Where does iWeb '09 Save Websites on OSX 10.6.4?

Hugh ~ Here's a diagram showing where the Domain file usually resides:




iWeb '09 Domain files are called "Domain.sites2" — although the “.sites2” extension is usually invisible. If no luck finding the Domain file via Spotlight, download and run Find File to search for ".sites2".

Copy the line below (which is the correct spelling in Unix speak) :

~/Library/Application Support/iWeb/

Do Command-Shift-G in the Finder and paste the line.

Hit return.

Double click on iWeb and create a test site and then go back and check that the domain file is stored there.

If you really can't find your domain file - perhaps you deleted it by mistake - looks like you might have to re-build your site from scratch?

Im having the same problem, Ive installed SEO tools and it needs the .html pages so that I can add meta tags...any help on how to find the .html pages?

You first have to publish the site to a folder on the hard drive. Click on the site folder in iWeb and select Publish to Folder in the drop down menu. Select the folder and then do a Publish Entire Site to that folder.

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Then you can point SEO to that folder and its contents to do it's job.

OT

Download and use Find Any File to search for "Domain.sites2" on your Mac. It can search areas that Spotlight can't.

Well, if you really can't find your domain file, then you will have to re-build your site from scratch. There is no other alternative.

Make sure your domain file is firstly in the correct place and also backed up after this, or you will be looking at re-building your site yet again.

I'm not saying that there is anything wrong with your site, but if you ever want to make any alterations to your site and you don't have the domain file, or can't find it, you are going to be in a little bit of trouble aren't you?

The "standard" response in this forum to the location of the Domain.sites2 file is that it is in - Home Folder/Library/Application Support/iWeb.

Sometimes people can't find it because they look in the System Library rather than the user library in their Home folder. Its also possible that its in the user library of another user account on your Mac!

Other times it can't be found in the default location because it isn't there. This can happen sometimes when you transfer all your files to a new Mac.

Another possibility is that YOU put it elsewhere. I build all my sites on separate domain files each of which is stored in its own folder in a "master" folder in my Home folder. The Domain file that is in Home Folder/Library/Application Support/iWeb is the one for the last site that I launched and saved/published. That's the way iWeb works - normally.

I have always thought that it would be more sensible for iWeb to offer the user the choice of where to store the domain file(s). That's what "normal" applications do but then iWeb isn't "normal".

A few months ago I updated iLife on an older Mac. Imagine my surprise when iWeb launched, ask me to not only open a new site but gave me the window to choose where I wanted to store it! This was on a PPC iMac G5 running Leopard.

My point here is that if anybody was faced with a similar situation and happened to choose a logical location like a folder in Home Folder/Sites then, obviously, the domain file won't be in the default location.

In the OP's case, if the site launches in iWeb then the Domain.sites2 file associated with it must be on the hard disk, or a connected external drive, somewhere.

When searching for this file, some people get confused by the way it is represented. It shows as "Domain" if you have file extensions turned off in Finder/Preferences/Advanced or as Domain.sites2 if this is turned on.

Try searching for your domain file with the application that Old Toad mentioned above - Find Any File. When you open this you have the option to search any connected drives. Make sure you do this if you have any.

When I search for "Domain.sites2" it gives me a choice of 143 such files. There are also 143 on my external drive which contains a weekly incremental backup of my hard drive using SuperDuper. When I search the external drive that runs Time Machine I get 1264 domain files so I have plenty to choose from!

Try searching for your domain file with the application that Old Toad mentioned above - Find Any File. When you open this you have the option to search any connected drives. Make sure you do this if you have any.

In the finder, go to Device/Users/[yourname] and you will see at the bottom of the window "Sites". Click on "Sites", and click on each name that opens, and after about 2 clicks you will see "Domain.sites2". That's the information for your website. Double-click on "Domain.sites2" and iWeb will open.

hi hugh,

the path given above for a domain file is misleading.

the domain file can be found:

double click your icon of your system disk,

then go to folders

user/(your user name)/library/application support/iWeb.

make sure that you already stored a website in iWeb - otherwise there isn't anything to be found.

good luck

mdesignffm

There may be some history involved here as to where iWeb saves websites. I started with iWeb '06 in 2007 and saved my travel web pages without questioning where they were saved. Later, when I set up a second website, iWeb could still create independent sites, unlike with the latest versions of iWeb. And the second site also showed up at User/(your user name)/Sites, where my first site was.

I have never found my websites at user/(your user name)/library/application support/iWeb, and I certainly have never moved any web sites from user/(your user name)/library/application support/iWeb. to User/Sites. So I can only conclude that in some recent version of iWeb, where there could be only one site, iWeb started to save its files at user/(your user name)/library/application support/iWeb.

Does anyone have definitive infomation about where the various versions of iWeb have stored their sites?