Want to publish an old iWeb site - struggling!

Hi, hope someone can help me out.
Approx 5 years ago, I created a website for a mate in iWeb and published it using an old .Mac account. I've since changed Macs and while the website design remains, .Mac is now Mobile Me and my mate has lost the log in details. The account is still live as my mate had the Mobile Me annual fee deducted from their account only recently.
To make matters worse, we registered a domain name and pointed it to the .Mac created domain. However, my mate failed to renew the domain and so there's no way of us seeing the website.
Finally, the email address registered to the .Mac address is now also defunct.
We've now bought the same domain name back and want to publish the iWeb site to that domain, but with no Mobile Me details I'm wondering what the solution is. Any thoughts?
Cheers in advance

You will have to recreate the web site from scratch since you don't have the domain file that was used by iWeb to create the site in the first place. Chapter 2.3 on the iWeb FAQ.org site has tips on using some of the existing files, image, audio, video, etc., from the published site in the recreation of the site.
As for the domain name once you have your site created and published you can forward it to the new site. You can obtain an account on a 3rd party web hosting server like HostExcellence.com and publish you site there.
However, if you have a blog or one of the items listed below they will not be supported on a 3rd party server:
Features Unavailable When Publishing to a Non-Mac Server:
◼ Password protection
◼ Blog and photo comments
◼ Blog search
◼ Hit counter
From iWeb 3's Help
Many 3rd party servers do support php which will allow you to protect pages or the entire site. 3rd party hit counters which offer much more than just the number of visitors can be added. And you can use a 3rd party blogging service to create your blog and embed its page into one of your iWeb pages with an HTML snippet and iframe code.
OT

Similar Messages

Deleting old iweb site

i have an old iweb site from 2006 that i need to bring down yet do not have the original domain file. Google webmaster denied request to make it unsearchable.
any ideas on how to do this?

Where are you hosting the site? If it's MobileMe just mount your iDisk, go to the iDisk/Web/Sites folder and drag the site folder to the trash bin in the Dock.
If it's a 3rd party hosting service, can you access the server with an FTP client like Transmit or the free Cyberduck which lets you access your directory/folder in a Finder like window? If so then just select the site folder and drag it to the trash.
If you can't access the server to delete files create a new site with iWeb, one that has the same site name and only one blank page, and publish that to the server.
OT

Updating old iWeb site

Okay, so to make a long story very short, I had to reinstall the operating system on my iBook, and after doing so, iWeb no longer opens the site I made in it. Instead of opening the site, it acts as though I have never used the program before and asks me to create a new site. Is there any way to salvage my old iWeb site, or do I have to start over on it? (if it makes any difference, I don't have .Mac)
Thanks...

Hi Everyone,
I have exactly the same problem as Chad. However, I had exported my site to a folder and backed it up before I reinstalled.
I can't work out how to do it, but surely there is a way to re-import my site back into iWeb.
I've been trying the iWebSites program but that doesn't seem to be of any help in my situation.
I would find it hard to believe that Apple could have left out what should be the most basic feature of iWeb, leaving me to believe that they have done this on purpose for some stupid reason.
If anyone has a way to get around this please let me know, it would be greatly appreciated.
PowerBook G4 Mac OS X (10.4.7) 1.33Ghz, 1.5Gb RAM, 80Gb 7200RPM HDD

Restoring old iweb site from idisk

THrough sheer ignorance, I created a "new Site" in iweb, not realizing it would replace my exiting website, which is far more important. I want to restore my old site. I am able to access the old site through idisk, but have no idea how to relink it so that it reappears as my website. (Someone suggested opening the index.html in plain text editor and correcting the URL, but I have no idea how to do that. Tried opening it in "text Edit" and no URL is there)
Appreciate any help!!!! This is killing me!

TextEdit is what is says - it is an html editor so that you use it to edit html code, so not url will show up as it does in Safari etc. Safari is a browser and TextEdit does what it says on the tin - edits html code.
The easiest way is to go back into iWeb and open your domain file with the site on it and re-publish all of that site and it will be back at the top again. That is assuming that you have the relevant domain fiel and have not deleted it?
If you publish another site in iWeb, assuming that they have different names, they will not cancel each other out, but what will happen is that the second published site will be at the top, so all you need do is re-publish your original site from iWeb and it will be back at the top again.
You can always get to all your iWeb sites via the url http://web.me.com/username/sitename so Site1, Site2 etc.

