Newbe with iWeb question

Hello all new here and no computer expert by all means so please bare with me.
Trying to create a web page for a for a friend
What i would like to do is have a bio section for crew members. What would be the best way to do this??????
I would like to have one heading that says (The Crew) and then sub headings with each persons bio.
The only way i see how to do this is to create multiple (about me's) this would be fine but i would like them all under one heading.
Thanks for you help

Rather than use a template you can start with a Blank page in whatever theme you are using.
Drag photos onto the page from the Finder or iPhoto and resize then to suit.
Insert text boxes for headings, sub headings and content. Make sure you use a web safe font.....
http://www.iwebformusicians.com/WebMusic/FontsandColors.htm
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Newbie with iWeb ...

I'm planning to give a try to Mobile Me specially to check if I will be able to finally build my first website but I have initial questions ... lol
How can I figure out the size of my website built with iWeb 08 ? I would like to know if the space reserved in Mobile Me plans to host a website will be enough to hold my site .....
Can I register a personal domain name (anywhere) and have visitors writing it on their browsers and be redirected to my site at Mobile Me ?
Pictures: Should they be .jpeg or .png ?
Videos: Size ? Data rate ? .mov or flash ?
Thanks in advance ....

Hello macmithos,
macmithos wrote:
I've been reading some post ... about "drag and drop" movie files on iweb pages, making it "bigger, havier and long loadings" and/or place them somewhere, like idisk, and have something like an url pointing to them
That was a suggestion for the old version of iWeb where the movie was uploaded every time you changed something on the page (I did not check this)
Since you have iWeb '08 : forget that tip.
(streaming ? )
No, MobileMe does not give you QT Streaming Server capabilities.
I guess people doesn't need to have "my movies" phisically on their computers.
Indeed no, they do not need to save the movie on their computer.
But the movie will have to be "loaded" on their computer in order for the browser to play it.
That way, I believe I should compress my videos, for example, as H.264
Yes !
And also it wouldn't increase my Data Transfer Limits on my MobileMe account.
No, the opposite : when they "save" the movie they can play it 100 times from their hard disk = 1 x Data Transfer.
When they visit your website 100 times to see the movie = 100 x Data Transfer.
So, keep your movies small.
If you need the movie to be big :
_ you can buy more Data Transfer on MobileMe,
_ put the movie on YouTube or Vimeo and on your page : hyperlink to them (Not in an iFrame on your page!)
Kind regards,
Leo

Apple newbie with dummy question

I have a question about my 3 day old Core Duo. I'm connecting just fine and love my machine, but before I go paying bills/banking/etc online, I want to make sure my connection is secure. I'm connecting wirelessly via a Lynksis WRT54G router. The very first time I turned this bad-boy on, it asked for a password to the network, but hasn't since. I'm afraid I may have "keychained" the password or opened the network to everyone or something. Is there a way to check? I chatted with an agent, and they said since it was a third party thing (Lynksis), they couldn't answer. All I want to make sure of, is that my connection is secure with either WPA/WEP. I don't even know what that means, I just know it makes it secure! Again - first time Apple user (unless you count my Dad's IIC when I was 8) - so please assume I'm a dummy when you reply!
Thanks,
Matt

Hello Matt
Goto your router's config at http://192.168.1.1 the default user is admin and the password is admin
goto the wireless tab then wireless security. Make sure your using WPA-PSK and NOT WEP.
WEP is easily cracked WPA is a lot more secure.
The first time you connect to a wireless network you do have the option to add the password to the keychain, this is normal and does not have any security problems.
To check to see if you had added your wirless network password to your keychain open up the keychain Access found in /Applications/Utilities
You can then see a list of all the keychain entries you may see your wireless network listed in there.

Newbie with LOM Questions

I recently setup our new Intel xServe, mainly for file and print services. I have no problems using or connecting to the LOM processors with the Server Monitor App. But my question is which LOM port should I be using to connect with Server Monitor? I can connect to both at the same time, and both give the same info. Is there a better one to use?
Also, in Server Monitor it list the LOM processors IP in both the IP address and Name columns. I would like to be able to change so that it would list the servers name in the name column. Any ideas?
Thanks for any reply's in advance.

