I've put the Domain file in that location again and
again but something is still not right. Maybe the
program can't find the site on my local hard drive?
Are you sure you have the Domain.sites file?
Your iWeb data is stored, not in your actual html files, but in a file called Domain.sites which is stored in your Home/Library/Application Support/iWeb folder. If you want to work on your site on another computer, copy this file to a thumb drive to move it around.
You should backup this file whenever you make big changes to your site, because if it gets lost or damaged, you will have to start all over. Sadly, many many people learn this the hard way. 😟
I have an Automator app on my site that will help you backup your Domain file(s).
Click here to download it or visit
http://iweb.varkgirl.com for more info. The app will make a .zip file of your Home/Library/Application Support/iWeb folder and save it to a location of your choosing.
Then check out
Mozy for an online place to store your backups - I just found this and it seems great. They just recently released a Mac friendly version of their app - it automates the upload and encryption. You select the files you want to backup and it does the rest. You can set it to upload automatically after so many minutes of inactivity or once a day. It does it all in the background so you don't have to worry about it! 2GB of storage are free - plenty of room for most people's iWeb Domain.sites backups! 🙂
Disclaimer: By clicking the aforementioned link to Mozy, which has my referral code in it, you earn yourself (and me) 256MB of extra storage space. If you don't want that to happen, just go directly to
http://www.mozy.com and sign up that way. Either way, you will find a great service! :)
What I normally do is publish locally then upload
using Fetch.
This has nothing to do with saving, backing up, or reopening your site in iWeb.
