which alternative to iWeb?

Why do you need to find an alternative to iWeb?

It is MobileMe that is ceasing and NOT iWeb. iWeb is an app that you can still continue to use whatever happens to MobileMe. If you have Leopard it will continue to work fine for you.

So far I have looked at both RapidWeaver and Sandvox and I don't think much of them really. They are both template based with no room for manoevre and both have less control than iWeb gives you.

If I were you, I would stick with iWeb - there is no reason to change when it will still work and all you need do is upload your site to another server.

It is iWeb 08 that you have and not iWork - they are different things.

You can always upgrade to iWeb 09 by purchasing iLife 11, iWeb 09 is included in this or try and get a cut price copy of iLife 09 at Amazon.

Of course you can edit the code and css style sheets when you want to. Simply publish your site to a local folder and you will get all the html files and the css folders. All you then need do is open them with TextWrangler and you can edit them and then upload your site. If you are using iWeb 08, then you would have to do this anyway unless you are still publishing to MobileMe?

If you are uploading to a server, then with iWeb 08 you have no choice but to publish to a folder on your desktop.

Having said that, I have just had a look at Hype and it seems pretty good and quite a lot cheaper than the others. Have seen it in the MacApp store before and had not realised what it was, but will now investigate further.

Sandvox does not allow designing from blank page, only from templates. Seems like Freeway is the way to go for me. It allows all the drag-and-drop creativity I need for my 8 iWebsites. I look forward to designing my site #9 with Freeway....Fun! However, Apple has not announced the death of iWeb, only MobileMe, so I will wait to decide what to do with my 8 finished sites.

There are some more alternatives mentioned in this topic...

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3040276?answerId=15142357022#15142357022

This Macworld article gives some info on MacFlux/Flux 3 and some buying advice to clarify that they are kind of different versions of the same thing.

http://www.macwareinc.com/products/MacFlux/overview.html

http://www.theescapers.com/flux/

Note that the latter is a lot cheaper and you can download a trial.

Bonjour

I've purchased Flux, when it was cheaper. It makes me think of NVU or KompoZer. But, even if it's WYSIWYG, knowledge of CSS and HTML is very useful, almost essential, to build a website with this software.

I have just been looking at Freeway Express tutorials and this seems to be quite good - you can at least choose a blank template which you can't do in other programmes.

How does Freeway compare to Flux? There is a price difference I realise, but is Flux more of a half way house to DreamWeaver and would Freeway be a better choice?

I just meant that Flux is cheaper than MacFlux and you can try it out before you buy.

MacFlux is available cheaper from Amazon.

Looking at MacFlux, I see that you can import iWeb sites and start working. Amazing. I had imagined that eventually someone would develop this, but MacFlux does it already! Does it work?

From MacFlux website: "Import a website: Already have a website? Import an existing website or iWeb site into MacFlux to instantly begin working with it."