I can't answer No.1 but here are my views on 2 and 3.
2. That is true at the moment, there are no Mac viruses or other malware out in the wild. This may change in the future, but for now you are quite safe. If you intend to install Bootcamp and Windows, then you will in the windows environment be exposed to all the windows viruses, etc.
3. I very rarely shutdown my iMac, usually only if I go on holiday or need to reboot after a software install. I always use sleep even for longer than 8 hours.
Ian

Complete Newbie with Organizing Question

Please understand that I'm a complete Neophyte at Mac, and iPhoto. Please respond accordingly.
I'm a Windows guy who has succumbed to the intrigue and mystery of the Mac. I've got the Intel Dual Core iMac with 250GB HDD and 1 GB RAM. I just got it less than a month ago, and I've managed to fill up the internal hard drive to the top. My largest HDD space is taken up by my photos. Before reading any documentation (Windows guys rarely read documentation) I "moved" my iPhoto Library from the "me" user directory/folder over to a "shared" directory/folder.
Long story short, I now have multiple copies of photos, and the calendars and books we were beginning to work on have lost their pointers to the appropriate pictures.
Here's the jist of my question. Can I just delete the entire iPhoto Library, and all the photos and then sort of start over from scratch? I still have all my originals on my PCs that are all home networked together.
My apologies for my ignorance, and also if this is covered somewhere else in the discussion forum. I'm just a bit frustrated, as well as a bit inpatient to get it all fixed. Any assistance will be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
Mike Macygin

Mike,
Delete your old library
Under your account, open iPhoto
A new library will be created
Import your photos
Close iPhoto
Do a "get info" on the external drive to make sure it is formated for a Mac.
If not, use Disk Utility, found in your Utilities folder to erase it and format it for a Mac. You can also partition the drive at this time. One partition you can use for your iPhoto Library folder and the other partition you can use for backups.
Here is an Apple kb on moving the library to an external
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93037
Take a look at my last post in these threads that have to do with trying to share a library.
http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=2225214#2225214
http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=2201779#2201779

Newbe with a question

First, I would like to say Hello to all of the other forummers, as being a newbe.
And as a newbe, I offcourse have a question....
Will the new AMD 333fsb series processors run on my KT3 mainboard, after obviously flashing the bios?
Thanks in advance, David.
Config: MSI kt3 ultra, xp1800, geforce 2ti, 512mb apacer ddr2700, 7200rpm maxtor and chello cable connection.

I heard somewhere that the chipset will support it but I don't know if MSI will work to get this board to support it.

Potential Newbie with Synch Questions

Hi,
I am seriously considering purchasing a BB8120, but I have questions about how much information or data is synchronized when synchronizing with Outlook 2007. I would like to be able to synchronize my calendar and contacts, but can anyone please tell me HOW MUCH of each is synchronized? Is the synchronization true, in that when I look at my calendar on BB it will have the exact same information and features as my desktop, and when I look at my contacts on BB it will actually have name, phone, address, e-mail, etc?
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A newbie with another question

Sorry for my ignorance, but I'm just in my first semester of programming. I'm confused as to what syntax is required when you use classes with a couple of methods inside? In one of my programs, our professor provided us with a file called Zipfstatistics.class and though he told us that the two methods are Slope(wordFrequency) and RSquared(wordFrequency), I can't seem to compile them properly. I've tried compiling them as text.Slope(wordFrequency) and text.RSquared(wordFrequency) respectively and both produce compiler errors. Does anyone have a solution to this problem?
Thanks again people.

