Using iWeb as a website builder. Heplp please.

Dear all, very sorry to ask what I am sure is a very straightforward question but your help would be greatly appreciated. I'd like to use iWeb as a simple website design tool for a community website I have to build. We have our own hosting server capacity and our own registered domain name. Can I design my site using iWeb and then upload to this 3rd party server and have people go to this site by typing in my domain (such as www.mylocalcommunity.co.uk ? Also, the Apple Store demo suggests the templates have page headings like 'My Page' which i'd want to change. Could I do this so its 'Our Page' for example ? Many thanks for such stupid questions !
iBook G4 Mac OS X (10.4.5)

Hi,
In a word Yes.
This is why you have the two options : Publish to .Mac and Publish to a Folder.
You want Publish to a Folder.
You will then upload this folder contents to your hosted site. If empty, that is all you need to do.
If you have a domain you need to tell your registrar which hosting service you want it to point to. That is a bit beyond the scope of a simple iWeb explanation, though ; suffice it to say you could get better info from your hosting service.
In what regards page names, of course you can change them.

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How to use iWeb to create a website that contains a downloadable audio files. I'm uloading about 15 GB of audio files. I need to creat folders "albums" and then put the files in these folders. Any advise?
Thank you very much for your time to this
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The important thing is not to put the audio files directly into iWeb: if you do that then every time iWeb decides it needs to upload the entire site you will find yourself uploading all 15GB of audio files, which won't make you happy. Start by uploading the files to the server - in folders as suits you - and then link to them in iWeb.
If you want them to download rather than play, you may be able to set up an .'htaccess' file in the folder which will force a download - it depends on whether your hosting service will allow this. The method is described here:
http://www.wilmut.webspace.virginmedia.com/notes/missing/download.html
Here is an example of a simple link which produces a download (without the process described the audio file would play in the browser in a blank page):
http://rfwilmut.net/stars/dawson2.mp3
Then all you need to do is to provide a link, designed however suits you, in your iWeb page. If your server won't allow the .htaccess file then you will have to ask visitors to control-click (Mac) or right-click (Windows) on the link and choose 'Download linked file' or equivalent - not so convenient; or otherwise zip the files first, which won't much reduce their size but will force a download (and of course the recipients will have to unzip them).
If you want the files to play in a player in the page, you can use an html snippet to provide a player as described in this page (you will also need to upload a script to the webspace - this is provided in the page):
http://www.wilmut.webspace.virginmedia.com/notes/qtembed.html

Using iweb for school website

Hi
This may have been answered before but I cant find it in the discussion. I want to set up a website for a very small school (24 students)using iweb. Do I have to use Apple for the ISP and if so is it the same rate as for a private individual?
Anyone out there done the same thing? I have been using the moogle style and they are unbelievably complicated for someone like me! Iweb seems to solve those tech problems and I would love to use it.
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It is extremely easy to produce a site like this within iWeb. Just start with a white template so that you can design is yourself as they have done.
To get the colours, what they have done and you can do is create a text box and then use either colour fill or gradient fill to achieve the contrast in colours. They have then placed photos and their logos over this. You could even achieve the same effect with a shape too with a rounded or a square edge that is colour or gradient filled.
For the navigation bars, all you need do is to go to the Inspector and hide the page template nav bar and create your own as they have done. They have probably created theirs by using either shapes or text boxes that are again colour/gradient filled. You can then enhance the look by using picture frames to make them stand out more. Don't forget to hyperlink them though. The other nav bar is just done using different text styles and colours.
It is really as simple as that and to make it even more effective you can change the colour of the page background and also the browser background for even more effect. Just open Inspector and go to Page Layout where all these changes can be made.

How to use IWEB for multiple websites?

Okay.
I have two websites. One on a 3rd party, one on .MAC.
Computer 1 = .MAC website
Computer 2= 3rd party website
I want to use computer 2 to edit my .MAC website and moved the DOMAIN file but haven't open it in iWEB on the second computer as I need to know how to open and not destroy the 3rd party website.
How is this done?
Thanks.

You can rename the domain file to something descriptive of the site and open them manually. But I find it much safer to use iWebSites for managing multiple sites, over 25. I use iWebSites to manage multiple sites.. It lets me create multiple sites and multiple domain files.
If you have multiple sites in one domain file here's the workflow I used to split them into individual site files with iWebSites. Be sure to make a backup copy of your original Domain.sites files before starting the splitting process.
This lets me edit several sites and only republish the one I want.

Do I need a Mac Account to publish my website using iWeb

I don't have a .mac account because my internet service provider gives me some webspace. Can I use iweb to create websites with the service I have? or do I need to purchase a mac account and use their service?
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You can use any server space you have. Here are some tips:
http://homepage.mac.com/thgewecke/iwebserver.html

Do I use iWeb or use a service to maintain a web site?

Do I use iWeb or use a service to maintain a web site?
I've been doing content, not design or posting.
I have a website established and managed by a web creation and support firm. It is
SigEpDavidson.org
The firm proposed the design. Content is 100% me. The Calendar is a link to my iCal published calendar on my mobleme site. The logos, graphs, maps and lists were done in my computer and sent to the firm for posting. The Family Tree is done on my computer and sent by email to the firm then posted. Photos are n iWeb and linked to SigEpDavidson.org. Updates are done by me emailing the firm monthly except for those pages linking to Mobleme which I update directly.
The firm does not want to continue doing the site so I may take it on. This means I would use iWeb and buy some web hosting space or use iDisk space to host it. I'm comfortable with computers and have lots of content that is not posted and know how I want it shown. I am not comfortable with iWeb and hosting either at iDisk or another place.
Do I find another firm? Do I leap into iWeb? Do I host on iDisk? Do I host on another site?
I want the name of the site to remain: SigEpDavidson.org
Getting the Domain name from the firm is ok.
I've walked through video tutorials for iWeb and looked a some of the Discussion Board issues. It seems if I want to use iWeb I'd better take a day and get through every help file, tutorial and post to understand it.

