Problem with iWeb '09

*Hi everyone, I hope someone will be able to help me.*
*I have just move from iLife 08 to iLife 09 just to be able to publish directly from iWeb.*
*I am very very disappointed so far.*
*First, I have that 'double domain name' problem that many people have experienced, secondly, the navigating menu on my web site that where working fine with the previous version simply don't appear with the new version and third, my photo gallery aren't there also.*
*Even with Cyberduck or Transmit or Fetch, it's the same problem.*
*Do I have to go back to the previous version. If so, It's a pure waste of money and time.*
*Maybe this software was not ready to be released.*
Is there any hope?
Thanks for any help.
François

Not the most elegant solution, but here is a way around the double domain name problem that I've found:
You will need an external ftp client and a freeware program called massreplaceit
1. Publish to a local folder.
2. duplicate the local folder (IMPORTANT... to use the "publish changes only" in iWeb, you need to keep the original folder and duplicate it everytime you make changes)
3. use mass replace it and have it search for any instance of sitename.com/sitename.com and change it to sitename.com... click accept changes
4. upload the contents of the newly fixed folder (NOT THE FOLDER ITSELF) via ftp to your site.
5. now all your permalinks AND RSS feeds will be correct.
It would be really easy for Apple to fix this though. If you didn't HAVE to enter a site name for your "main" site that can then simply upload to the root folder (public) of your web host.
Anyway... hope this helps somebody.

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I am sorry if thie is republished-My first time doing this and I am not sure what goes where and where to hear feedback.
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Ensure the page you are linking to exists in the correct folder.
Check your file name for case sensitivity . Index.htm is not the same as index.htm!
Temporarily disable any rewrite rules by renaming your .htaccess file if it exists
is the problem with
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<Email Edited by Host>

It's a really bad idea to post your email address - it's an invitation to spam - and I've asked the Hosts to remove it. (Even though I've now noticed you mis-spelled it! - anyway, never post your address in a forum.)
You have a site here: http://virginiagordon.com/www.virginiagordon.com/WELCOME.html
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Hello and welcome to the board.
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Hi,
Ever since I installed Lion, I have been having problems with iWeb. Any changes I make in iWeb, and then publish to my site, via mobileme, are not saved, and the site reverts to the orignial site, after closing the website, and iWeb also loses the cahnges. I am unable to sue the Publish Site button, and the option for Publish Site changes is not available.
I am using iLife 11.
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Nozza

In Lion the Library folder is now invisible. To make it permanently visible enter the following in the Terminal application window: chflags nohidden ~/Library and hit the Enter button - 10.7: Un-hide the User Library folder.
For opening your domain file in 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
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You can download an already compiled version with this link: iWeb Switch Domain.
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OT

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I've been having a ridiculous amount of problems with my mobile me account and my iweb. 2 weeks ago I was fine with my iweb and mobile me but all of a sudden my iweb would say it publish but it really doesn't publish. The I went to the mac store a couple of times and thought I would get answers but I didnt get any answer even though I had a couple of one to one visits with a couple of stores in NYC. So when i publish it it shows that it published in my www.me.com/idisk/iweb folder but then it doesn't show in my website. Then one guy told me that I should just recreate a new site but copy and past all the old information to the new one. Now it won't publish at all because I guess its a lot of information to publish at once. I get an error message saying error iweb was not able to publish please try again later. Any help?

Hey you guys,
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I had the exact same problem and as others have suggested, the apostrophe in the page name could be the culprit of the problem. For me, that was the problem. I had a page named "Dog's day at the beach" and that worked just fine in iWeb 1.0.1. Now with iWeb 1.1, I had to rename is "Dog day at the beach" which luckily has a similar meaning given the context of my photos and when I took it.
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http://www.iwebformusicians.com/Website-Photos/Preview.html
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http://www.iwebformusicians.com/Website-Photos/Stroke-Shadow-Reflection.html
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http://www.iwebformusicians.com/iWeb/iWeb-Internet-Explorer.html
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http://www.iwebformusicians.com/iWeb/Browser-Compatibility.html
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Hi,
Did you have some problems since about four days on publishing with iWeb to MobileMe? In my case, when I publish my site - and I made just little changes - iWeb publish ALL the pages.
I early had this same problem, this spring, and it was a MobileMe problem; Apple just made a little update to the server and it was ok.
I'm using iWeb'09
Thanks

With a lot of media content have you considered other ways of adding movies or audio tracks that only require you uploading those file manually once and then linking to them. For movies this demo page has one possible method: Opening Item in a New, Precisely Sized Window. This demo page has 7 movies added that way. They don't load until the play button is selected. PhotoPresenter Animated Slideshow Themes
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I've got a couple of flash players on my demo page: Music Players.
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OT

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-david

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A good place to start might be to get rid of the local iDisk altogether. Too many extra steps, if you ask me
There are two ways to handle accessing your iDisk.
Method 1:
Turn on local copy of your iDisk in System Prefs, with or without automatic syncing.
If you publish your site via iWeb, now the updated pages exist online but the old pages are on your local iDisk. You need to sync (automatically or manually) to get the new pages on your local iDisk (on your computer).
Then you can open the updated files, make your html changes in Text Edit or whatever program, and SYNC AGAIN (automatically or manually) to update the online version of the site to match what you have just changed on your local iDisk
Method 2:
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Ros:
Welcome to the Apple Discussions. One option would be for you to go to your site in Safari and do a Print->PDF-Save as PDF. That will create a PDF file of that page of the site. Do it for each page and give them to your husband for printing.
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OT

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Frustrating!
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If that boots you to the installer, you will need to ignore the install screen to begin with, select Disk Utility from the Utilities menu in the top menu bar and erase Macintosh HD before continuing the installation.
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Hi, my iweb crash every time with Lion - Somebody help me - please!

Try the following:
delete the iWeb preference files, com.apple.iWeb.plist and com.apple.iWeb.plist.lockfile, that resides in your Home() /Library/Preferences folder.
go to your Home()/Library/Caches/com.apple.iWeb folder and delete its contents.
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launch iWeb and try again.
Also, in Lion the Library folder is now invisible. To make it permanently visible enter the following in the Terminal application window: chflags nohidden ~/Library and hit the Enter button - 10.7: Un-hide the User Library folder.
For opening your domain file in Lion or to switch between multiple domain files, if you have them, 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.
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