How to upload and publish a non iweb site to mobile me

How do I upload a website I made from a flash template to my mobile me server, I had a iweb website published there, now I want to use my same domain name and publish the new flash site I created to the mobile me server and disable the iweb site.

Just log into your MobileMe account and go to your iDisk and delete the iWeb site that is there.
You can load your other site there by simply dropping and dragging your files for your new site to the Sites folder on your iDisk. Alternatively, MobileMe uses webdav so you can use Cyberduck to publish too.

How do I get my old iweb sites into the new iweb 08 after upgrading?

I upgraded and now the new iweb 08 does not see all my old web site pages. How do Igetnthem into the new application?

I had a similar issure after buying a new iMac and trying to get my iweb sites onto the new computer. I called Apple tech support and they told me to copy the file "domain.site" form the user/library/application support/iweb folder from my old imac into the iweb folder located in the same directory on my new computer. Once it is copied to the new location, double click on the "domain.site" file and it should open in the new iweb program. They told me to check all the pages to make sure it works OK in the program. My problem is that the new iweb program crashed everytime I double click on the "domain" file. Hope this helps.

*** Publishing only one iweb site to .mac

I have a number of different sites creates in iWed that I normally upload to my own server and NOT my .mac account. I would like to clear my .mac space to 0 and then upload 1 of my entire movies there. I'd like to create the backdrop in iweb and publish this entire movie to my .mac account but I know that if I just go file>publish to .mac, that all my pages will upload to .mac.
Is there a manual way to control this? Ideally I'm hoping it's possible within iweb, but I'm guessing it's not. If it's not, will it work if I publish my pages to a folder, and then select my movie .html and files folder and manually drop them into my idisk/movies folder? Will that then publish only my movie site to my .mac account?
I'm not at the office today, so I'm just wondering if someone can give me a heads up if this may work. I'm trying to research in advance!
Thanks everyone!

Hi
Your iWeb sites are contained in a domain.sites file, which lives here:
User/Library/Application Support/iWeb/domain.sites
To separate sites, you need to have seperate domain files. You can do this by simply creating a second User Account on your Mac and creating the website there, and then use Publish to .mac.
Or you can swap out the domain files manually or use something like Domains Juggler, from Cyclosaurus.
There is some more info. on the How2 page of my site, www.willg4pb.com.
Will
1GHz G4, 15" PowerBook, Airport Extreme & Express, 1G iPod Mini Mac OS X (10.4.6) Please help others by marking questions as Answered (+perhaps Solved or Helpful)

How to publish self-contained iweb site?

I'm trying to publish a self-contained iweb site on a cd that will autorun, but I've had some problems:
1. The disk refuses to autorun on either a PC or a Mac
2. When I open the index on a PC, all of my text is highlighted in blue! It looks terrible!
Any suggestions would be great.
G5 tower/MacBook Pro Mac OS X (10.4.6)

Assuming that you are not using any .Mac specific features, like counters or slideshows or passwords or search or comments...then using the "Publish to Folder" option would give you for all intents and purposes a "self-contained" website suitable for something like a CD. What you will end up inside your folder are two things....an index.html file and a folder (with the name of your site) containing all the pertinent files for your website. Simply drop these two items on your CD and burn.
All someone has to do is to click on the index.html file and it will launch a browser and your website. In terms of how to make it autorun, I'm not sure what to tell you. There are ways to do this, but I am not so sophisticated. I'd rather keep things simple...
What you could do rename the index.html file or an alias to the file something like "CLICK ME NOW!" and position it in the CD window so that it's the only thing visible to your viewers. That's how I would do it.
==> www.DirtDoog.com <==</a>
Place A Virtual Pin On Putt-Putt's GuestMap!

Old iweb site into new iweb?

Recently had to redo my computer. My iweb site is out there on mobile me and I downloaded the folder. I can't figure out how to set it up so iweb will open this site so I can update it...

Unless you have the domain file that was used to create your site you will have to rebuild it from scratch. iWeb can't read/import html file. However, Chapter 2.3 on the iWeb FAQ.org site has tips on using some of the existing files, image, audio, video, etc., from the published site in the creation of the new site.
OT

How to import old iWeb sites

I recently did a clean install of Lion and setup a new User for myself, rather than migrate my old user data. I copied my Sites folder from my Snow Leopard User folder into my User folder in Lion, but when I open iWeb, I can't see any of my iWeb sites. How can I import the sites that I've already built in SL into iWeb running under Lion?

