Orin Nisenson

Q: iweb

Since iWeb is no longer an option does anyone have a suggestion on what program to use? I would like one that will use the iWeb files I used to create my present website.

Using OS 10.11.6

Thanks, Orin

MacBook Pro, OS X Yosemite (10.10.1)

Posted on Sep 6, 2016 6:55 PM

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  • by léonie,

    léonie léonie Sep 7, 2016 12:25 AM in response to Orin Nisenson
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    Sep 7, 2016 12:25 AM in response to Orin Nisenson

    Sandvox can extract the content of your current iWeb websites and create new sites from it.  It is the closest to iWeb that I have found.

     

    http://www.karelia.com/support/sandvox/help/z/Transitioning_from_iWeb.html

  • by Ethmoid,

    Ethmoid Ethmoid Sep 7, 2016 8:46 AM in response to léonie
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    Sep 7, 2016 8:46 AM in response to léonie

    No it can't - this is totally incorrect information and if you had actually bothered to read what you have created a link to here, then you would have found that out - it says towards the bottom that Sandbox cannot import, so you will have to recreate your site in Sandvox by copying a pasting content from iWeb to Sandvox.

     

    Also, the closest to iWeb is EverWeb, that was created as a  direct replacement for iWeb.

  • by Ethmoid,

    Ethmoid Ethmoid Sep 7, 2016 8:49 AM in response to Orin Nisenson
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    Sep 7, 2016 8:49 AM in response to Orin Nisenson

    The only packages that you will find that can import iWeb files are DreamWeaver or Flux 6 and both of these have a very hight learning curve and are quite expensive.

     

    You are better of getting an app that you can use, but you might have to re-create your site from scratch by copying and pasting.

     

    Sandvox is one alternative, but can't import, but the best and most like iWeb is EverWeb that was created as a direct replacement for iWeb.

  • by léonie,

    léonie léonie Sep 7, 2016 9:00 AM in response to Ethmoid
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    Sep 7, 2016 9:00 AM in response to Ethmoid

    I tried Sandvox and as the document says, and what I wrote - "it can extract the content of your current iWeb websites". I did not say that it can read the iWeb Domain.sites2 file, as you imply.  It reads the HTML of the web sites.

     

    From the link I posted:

    How do I extract my old iWeb site if it is no longer published on the web?

    You will need to publish your iWeb site to a local folder. Select the top item in your list of pages, and Choose "Local Folder" for where to publish. Chose a folder such as your desktop. After this is complete, use the Choose… button in the extractor to choose either the index.html file, or the main page (usually Welcome.html) of your exported iWeb site.

    When I tried it, Sandvox created a near perfect copy of my iWeb sites from the HTML pages, and I was quite impressed. That is why I recommended it. It is very easy to use and I can publish to my FTP server, no subscription required.