/find-file
Also note that you don't have to run a script to show the user Library. Just open the Finder Go menu while holding down the option key.
On the same page you will find a link to the freeware Mountain Tweaks which will hide/show the library plus a lot of other exciting tweaks.

New domain file causes iweb to quit unexpectedly

iWeb quits unexpectedly upon starting when I try to open a domain file transferred to my G5 from my iBook. The domain file works fine on my iBook. (This transfer did work the first time I tried it, but apparently the domain file later became corrupted on the G5. Efforts posted in the forum to salvage the domain file were unsuccessful. No backup is available on the G5 due to the obscure location. Now, I know...) I can create a new site on the G5, but cannot open one dropped into the /Library/Application support/iWeb folder. Any ideas?
G5 Mac OS X (10.4.7)

The files themselves many not be recoverable if they are damaged that badly, but try moving everything out of the Recovery Folder (Not sure where it is on the Mac -- probably in your user library somewhere) and ID should launch again without attempting to do a file recovery.

Quits unexpectedly, can not load Domain file

iWeb quits unexpectedly on loading of my Domain file. This issue began after my last update and save.. I also recently upgraded to 10.5.
I have tried repairing permissions, deleting the preferences, moving the Domain to my other Mac (which is also in 10.5) and nothing seems to work.
Is anyone else having this issue? Fortunately I have a pervious version of my Domain backed up, it still opens but once I make the same changes, adding galleries, it then because unusable.

Update...
I installed 10.4.11 on an external drive. Then I installed the iLife support files ONLY. I then opened my archived, working, Domain file. Once opened I then, made a change, saved, quit. Then I opened the same file, made a change, saved then quit, then I repeated this about 4 more times. THEN! switched back to 10.5 and opened the same Domain, made a change saved and quit and guess what? the Domain causes iWeb to unexpectedly quit!!!!! so my Domain file is fine, it is something to do with 10.5 that is causing the corruption (I should note that once saved under 10.5 the Domain no longer works in 10.4). UGH!!!
Also, I have studied the xml source pretty well and I was able, in 10.5, to recreate two of my sites just by (step 1) making a Domain that resembled my working Domain, including names of pages etc.. I did this so that iWeb would set up the correct format for the metadata. I then (step 2) copied the site-page content from the non-working Domain to the working Domain and all was well, working, savable, and able to be reopened, BUT, it takes time because some things need to be updated and I would rather not go this direction but it does seem to work.
So, my conclusion is that there is nothing wrong with the Domain until saved under 10.5 and that the xml in the index.xml file is still good regardless of the Domain not opening.. my feelings are that there is something up with permissions.. reason being that I was given a Flash file today and can not export a swf from it, says that the name is too long or that it is locked, neither is true and if I go to 10.4 I have no problem using it.
Not sure if any of this info helps anyone.
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Restoring old 'domain' file?

How did you restore the original 'domain' file?
My 'domain' file was overwritten by iWeb 2.0, and I can't open it anymore because iWeb 2.0 crashes and iWeb 1.1.2 won't touch it.
Any suggestions how I can get it back?
I went back to iWeb 1.1.2 until the 'fix' arrives.

dreamery post had me look in username>Application Support>iWeb and there I found my old iWeb "Domain." It was untouched.
I am not completely updated to iWeb 08 (2.0)!!!!
Finding the "Domain" was the key. I thought it lost forever.
The first thing I did was make a copy of the Domain (I duplicated it and moved it to a new location).
Then I double clicked on Domain and it opened iWeb 08, advised me it had to update for the version of iWeb. I agreed and in a few minutes, waiting while the progress bar moved to completion, wondering the whole time if I had done something stupid and lost my last chance, iWeb 08 had ALL my old pages displayed JUST LIKE it was the old iWeb! Yippee!!!
I am soooo happy.
Hope this works for others.

Recreate Domain File?

I created a web site to publish to my own server/domain name. Since then, somehow my Domain file on the hard drive is gone, but i still have all of the website files in the local folder I published to before I ftp'ed to the server. Is there a way to recreate the Domain file using the website files? Or will I have to start all over and recreate the site.
Also, I am a new mac user, but is there any way to "revert back" to a previous date and the hard drive on that date (this is a common trick for Windows XP to recover from a virus, etc)
thanks
MacBook Mac OS X (10.4.7)

oldpcuser...
I'm sorry to be the one to break this to you (and I sense that you already know this is coming), but there is no way for you to recreate the Domain file once it is deleted. There is no way to "import" already published website files back into iWeb for editing. This is simply not the way things work with iWeb. So you will have to recreate your site in this situation.
As far as you missing Domain file goes, is there any reason that it might be missing? Have you ever moved it from its default location? (Users/yourname/Library/Application Support/iWeb/) Have you done a Spotlight search on Domain or Domain.sites?
There is no way to do a system restore to a previous date like on Windows. I think the next version of OSX is going to give us something similar with "Time Machine"...but that is off in the future.

Errore in domain file

I transfered the Domain file from an iBook to a PB. I installed the templates new I had in iBook. And I tried to open the file. But iWeb doesn't open it and this is the message error: Impossibile aprire il documento “~/Documents/Domain.sites2.” (in English...Impossible to open thedocument “~/Documents/Domain.sites2.”)
WHY? What I have to do now?