The website data is stored in a Domain.sites2 file whose default location is Home Folder/Library/Application Support/iWeb. This is the file you need to transfer.
In Lion the Library is hidden and there is a slight problem with opening Domain files. See this page under "iWeb and Lion" for info...
http://www.iwebformusicians.com/iWeb/iWeb-Tips.html

How do I get my Old iWeb Sites off my External HD (1 Domain file) and onto my new internal HD?

I justrecently had to replace my internal HD on my iMac. Before doing it, I backed up my 2 iWeb Sites (the Domain File) onto my external HD.
Now I have a new Internal HD on my iMac.
When I open my domain file located on my external HD, iWeb opens. Now I'd like to save the file back onto my internal HD.
How do I save my 2 web sites that I now see on the left back onto my internal HD. (When I click on "File", "Save", it just saves it again on the external HD, because it's reading the file from the external HD?)
Thanks....
Brian

You need to copy the domain.sites file from the external hard drive into your Users/Home/Library/Application Support/iWeb folder on the new hard drive. If there is no iWeb folder in the Applicaiton Support folder create one.
Be sure it's your home library that you're working in.
Happy Holidays

Where can I keep my old iweb site now that mobile me is gone

I had my iweb site posted on mobile me, now I was wondering where I can store it to share with others

You will need to get yourself a 3rd party web host.
I have been using IX Webhosting for several years with little to no problems "usually the problem was something I did" and they have been quick to solve any issue I have come across. The have plans that start at $3.95 a mo (USD) and their customer service is top notch.
http://jeffnitschke.com/IXWebHosting.html
http://jeffnitschke.com/wordpress/2012/06/how-do-i-move-my-mobileme-site-ix-web- hosting-blog/

Changed computers... want to use old iweb site on new one

Hi Guys
I have recently changed my iMac, All my iweb files are on my idisc, but i cant open or access them in iweb again.
Is there a way to import the files so i can continue editing my site daily as i used to on my old imac??
help me please!
I am a recent mac convert!

If you still have access to your old computer you need the "domain" file located in your user library/application support/iweb.
This file can be transfered to the same location on the new computer or a location of your choice and double clicked to access iweb.
If you don't have access to the file you pretty much out of luck. You can not import the published site back into iweb.
The domain file should always be backed up.
good luck

Opening old iWeb site on new computer?

I recently purchased a MacBook Pro and now want to work on my blog with iWeb. I published my site to a folder on my old iBook and then transferred it to the Pro with a usb drive. Now how do I open my site in iWeb on the new computer?
Warren
MacBook Pro Mac OS X (10.4.9)

I published my site to a
folder on my old iBook and then transferred it to the
Pro with a usb drive. Now how do I open my site in
iWeb on the new computer?
Publishing your site to a folder is useless for your purposes. You need to transfer the Domain file which created the site to your new machine.
http://homepage.mac.com/thgewecke/iwebdata.html

Published to folder iWeb site always using Times New Roman for every piece of text in published site and not showing the original text style used when building the site in iWeb.

Dear All
Hello from rainy, windy and cold North East England! I need to ask for your help as I'm new to iMac and new to iWeb and it's frustrating the life out of me!
I'm just beginning to build a website for my business. Previously, I used Frontpage, but it's been that long since I used it - I've forgotten half of it and so, I'm using iWeb instead as it's silly to use an iMac for business but a PC laptop for the website design.
I've got the background image I want on the homepage (beautiful image of a rain forest - even if I do say so myself!) and I'm trying to enter a text box at the lower half of the screen, in the centre of the page saying 'click to enter'. I type in the text, I edit it so as to change it to the font style of my company (Gill sans MT) and then I publish the site to a folder so that I can see what it would look like when viewed via the internet. When I do this - the font changes size to a bog standard size of 'so small you need a magnifying glass to read it', it changes colour from black to purple (which looks disgusting) and it changes font style from Gill Sans MT to Times New Roman.
It doesn't matter if I delete the entire site and start again or delete the text box, and insert a new one. I've googled this subject until I'm blue in the face and I can't find an answer - can anyone suggest anything that will help?
Many thanks for your help,
Best wishes,
Sean.

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.
Click to view full size
launch iWeb and try again.
NOTE: If you don't use Web Safe Fonts any computer that does not have that font installed will substitute another font for it and change the look and feel of the web page.
So it's safest to use one of those web safe fonts.
OT

Want to publish an old iWeb site - struggling!

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for