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Q: iWeb Replacement

Is Apple going to be replacing iWeb anytime soon? I really don't like the the alternatives. Freeway Pro, Rapidweaver and Sandvox. I have them all and none do I like. Too many add on things in hopes of making a better page. Too much cost.

 

I really want iWeb or a new version now. iWeb is OK but limited now because of no further support.

Posted on Mar 28, 2013 11:01 AM

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  • by Shaun in the UK,

    Shaun in the UK Shaun in the UK May 14, 2013 3:54 PM in response to Jeff Nitschke
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    May 14, 2013 3:54 PM in response to Jeff Nitschke

    Brilliant Jeff, would like to see the full version with perhaps "Rat Trap" by the Boomtown Rats...

  • by Larr2000,

    Larr2000 Larr2000 Jun 17, 2013 6:57 PM in response to greenev
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    Jun 17, 2013 6:57 PM in response to greenev

    I too, am looking for an iWeb replacement that will allow importing all my sites without rebuilding them all over.  Yes, I do know iWeb is gone.  None of the previous comments deal with importing existing sites built on iWeb.  I could use an old Dream Weaver (CS3).  Anyone have experience with this?

  • by Wyodor,

    Wyodor Wyodor Jun 17, 2013 11:24 PM in response to Larr2000
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    Jun 17, 2013 11:24 PM in response to Larr2000

    You can open your published webpages in dreamweaver with the open command in the file menu.

     

    Or create a site in DW.

     

    Here's how I did it with iDisk (MobileMe). You can do it with any server :

     

    http://www.wyodor.net/ContriDW/Connecting_Dreamweaver.html

     

    See also you other post.

  • by soltltym,

    soltltym soltltym Jun 18, 2013 7:49 AM in response to Larr2000
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    Jun 18, 2013 7:49 AM in response to Larr2000

    No need to abort iWeb. It is still the best website editor/creator, bar none! If you go to "machighway.com" you can upload your iWeb sites directily onto their server without any conversion or changes needed. It works seamlessly with iWeb, at least until a future OS X version leaves iWeb orphaned.

     

    The cost is minimal (compared to other hosting sites) and they cater to Mac users, primarily. I have used every available web software for Mac over the years and can tell you there is nothing as easy and as effective as iWeb. Killing iWeb was one of the biggest mistakes Apple has made since the introduction of OS X.

     

    If you want to edit html or customize your pages for greater control or details, for whatever reasons, then you can look at one of the other web design apps for Mac. You're not going to like them as well. I used to use Dreamweaver only because it offered WYSIWYG editing, but I dumped it when Adobe took control, and iWeb came along. It also requires JAVA to install, which is a "crock" of $@#%. Macromedia did it right, but Adobe sealed their fate when they abandoned Apple and moved to Windows only.

     

    Hey, Adobe if any of you are listening . . . you screwed up royal. Want to make it up to Apple users? Keep iWeb alive (without Adobeizing it of course).

  • by Ethmoid,

    Ethmoid Ethmoid Jun 18, 2013 9:20 AM in response to soltltym
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    Jun 18, 2013 9:20 AM in response to soltltym

    Actually what you stated about Adobe being Windows only, is NOT true.

     

    Look at the Adobe website and you will see there that there is Mac support for programmes and Adobe Muse supports Mac as does DreamWeaver.

  • by ABBAEXEC,Solvedanswer

    ABBAEXEC ABBAEXEC Aug 6, 2013 2:50 PM in response to greenev
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    Aug 6, 2013 2:50 PM in response to greenev

    Well Im useing Easy Web its totally fantastic its got all what I web had plus a host of extra features, i have built this with it to Test www.abbaexperience.com

     

     

    Regards

     

    Vince

  • by AnetteC,

    AnetteC AnetteC Aug 19, 2013 1:11 PM in response to ABBAEXEC
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    Aug 19, 2013 1:11 PM in response to ABBAEXEC

    I'm wondering the same as Larr2000 - will we be able to import our iWeb sites into EasyWeb without having to rebuild them too much?

  • by figleef,

    figleef figleef Aug 19, 2013 3:24 PM in response to greenev
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    Aug 19, 2013 3:24 PM in response to greenev

    I managed to get my head around Freeway EXPRESS . . . a bit simpler than than the Pro version.

