Copying iWeb content to another computer

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Copying iWeb content to another computer

I have an iWeb site that is presently on my iBook, and published on the web. I have a new MacBook Pro and would like to copy all the content from the iBook to iWeb on the new computer so I can work on it and modify it.

If I publish iWeb on the iBook to a folder, what appears in the folder is the published site, and not something I can modify.

I can't find an iWeb folder in my Library/Application Support folder. Could it be hiding somewhere else?

Thanks in advance.

ibook G4 and MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.4.7), I have ilife '08 installed

Posted on Aug 2, 2008 9:30 AM

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Wyodor

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Aug 2, 2008 9:34 AM in response to Dr. Sharmer

Try Find (Cmd-F)

!http://www.wyodor.net/_Discussions/FindDomain.png!

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Dr. Sharmer Author

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Aug 2, 2008 10:18 AM in response to Wyodor

Okay, found it. The page on my iBook looks like the one you have below. Now what do I do?

Thanks!

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Dr. Sharmer Author

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Aug 2, 2008 10:35 AM in response to Dr. Sharmer

Can I click and drag that iWeb icon onto a flash drive? If so, how to I get it into my iWeb on my new computer? Is there an Import function?

Thanks!

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Aug 2, 2008 10:49 AM in response to Dr. Sharmer

yes drag it to your disk, then eject the disk (if its a cd style disk, then burn it first) put the disk in your new computer, drag the file to wherever you want it located then double click the file to open it, it then becomes iwwebs default file.

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Dr. Sharmer Author

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Aug 2, 2008 11:19 AM in response to Site maker

I am copying it to my flash drive as I type! It looks like it is going to take a while to copy everything so while we're waiting - when you say "drag the file to wherever you want it located" does that mean I should open it in iWeb somewhere? Or do I put somewhere else?

Thanks again!

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Wyodor

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Aug 2, 2008 11:43 AM in response to Dr. Sharmer

Copy the file to the same location on the new computer. Then double-click it to open in iWeb.

iWeb will remember.

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Dr. Sharmer Author

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Aug 2, 2008 12:23 PM in response to Wyodor

Got it! Just a quick command-s and all my iWeb content is now on my new computer. Thanks a million, Fyodor. You made my day!

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Dr. Sharmer Author

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Aug 2, 2008 12:24 PM in response to Dr. Sharmer

Sorry - I meant Wyodor.

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Wyodor

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Aug 2, 2008 12:43 PM in response to Dr. Sharmer

Google always asks me: Do you mean Fyodor. 🙂

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Dr. Sharmer Author

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Aug 10, 2008 9:43 AM in response to Wyodor

Hi Wyodor -

You helped me copy my iWeb content from my iBook to my new MBP. It seemed to work just fine, and all my content was in the program.

However, now when I open iWeb on my MBP none of the content is there. Can you help?

Thanks!

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Ethmoid

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Aug 10, 2008 11:06 AM in response to Dr. Sharmer

You need to double click on the actual domain.sites file that you copied from iWeb on your iBook to your MBP. If you click on iWeb itself, then it will ask you to create a new site. Double click on the copied domain file and your site should be there.

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Dr. Sharmer Author

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Aug 10, 2008 12:06 PM in response to Ethmoid

Hello, Ethmoid -

Thanks for responding.

Yes, it's all there. However, it doesn't open in iWeb when I double click on the site.

It just shows up as a long list of folders and HTML documents that I copied from iWeb on my iBook.

The path for where the site is located on my MBP is:

HD, Users, Home, Library, Application Support, iWeb, Site.

Could there be a glitch there?

When I use Finder to locate Domain.site, and click on it, a blank iWeb site comes up.

Thanks in advance for your continued help.

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Ethmoid

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Aug 10, 2008 2:31 PM in response to Dr. Sharmer

Well, it won't open within iWeb, because what you copied was a version of your website that has already been published. The fact that you see folders and html files, means that you have published to a folder?

What file exactly did you copy from your iBook? If it was not the domain.sites file that resides in User/Library/Application Support/iWeb and then domain.sites there is absolutely nothing that you can do with this. iWeb is not an html editor and cannot open an already published site.

I would suggest that you go back to your iBook and go to User/Library/Application Support/iWeb and the domain.sites file with your website in it. Copy this file and only this and place it in exactly the same place on your new machine and then double click to open it and you can continue working on your site.

If you cannot do this, then you are looking at re-building.

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Dr. Sharmer Author

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Aug 10, 2008 4:39 PM in response to Ethmoid

Okay, I think I have it now. I copied the domain to a CD and then copied it from the CD to my library on the MBP. Then I opened iWeb on the MBP. It asked for a domain and had a place to browse. I browsed for the newly copied domain in my library, selected it, and clicked on "create." Then iWeb opened with all my content.

I made a little change in iWeb, then saved it and published it. It published just fine.

In the last attempt, I think I copied the "site" rather than the domain.

Thanks for all your help.

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Dr. Sharmer Author

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Aug 10, 2008 4:47 PM in response to Ethmoid

How can I say your response was helpful and my question was answered? Did I need to start a new thread?

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