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

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