Here is the code.
import java.awt.Font;
import java.awt.event.WindowAdapter;
import java.awt.event.WindowEvent;
import java.lang.reflect.Array;
import java.util.Random;
import java.util.regex.Pattern;
import javax.swing.Box;
import javax.swing.BoxLayout;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JScrollPane;
import javax.swing.JTable;
import javax.swing.JTextArea;
import javax.swing.table.DefaultTableModel;
* @author jobuck
public class WordFrequency {
 private JTextArea ta = null;
 private JFrame frame = null;
 private JScrollPane tableScrollpane = null;
 private JScrollPane resultScrollpane = null;
 private JTable table = null;
 private final int MAX_LENGTH = 12;
 private final int MAX_WORD = 1000;
 private final int WORD_PER_LINE = 25;
 private Random random = new Random();
 private final char WORD_SEPARATOR = ' ';
 private Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile("\\p{Alnum}");
 private TableModel tableModel = null;
 public WordFrequency() {
 tableModel = new TableModel();
 table = new JTable(tableModel);
 frame = new JFrame("Word Frequency");
 JTextArea result = tableModel.getTextAreaFrenquency();
 tableScrollpane = new JScrollPane(table);
 resultScrollpane = new JScrollPane(result);
 Box box = new Box(BoxLayout.Y_AXIS);
 box.add(resultScrollpane);
 box.add(tableScrollpane);
 frame.addWindowListener(new WindowAdapter() {
 public void windowClosing(WindowEvent evt) {
 System.exit(0);
 frame.getContentPane().add(box);
 frame.setSize(800, 400);
 frame.setVisible(true);
 public static void main(String[] args) {
 WordFrequency df = new WordFrequency();
 private class TableModel extends DefaultTableModel {
 //Even if we don't need to compute words, as we
 //only have interest on there length, let's do it anyway
 private final char[] validChars =
 'A', 'B', 'C', 'D', 'E', 'F', 'G', 'H',
 'I', 'J', 'K', 'L', 'M', 'N', 'O', 'P',
 'Q', 'R', 'S', 'T', 'U', 'V', 'W', 'X',
 'Y', 'Z', 'a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e', 'f',
 'g', 'h', 'i', 'j', 'k', 'l', 'm', 'n',
 'o', 'p', 'q', 'r', 's', 't', 'u', 'v',
 'w', 'x', 'y', 'z', '0', '1', '2', '3',
 '4', '5', '6', '7', '8', '9', ';', '.'
 private String[][] values =
 (String[][]) Array.newInstance(
 String.class,
 new int[] { MAX_WORD / WORD_PER_LINE + 1, WORD_PER_LINE });
 private int maxWordLength = 0;
 private int[] frequencyLength =
 (int[]) Array.newInstance(int.class, new int[] { MAX_LENGTH + 1 });
 public TableModel() {
 generateText();
 private void generateText() {
 int col = 0;
 int row = 0;
 int wordLength = 0;
 char wordChar;
 for (int i = 0; i < MAX_WORD; i++) {
 StringBuffer text = new StringBuffer();
 wordLength = random.nextInt(MAX_LENGTH + 1);
 for (int j = 0; j < wordLength; j++) {
 wordChar =
 (char) validChars[random.nextInt(validChars.length)];
 text.append(wordChar);
 row = i % WORD_PER_LINE;
 col = (i > 0 && row == 0) ? col + 1 : col;
 values[col][row] = text.toString();
 frequencyLength[wordLength] += 1;
 maxWordLength =
 (maxWordLength < frequencyLength[wordLength])
 ? frequencyLength[wordLength]
 : maxWordLength;
 for (int i = 0; i < MAX_LENGTH + 1; i++)
 System.out.println(
 "frequency(" + i + ") : " + frequencyLength);
 private String getResult() {
 int[] frequency = getFrequency();
 StringBuffer frequencyGraph = new StringBuffer();
 System.out.println("getMaxWordLength()=" + getMaxWordLength());
 boolean isDC = false; //Just show the shape, removing
 boolean exit = false; //Just show the shape
 int dc = 0;
 for (int i = getMaxWordLength();(i >= 0) & !exit; i--) {
 exit = true;
 //Vertical axis
 //TODO: adapt to frequency length to avoid banana axis
 frequencyGraph.append("\n"+i+" + ");
 for (int j = 0; j < MAX_LENGTH + 1; j++) {
 isDC = (frequency[j] >= i);
 exit &= isDC;
 frequencyGraph.append((!isDC) ? " " : " * ");
 dc = (exit)?i:0;
 frequencyGraph.append("\n");
 String space = "";
 //Space starting the x axis
 for (int i = 0;i<String.valueOf(dc).length()+3;i++)
 space+=" ";
 frequencyGraph.append(space.substring(2));
 //Horizontal axis
 for (int j = 0; j < MAX_LENGTH + 1; j++) {
 frequencyGraph.append("+++");
 frequencyGraph.append("++");
 //Frequency
 frequencyGraph.append("\n");
 for (int j = 0; j < MAX_LENGTH + 1; j++) {
 frequencyGraph.append( (j==0)?space +" " + j + " ": ((j<10)?" " + j + " ": " "+j) );
 return frequencyGraph.toString();
 public JTextArea getTextAreaFrenquency() {
 JTextArea ta = new JTextArea(getResult());
 ta.setFont(new Font("Monospaced",Font.PLAIN,10));
 return ta;
 private int getMaxWordLength() {
 return maxWordLength;
 public String[][] getValues() {
 return values;
 public int[] getFrequency() {
 return frequencyLength;
 public int getRowCount() {
 return MAX_WORD / WORD_PER_LINE + 1;
 public int getColumnCount() {
 return WORD_PER_LINE;
 public String getColumnName(int column) {
 return column + "";
 public boolean isCellEditable(int rowIndex, int columnIndex) {
 return true;
 public Object getValueAt(int row, int column) {
 return values[row][column];
 public void setValueAt(Object value, int row, int column) {
 values[row][column] = (String) value;

