where do I find "domain" in Lion?

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In Lion the Library folder is now invisible. To make it permanently visible enter the following in the Terminal application window: chflags nohidden ~/Library and hit the Enter button - 10.7: Un-hide the User Library folder.

For opening your domain file in Lion for the first time or to switch between multiple domain files Cyclosaurus has provided us with the following script that you can make into an Applescript application with Script Editor. Open Script Editor, copy and paste the script below into Script Editor's window and save as an application.

Just launch the applicaiton, find and select the domain file you want to open and it will open with iWeb. It modifies the iWeb preference file each time it's launched so one can switch between domain files.

do shell script "/usr/bin/defaults write com.apple.iWeb iWebDefaultsDocumentPath -boolean no"

delay 1

tell application "iWeb" to activate

You can download an already compiiled version with this link: iWeb Switch Domain.

WARNING: iWeb Switch Domain will overwrite an existing Domain.sites2 file if you select to create a new domain in the same folder. So rename your domain files once they've been created to something other than the default name.

OT

Thanks for that Old Toad. I've been away from iWeb for awhile and am back to rebuilding my sites. I noticed that 3.0.4 doesn't allow you to just click on and open any domain file regardless of it's location. Very useful link. And thanks to Cyclosaurus too. Cheers guys!

--Mark

It is now confirmed that iWeb, and iDVD, has been discontinued by Apple. This is evidenced by the fact that new Macs are shipping with iLife 11 installed but without iWeb and iDVD.

On June 30, 2012 MobileMe will be shutdown. However, iWeb will still continue to work but without the following:

Features No Longer Available Once MobileMe is Discontinued:

◼ Password protection

◼ Blog and photo comments

◼ Blog search

◼ Hit counter

◼ MobileMe Gallery

All of these features can be replaced with 3rd party options.

I found that if I published my site to a folder on my hard drive and then uploaded with a 3rd party FTP client subscriptions to slideshows and the RSS feed were broken. If I published directly from iWeb to the FPT server those two features continued to work correctly.

There's another problem and that's with iWeb's popup slideshows. Once the MMe servers are no longer online the popup slideshow buttons will not display their images.

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However, Roddy McKay and I have figured out a way to modify existing sites with those slideshows and iWeb itself so that those images will display as expected once MobileMe servers are gone. How to is described in this tutorial: #26 - How to Modify iWeb So Popup Slideshows Will Work After MobileMe is Discontinued.

This may be of some interest to you: Life After MobileMe.

Holy Cow, Old Toad...Many Thanks. Pretty simple using your compiler. I located my old domain file ("domain.sites 2") in Time Machine files from former computer (MacAir--now my road machine), pulled it to my desktop, opened iWeb Switch Domain and clicked on the domain.sites 2 file on the desktop. Magic...got my sites back.

Pete

I almost panicked when I couldn't find my domain file ! I have over 20 websites made with iweb , but the chflags nohidden ~/Library in the terminal brought it back thank god.

I can't believe apple isn't continuing with iweb very dissappointed.

Thanks for everyone who posted here , very helpful.

Can also find Library by holding Control key while choosing "Go" from Finder menu.

Hey ther i just fund the easiest anwser:

Now you must learn your new system :

OS X Lion forum search : where library folder

Or try this :

• In the Finder do Command-Shift-G.
• Copy/paste this line : ~/Library/
• Hit return.
• Procede to the desired folder.

Or

Hold Option/Alt key and choose the Go menu in the finder. You''ll see the Library folder.

Tip: drag the folder to the dock for future use.

I found the instruction about the Option key in forums.

Thank you to everyone here. I successfully retrieved my sites thanks to the great knowledge contained on these pages.

Peace!

Jersey Chris

Dear Old Toad,

please I need help with iWeb "domain" stored in external HDD in Time Machine and unlock to see Library in it.

where do I find "domain" in Lion in extrnal HDD back up disc TimeMachine? Becouse In external HDD Lion the Library folder is now invisible.

I know how to go to visibil in normal mode on my Mac but I cant to make vissible it in HDD (in TimeMachine back up folder)

Thank You for Your Help.

There may be a way. Download and run the applicaion Show Hide Invisible Files 1.6 to make all invisible files visible. Go into your user/Library/Application/Wieb folder and from there enter Time Machine. In Time Machine go back in time till you get the domain file version you want and restore it.

When you're done with the restoration set the invisible files to be invisible again.

I think it just might work so give it a go.

Absolutly grait :-) sugetion.

Thank You very much it works.

Best regards Viliam

Hi Old Toad,

You seem to know what you're doing and I am totally lost in this world. I have a similar problem. I created my website on my MacBook using iWeb in 2010. I backed up all the files (not even sure what these files constitute, but I was prompted to do so, so I did) on to my external hard drive. In the last year, my laptop got wet and fried. So laptop is gone. I recently bought a new iMac and do not know how to gain access to my website to make modifications. My new desktop which I bought in November 2011 didn't even have iWeb on it, I had to reinstall it from the iLife package I luckily purchased a couple years ago. So now I have iWeb on my new computer, and I have a folder saved on my external drive that has a bunch of files in it relating to my website, but I don't know how to make the two meet so I can once again modify my website using iWeb. Or if that's even possible. I'm super lost and frustrated. How can this be so easy for some and so foreign to the Rest Of Us? ah. anyway, hope you can give me a hand, many thanks in advance.

Best, MK

First, since you're running Lion the user library is invisible. To make it permanently visible enter the following in the Terminal application window: chflags nohidden ~/Library and hit the Enter button - 10.7: Un-hide the User Library folder.

Now you need to find a file named Domain.sites on your external hard drrive among the files you backed up. To do so dowload and use Find Any File to search for "Domain.sites". FAF can search areas that Spotlight can't. If you have a domain.sites file on the EHD Find Any File will find it. Once you find that file copy it into your Users/Home/Library/Application Support/iWeb folder. If there is no iWeb folder in the Application Support folder create a new one and put the domain file in it.

To open your domain file in Lion or to switch between multiple domain files Cyclosaurus has provided us with the following script that you can make into an Applescript application with Script Editor. Open Script Editor, copy and paste the script below into Script Editor's window and save as an application.

do shell script "/usr/bin/defaults write com.apple.iWeb iWebDefaultsDocumentPath -boolean no"

delay 1

tell application "iWeb" to activate

You can download an already compiled version with this link: iWeb Switch Domain.

Just launch the application, find and select the domain file you want to open and it will open with iWeb. It modifies the iWeb preference file each time it's launched so one can switch between domain files.

WARNING: iWeb Switch Domain will overwrite an existing Domain.sites2 file if you select to create a new domain in the same folder. So rename your domain files once they've been created to something other than the default name.