  • by Roddy,

    Roddy Roddy Aug 20, 2013 4:30 AM in response to AnetteC
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    Aug 20, 2013 4:30 AM in response to AnetteC

    AnetteC wrote:

     

    I'm wondering the same as Larr2000 - will we be able to import our iWeb sites into EasyWeb without having to rebuild them too much?

    You wouldn't want to import your iWeb site into EasyWeb because you will want to take advantage of all the new and better features available.

     

    A lot of Beta testers are rebuilding their iWeb sites in EasyWeb by pasting in the text and dragging in assets such as images, movies etc.

     

    EasyWeb allows the user to inject any type of code into the correct place in the HTML doc - unlike iWeb's rather unintuitive HTML Snippet - so you would want to recreate your widgets in EasyWeb.

     

    The self generating drop down menu allows the user to insert different names in the menu from that of the page file name. It also automatically corrects page file names to the right format by removing capital letters and inserting hyphens in spaces.

     

    The page inspector allows the user to insert page title and description for SEO. The aplication also makes it easy to use heading tags for all h1, h2, h3, etc so that SEO is much improved.

     

    EasyWeb has many of the features that iWeb users have been requesting (and didn't get) and produces more efficient code with faster downloading pages.

     

    Any iWeb user will find the basics of EasyWeb simple to understand and use although there's obviously and little learning curve to get to grips with the more advanced features.

     

    As a former iWeb user, I can say that EasyWeb is all the things that I wished iWeb had been.

  • by Gilles Savard1,

    Gilles Savard1 Gilles Savard1 Aug 20, 2013 1:22 PM in response to Roddy
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    Aug 20, 2013 1:22 PM in response to Roddy

    Do you have a link for EasyWeb, because searching easyWeb on the net looks like too common. A lot of thing come out without finding the software

     

     

     

    AND yes it's a big mistake from Apple to stop iWeb. This was a big advantage to buy a Mac over a PC for many people.

    iLife look like abandoned too

  • by Roddy,

    Roddy Roddy Aug 20, 2013 1:28 PM in response to Gilles Savard1
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    Aug 20, 2013 1:28 PM in response to Gilles Savard1
  • by Ethmoid,

    Ethmoid Ethmoid Aug 21, 2013 12:10 AM in response to Gilles Savard1
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    Aug 21, 2013 12:10 AM in response to Gilles Savard1

    Do a search for Rage Software - they are the ones who are developing EasyWeb.  Send them an e-mail and say that you would like to become a beta tester and they will normally let you.  You can then download the beta version and start building a website using all the features and then give them good feedback in the forums and they keep the beta version up to date with all the bug fixes that testers have identified.

  • by AnetteC,

    AnetteC AnetteC Aug 21, 2013 11:54 AM in response to Roddy
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    Aug 21, 2013 11:54 AM in response to Roddy

    Thanks Roddy, that's really helpful.

     

    What do you think of Webacappella, http://www.webacappella.com/?

     

    Anette

  • by Roddy,

    Roddy Roddy Aug 21, 2013 12:40 PM in response to AnetteC
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    Aug 21, 2013 12:40 PM in response to AnetteC

    I never gave Webacappella much time since it's French.

     

    I think Ethmoid has tried it out and hopefully will give you some insight.

  • by Ethmoid,

    Ethmoid Ethmoid Aug 21, 2013 1:04 PM in response to AnetteC
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    Aug 21, 2013 1:04 PM in response to AnetteC

    I have to say that I like Webacappella.  It is very easy to use and has most of the things that iWeb does not.

     

    It has built in SEO and drop down navigation menus as well as an html snippet where you can enter your own code.

     

    You can make master pages/templates for your header and footer pages so that these don't alter and they all look the same.  There are text boxes and shapes, but some things that I found annoying was that there is no way to wrap text or enter bullet points.  I e-mailed support over this and they said that the only way to use bullet points was in an html snippet, which I complained about, as iWeb had these built in.

     

    Apart from that, I like it a lot and have re-built several websites with it.  You can publish to a folder and then uplod to a server/host of your choice too.

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