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This is interesting, I believe I found what is an ASCII->Unicode file converter for OSX. It is a command-line tool, so you would need to know how to use terminal.
Go to this page and take a look:
http://scripts.sil.org/cms/scripts/page.php?site_id=nrsi&id=TECkitDownloads
The installer is:
TECkit version 2.2.1 for Mac OS X
Jonathan Kew, 2006-09-19
Download "TECkitinstaller2.2.1.tar.gz
I downloaded it and installed it, the command to launch it is:
/usr/local/bin/txtconv
which returns an instruction page. This looks like a document converter, not a filename converter.
I don't have any non-english files here so I can't test it, but maybe someone who knows more about command tools can help you more, like the UNIX forum on these boards.
PS:
I did tun the command on a test file like this:
/usr/local/bin/txtconv -i ~/testIN.txt -o ~/testOUT.txt
and it did create a new output file but no translated characters. If you would send a few files to my email address I'll mess with it for you.
See my profile for that address.

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I have a Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS and want to hook up my Sony Handycam DCR-TRV260.
It appears the ieee394 on the Sound Blaster is a 6 pin.
Is that correct?

Does anyone know what cable I need (or if one is available) to go directly from my camera to the Sound Blaster?

I think the Sony i Link cable goes to a 4 pin ieee394 .. but I am not sure.

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Apple Airport newbie with some questions before purchasing - please help...

Hello all,
Please excuse my ignorance but despite looking through the relevant online manual I wish to check a couple of things before I purchase the Aiport Express (and then possibly regret it).
I have a Windows XP laptop which connects to the internet through a wi-fi connection (access to the physical router is not available me) and I want to be able to play iTunes on my laptop through my hi-fi (wirelessly).
Am I correct in thinking the Aiport Express will do this for me? If so is any extra equipment besides the necessary hi-fi to Airport express cable required?
The Airport Express doesn't need to physically connect to the router does it? Or it doesn't need to become the router providing the wi-fi does it?
How does 'AirTunes' factor into the setup and what is better about e.g. Aiport Extreme and why would you ever need an Airport card?
I have no desire for using the Airport equipment as a router or home hub for printing etc. but just streaming iTunes to my hi-fi.
Any help/clarification would be most appreciated. Many thanks in advance,
Daniel

djsuk43, Welcome to the discussion area!
Am I correct in thinking the Aiport Express will do this for me?
Yes
The Airport Express doesn't need to physically connect to the router does it? Or it doesn't need to become the router providing the wi-fi does it?
No and no.
How does 'AirTunes' factor into the setup...
It is simply the term Apple uses for streaming music via iTunes through the AirPort Express (AX).
...what is better about e.g. Aiport Extreme...
The AirPort Extreme base station (AEBS) does not have an audio out port therefore you can't use it to stream music.
The AEBS however does support Ethernet clients, multiple USB printer and multiple USB hard drives.
...and why would you ever need an Airport card?
If you have an older Mac without built-in wireless you would add the appropriate AirPort card to give it wireless ability.

Brand Newb with a Question

I have my background image on a stage, and all I want to do
is have a cut out smaller image of a figure floating around on the
background. However, when I import the figure from PS it has it's
annoying white background attached, even when I paste to a new
transparent BG document in PS. How do I get the figure ONLY into
the stage/background area?
Thank you for your help.
Crick

Export the file from PS as a transparent PNG file. Once
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Sharing with iWeb from iMovie- 2 questions

I asked this question in iMovie forum and was told to repost here:
I was wondering where the quick time file goes when you choose "share with iWeb" locally. I have been able to find it on the iDisk, but thought it possibly was saved locally too.
Also - I'm extremely confused with iWeb when viewing the pages it creates through Internet Explorer on Windows based PC's. I am able to see it on 25% of PC's, hear it on another 25% of PC's, and on 50% can't see or hear it. I have done searching and found no concrete reason why this is. I have updated the QT player, updated IE, and also gone into settings and allowed QT to be the default for all file types it wants. Any ideas?

