How can I transfer JUST ONE IWeb site to another computer?

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How can I transfer JUST ONE IWeb site to another computer?

I am new to making IWeb sites and am now making them for

other people. I have about 10 sites in my IWeb folder and need to

be able to give a person's site to them.

I need to be able to transfer JUST ONE site to another computer.

Right now, I am only able to transfer ALL the sites I have made to

another mac and then, it wipes out all their sites! How can I prevent

the ultimate wipe out of all their iweb sites yet give them JUST ONE

of mine?

thank you in advance,

Beth http://www.yourzensite.com

MacBook, Mac OS X (10.5.8)

Posted on Jun 28, 2011 9:29 AM

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Answer 1

Roddy

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Jun 28, 2011 9:42 AM in response to 4trinity

iWeb stores the website data in a Domain.sites2 file whose default location is Home Folder/Library/Application Support/iWeb.

Duplicate this file and launch this duplicate in iWeb by double clicking it.

Delete the other sites, and save.

Transfer this copy to the other Mac and put it in Home Folder/Library/Application Support/iWeb.

Rename it back to Domain.sites2

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Answer 2

Jun 28, 2011 12:44 PM in response to Roddy

brilant! jus brilant!

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4trinity Author

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Jul 14, 2011 8:18 AM in response to Roddy

Problem is, when I go to delete the other sites, it only gives me the option

to delete them from the internet and asks me my password to do so!

I don't want to delete ALL my live sites from the internet just to give one

client THEIR site and then HOPE that I can retreive and upload my 10 other

sites.

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Wyodor

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Jul 14, 2011 8:06 AM in response to 4trinity

Read the answer in your other post.

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Roddy

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Jul 14, 2011 8:11 AM in response to 4trinity

You're not deleting anything on the server - all you are doing is splitting the domain file.

When you split up sites that are all stored on one domain file you can rename each one "name-of-website.site2" or put them in individual folders suitably named and leave them as Domain.sites2.

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Jul 14, 2011 8:22 AM in response to Roddy

Thanks, Roddy. Could you walk me through how I can split up each iweb site and rename them in their own folders? This sounds like it could solve my problem, and hopefully, then, I can just copy one file to a thumb drive and give this to my client.

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Roddy

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Jul 14, 2011 8:47 AM in response to 4trinity

First, read Wyodor's post about changing the publishing settings HERE.

You can create the extra folders in Home Folder/Library/Application Support/iWeb or, as I do, in a folder named iWeb in the Home folder.

Create a folder for each website, give it a suitable name and paste the Domain.sites2 file with all the websites into each.

Open each one in turn, double click the Domain.sites2 file to launch it in iWeb, delete all the sites except the one whose name is the same as the folder name, save and quit.

Now you can launch any site individually in iWeb and sent a copy of the appropriate folder to the client.

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4trinity Author

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Jul 14, 2011 10:09 AM in response to Roddy

YES! This works, Roddy. A bit time consuming, but effective. thanks.

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4trinity Author

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Aug 3, 2011 12:05 PM in response to 4trinity

I spoke too soon, Roddy. This process deleted all my sites from the internet, whcih it took me

about a week to find out. SO I had to manually re-upload each site again.

Is there any way to do this process and NOT delete all my and my clients sites from the internet?

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Roddy

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Aug 3, 2011 12:17 PM in response to 4trinity

Having separate domain files for each website has nothing to do with the way they are uploaded to the server.

Where do you publish - MobileMe or another server?

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Answer 11

Aug 21, 2011 3:04 PM in response to Roddy

I just tried this method, but while it works on the original computer, once I transfer the file to my new computer, the site is not showing up once I open the file. Any idea why that might be happening? A new site just opens up in iWeb, and there is no trace of the website I tried to transfer. If I had known it would be this difficult to transfer a site, I never would have used iWeb.

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Roddy

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Aug 21, 2011 3:59 PM in response to shwininator

If the new Mac has Lion you need to jump through a hoop or two to open Domain files. See this page under "iWeb & Lion OS X 10.7"...

http://www.iwebformusicians.com/iWeb/iWeb-Tips.html

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Answer 13

Aug 21, 2011 10:02 PM in response to Roddy

That worked perfectly. Thanks so much, Roddy!

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