There is not really that much to understand about iWeb and it is extremely easy to use.
What you do need to understand though is that if you do want to use iWeb for your website, you will have to re-build it completely and from scratch, as it has no import facility, so is unable to edit a previously published site with html files.
Also, you need to backup your domain file or you will lose everything and have to start again. Once you open iWeb and create your first site, everything is saved under User/Library/Application Support/iWeb/domain.sites. Note, that it is your User Library and not your System Library, as iWeb is not there.
It would be cheaper in the long run to purchase hosting space from somewhere like GoDaddy or HostExcellence and if the company will let you have the domain name, then transfer it there or wherever you get hosting space from. It makes it a lot simpler to do that.

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If I upgrade to Lion or Mountain Lion or later versions - what wil happen - can I still use my iWeb.

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I am thinking of leaving iweb before it leaves me. Which website builder is closest in use to iweb? Has anyone used Sandvox or RapidWeaver? Are these close? Is something better/easier/closer to iweb? I'd also want it to be easy to upload to a third party host and as easy as iweb to edit the contents. Thanks.

Dreamweaver is probably not the way to go, as it is very expensive and quite hard to learn.
I have looked at both RapidWeaver and Sandvox and don't particularly like them - you can't start from a blank page and it is not easy to drop and drag items around like it is in iWeb.
Look at something like Freeway Express that is available in the Mac App Store - you can start with a blank page here and this is probably nearer to iWeb. It is certainly cheaper than RapidWeaver.
Also, have a look at Flux 3 that is also available in the Mac App Store. A little harder and more expensive than Freeway.
You then have other choices such as Content Management Systems such as Drupal and Joomla - you can use these if you have hosting with a company or you could try http://www.wordpress.com where you can build a site and it will be published on the WordPress servers, but you can also pay extra to add a domain name. Although WordPress is really for blogs you can build your whole site with it and you can have your blog too.
Also have a look at http://www.weebly.com - this is an online solution where you can create a website and have a blog and there are shopping cart facilities too. There are different levels that you can pay for where you can add your domain to your site etc.
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I am building a website using IWEB, on my computer, and I am stuck suddenly, the page I made yesterday is hidden by another page and I cannot pursue.. Is there a way to learn the process, also I see a contradiction with ILIFE 2011, reading about an announ

I am building a website using IWEB, on my computer, and I am stuck suddenly, the page I made yesterday is hidden by another page and I cannot pursue..
Is there a way to learn the process, also I see a contradiction with ILIFE 2011, reading about an announcement of Steve Jobs....? that iWeb would not longer be??

How is the first page hidden by the other page? Where are you experiencing this problem? In iWeb's window or in the browser window of the published site?
Are you referring to the page's link in your navbar? If so check the Inspector/Page/Page pane for the "hidden" page and make sure it's set to be included in the navbar. If that's not the problem describe in detail what you mean and include any screenshots you can make of the problem.
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As you now know iWeb and iDVD have been discontinued by Apple. This is evidenced by the fact that new Macs are shipping with iLife 11 installed but without iWeb and iDVD.
On June 30, 2012 MobileMe will be shutdown. HOWEVER, iWeb will still continue to work but without the following:
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◼ Password protection
◼ Blog and photo comments
◼ Blog search
◼ Hit counter
◼ MobileMe Gallery
Currently if the site is published directly from iWeb to the 3rd party server the RSS feed and slideshow subscription features will work. However, if the site is first published to a folder on the hard drive and then uploaded to the sever with a 3rd party FTP client those two features will be broken.
All of these features can be replaced with 3rd party options.
There's another problem and that's with iWeb's popup slideshows. Once the MMe servers are no longer online the popup slideshow buttons will not display their images.
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However, Roddy McKay and I have figured out a way to modify existing sites with those slideshows and iWeb itself so that those images will display as expected once MobileMe servers are gone. How to is described in this tutorial: iW14 - Modify iWeb So Popup Slideshows Will Work After MobileMe is Discontinued.
NOTE: the iLife 11 boxed version Is no longer available at the online Apple Store. To get a copy you'll have to try Amazon.com or eBay.com.
This may be of interest to you: Life After MobileMe.
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Has anyone built a web site using Ilife and specifically Iweb?
No, no-one in this forum has ever used iWeb. Browse this forum and you'll see that nobody has even heard of the app.
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And here are some video tutorials by Apple :
http://www.apple.com/findouthow/web/
And note that iWeb is not PhotoShop (Elements) v.v. So don't compare them.
And I'm sure that filling a blank page with content isn't very difficult to do.
Remember Kindergarten? Did you need a tutorial to use the crayons?
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http://www.wyodor.net/mfi/
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Would like to use iWeb for a photography website

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Please bear with me on this. The question I am going to raise has been asked on the forum in bits and pieces but don’t think I was able to find a comprehensive solution to it.
I currently maintain a photography website which is hosted overat my-expressions.com. Link - http://staticmemory.my-expressions.com/
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BNN, even though I understand what KT is saying, your thought resonates with mine. When it comes to building and maintaining my website, I see myself more as a photographer than as a web designer. Hence, even though Apple may not be actively developing (and we are guessing on this one, arent we) iWeb, the existing functionality should do plenty of good to me for next couple years at least.
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