ezweeb:
The movie files is copied into the Domain.sites file that's located in your User/Library/Application Support/iWeb folder. That is the most important file of your site. It contains all of the building blocks of your site and if it gets damaged or deleted you'll have to start from scratch to recreate your site.
I strongly suggest you download and use varkgirl's Automator application to backup the Domain.sites file every time you make any changes to the site. You can get it here.
Many of the PC browsers do not handle the png files that iWeb uses frequently. The following are a number of tips I've gathered from this forum on how to help avoid creating png files and making the sites more compatible with the darkside.
1 - do not use and frames or borders, etc. around photos.
2 - don't use any reflections.
3 - create your own navigation bar with linked text* and turn of the iWeb Navigation bar. That's because the nav bar is all png based.
*Put your linked text directly under the Navigation bar. Then turn off the nav bar in the Inspector window. The nav bar will disappear and the linked text will move up to the top of the page.
4 - use only the web safe fonts from the Font pane.
5 - do not use drop shadow on fonts.
6 - turn off smart quotes
7 - if you add a jpg to a page don't resize it in iWeb as that will cause it to be converted to png. Resize it to what you need before adding to the page..
The above will reduce the number and size of files associated with a web page quite a bit. Photos with fancy frames and reflections can generate a thumbnail png of around 110KB whereas the plain version will be a jpg of only 28KB. Although it doesn't sound like a lot, it will speed up loading of the page and be more darkside (i.e. PC) friendly.
Run a test with a test site and publish to a folder. Then follow the hints above and publish to another folder and compare folders.
This site will show you how IE 7, 6 and 5.5 will display your site. I don't have access to a PC to determine how accurately it renders a site as Internet Explorer would. But you can try it out.

IWeb questions from a newbie

Hi everyone...
I am looking into making my own simple website and am trying to decide whether to make one from scratch or use iWeb and a .mac account. Any advice for the following questions would be appreciated!
1. I see a lot of iWeb sites that have the ugly "web.mac.com" preceeding the site name. Other iWeb sites don't have this prefix so obviously there is a way to do without it. How do you eliminate that prefix?
2. My site would only hold a resume and half a dozen short vid clips. But I've noticed on other iWeb sites that the video loads EXTREMELY slow (on a high speed cable line!). Is this a flaw with iWeb (is there a recommended compression rate for vids to play on iWeb)?
3. When I bought my G5 it came with Garage Band, iMovie, iPhoto, etc. (everything EXCEPT iWeb). I noticed that in order to purchase iWeb, you have to buy all these apps again which seems like a waste! Is there a way to buy or download JUST iWeb?
4. I've done lots of research on iWeb and on Amazon.com virtually everyone prefers iWeb '06 over iWeb '08. Isn't the newer version supposed to be an improvement? Does anyone know what the fuss is about...and is it a better idea to purchase the older version ('06)?
Thanks for any help you might have!

1. It's called personal domain. You have to buy a domain at a domain regitsrar like GoDaddy. Example: yourdomain.com
Or Publish to a folder and upload to a server other than .mac
2. It's not an iWeb issue. It's a hosting issue, thus an issue about .Mac. Publishing to a hosting other than .Mac speeds up things.
3. iWeb first appeared with iWeb '06 in iLife '06 package. You maybe have iLife '05 or deleted it by accident (or not by accident)
And no it isn't a waste as the applications are new versions, thus improved. New features included and so on. And no there's no way to legally download/buy only iWeb.
4. I like iWeb '08 a lot more than iWeb '06.
There are compatibility issues with the worst browser of the world, also commonly called InternetExplorer. But it's not an iWeb issue... It's an IE issue.
Regards,
Cédric

Newbie with Mac iWeb, but have used Dreamweaver in Windose ......

Hi all, i used Dreamweaver with good effect on my Windose Lap top, i now have the free App "iWeb" on my new Mac.
I have had a quick look at what is can be done with iWeb, it seems to have a few Templates built in, but i don't see any facilities to use Templates from anywhere else or any possibility of Editing any Web Sites i have previously created.
Have i missed something significant, i guess to have the same facilities given me by Dreamweaver i have to spend some more money !, or Dual Boot with Boot Camp.
Any suggestions would be appreciated
tim

There are 3 themes in iWeb that can be customized extensively by the user: Black, White and Modern Frame. The Formal theme can also be customized in all page layouts except for its blog page. Each theme will have a different navbar font and color scheme. So choose the one that would work best with your design.
There are numerous 3rd party themes that can be purchase and added to iWeb. Just do a Google search for "iWeb 3 themes".
Does Dreamweaver have a "crossover" deal where you can get the Mac version for a greatly reduced price if you already have the Window version like Adobe does for Photoshop?
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