You could make a "ricerca spotlight" to find it...
Try to make a website with iWeb '08 (just one page) then save it and then look again for the folder or spotlight for the domain file once you found it substitute the domain file with the domain file you moved from the iBook to the PowerBook.
Maybe you didn't update iWeb to the latest version?
Did you also try the other things I told you?
A dire il vero, it doesn't change/matter where you put the file... I think transferring again your website and be sure that you updated would be the best
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How can I replace just the corrupt page(s) in the domain file of iWeb using Time Machine?

I back up with Time Machine and have an extensive elaborate website I created in iWeb '09 over a couple months and publish to a local folder and then upload to my server, but in the last few days I notice certain pages (that I haven't even worked on or touched) somehow become corrupted or "cross-contaminated" with elements and images from other pages. Once I see they are corrupt I make sure not to publish them (if the current published versions are the correct, non-corrupt versions) or if they did get published I can use Time Machine to retrieve the .html file and page files folder for that specific page and replace it in my published folder/server so it shows correctly on the Web. However, that does not replace the corrupted page(s) you see and work with when you launch iWeb and try to edit or continue working on that page.
I am confused as to how I go to the package contents of the domain file and replace just that page with a previous version from time machine. I don't want to replace the entire domain file because I have new changes I made to other pages even in the past hours. How can I keep the good pages and just get earlier, non-corrupted versions of the corrupt page(s)? I know it's not as easy as with the published site folder where you can just replace the page's .html file and folder, but I don't want to have to re-create the corrupted page(s) from scratch or have to replace it with the last non-corrupted domain file and then have to redo all my recent changes to new pages I made before discovering the corrupt page(s). Thanks for your help as now I can't make changes to the page(s) within iWeb itself.

Thanks for the response, Wyodor. I don't know what that is, but I'll have a look. Is it an alternative to iWeb or a way to transfer pre-existing iWeb sites? When you say merge domain files, is that like so multiple copies of the same site show up then you can pick and choose the non-corrupted pages and group them then delete the corrupted ones? I am on Snow Leopard with no plans or need to upgrade anytime soon.
And yes, I will read your links but just wanted to ask those questions. Maybe they'll answer my questions, maybe not.
I was able to discern that within the domain file is a domain folder with all the site folders, each with their own page ".gz" files which expand into ".xml" files. I was trying to figure out if you could simply drag the corrupt pages out that way and replace them with backup copies that are still good. I am having trouble discerning which pages are which as they all have random names like site-page-30F175E3-AE33-4F10-A490-1A096D9B185B.xml and although I expanded and opened each in Text Wrangler, I still couldn't discern which were which for sure, and trial and error proved cumbersome. Also, I did notice some of the later corrupted domain files had one or two more pages than the site itself has, so not sure how they got added or duplicated or what.
Again, I'll look at your links, but do you know about swapping out individual page .xml files this way within the domain file?

I moved itunes file to external hard drive and want to move the file on my pc to recycle bin. When I move i get an error message that it cannot delete ituneshelper.dll access is denied. Can I move that file to the recycle bin?

I am trying to free up space on my pc and moving itunes files to external hard drive. I have followed instructions and believe I have file copied to new drive, but I am having trouble moving file to recycle bin as the instructions say. I am getting the following error message: cannot delete ituneshelper.dll:access denied, make sure disk is not full or write protected and file not in use. I know the file is not in use when trying to move. Any help would be most appreciated. I am on Windows XP.

Yes. And you should not have moved that folder. Put it back. To move your iTunes library move the folder from User's Music.
tt2

LOST MY DOMAIN FILE AND INDEX DOESNT WORK :(

HI, I got a really big problem here. Recently i got broken imagines on my web which i made it via iweb. Then sudently, my domain file is blank, and my index.html aswell! - i only have my other html files. SO are there anyway that could save me from this?! - I really dont hope that i have to start over. I read that iweb cant read html.file, but does apple have any apps that can read html files and publish it?
HELP ME PLEASE

What version of OS X are you using?

Moved jpeg files to other folder, now iPhoto can't find them

I dragged/dropped some original jpeg files into a new folder to aggregate certain files together, but since they are now in a different folder iPhoto 9 can't find them. The thumbnails in iPhoto still remain, but results in the large black/grey "!" when I try to open them. I'd rather not rebuild the enormity of my entire photo library over this, so is there some other way to re-link thumbnails to files?
iTunes makes this easy with music. When I click on a file name and it can't find the file, it offers to allow me to locate the file myself, and then it re-establishes the link between the iTunes library item and the file. No problem.
How does one go about doing this in iPhoto for, say, a couple of dozen files without having to start over with an ENTIRE rebuild? I know exactly where the files are, and it seems ridiculous that iPhoto isn't equipped to track the whereabouts of an unchanged file that's simply been dragged from one folder to another.

Did you do the moving of the image file in the Finder or do you have a reference library as asked by Larry? In either case moving the files is a recipe for disaster as you've found out. You must either move the files back to their original locations or try to get those photos back into iPhoto as follows:
1 - Find the folder you moved the files into and COPY it to the Desktop.
2 - in iPhoto delete the photos that you're having the problems with as you normally would even though you can't see see them. Also delete all the photos that are in the folder you moved the other files into.
3 - drag the folder on the Desktop into iPhoto to import them as one event. If you get a duplicate warning I'd let it import the duplicate and use Duplicate Annihilator to find them so you can cull out the duplicate you don't want.
Other than that you might have to start over from scratch as follows:
Creating a new library while preserving the Events from the original library.
1 - Move the existing library folder to the desktop
2 - Open the library package like this.
3 - Launch iPhoto and, when asked, select the option to create a new library.
4 - Drag the Originals folder from the iPhoto Library on the desktop into the open iPhoto window.
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