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Q: Alternative to discontinued iWeb?

Has anyone found a satisfactory web design software to substitute for iWeb which is discontinued?

iMac 21.5", Mac OS X (10.7.2), Pages for iPhone/iPad

Posted on Dec 11, 2011 4:56 PM

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  • by Jujudal,

    Jujudal Jujudal Jul 5, 2013 4:58 AM in response to rshammaa
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    Jul 5, 2013 4:58 AM in response to rshammaa

    What are the current recommendations for an iWeb replacement. I have no HTML coding knowledge and do not want to use per-designed templates for my pages. I want to replicate what I have and continue to build on it. www.jujudals.com.

     

    Thanks!

  • by Roddy,

    Roddy Roddy Jul 5, 2013 5:43 AM in response to Jujudal
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    Jul 5, 2013 5:43 AM in response to Jujudal

    If you want an application that will self generate a drop down menu and is basically like iWeb with a lot more features, you should have a look at EasyWeb by Rage software.

     

    Although the application is still in beta you can use it for free at the moment if you are signed up with Rage hosting.

     

    You can be notified when the app is released by signing up here...

     

    http://www.iwebreplacementapp.com

     

    ... and find out more on Facebook...

     

    https://www.facebook.com/easyweb

  • by casefoto,

    casefoto casefoto Nov 14, 2013 11:12 AM in response to Ethmoid
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    Nov 14, 2013 11:12 AM in response to Ethmoid

    Yeah but how?

  • by Old Toad,

    Old Toad Old Toad Nov 14, 2013 11:29 AM in response to casefoto
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    Nov 14, 2013 11:29 AM in response to casefoto

    Like you would any application.  Double click on it to launch and use. 

     

    Are you having problems with iWeb?  If so tell us what your problem is.  What system and version of iWeb are you using?

  • by paul Zolin,

    paul Zolin paul Zolin May 31, 2015 6:57 AM in response to rshammaa
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    May 31, 2015 6:57 AM in response to rshammaa

    Do any of the suggested alternatives here permit you to download or start with your current website and not have to redo the site using their application?   My site contains a lot of material which would require a significant amount of time to transfer to a new editor by hand.  Is there another way to transfer the sites content?

  • by rshammaa,

    rshammaa rshammaa May 31, 2015 7:50 AM in response to paul Zolin
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    May 31, 2015 7:50 AM in response to paul Zolin

    Don't know the specific answer but can definitely say that iWeb being a very basic platform, whichever new platform you select will permit you to accomplish  tasks and changes a lot faster and much more efficiently.

     

    So, that's a significant improvement to celebrate.

  • by Old Toad,

    Old Toad Old Toad May 31, 2015 9:56 AM in response to paul Zolin
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    May 31, 2015 9:56 AM in response to paul Zolin
    My site contains a lot of material which would require a significant amount of time to transfer to a new editor by hand.

    I've tested EverWeb only a little bit but with it you can create similar pages, add text boxes and then copy from your published site and paste into the Everweb page.  That would go for images on pages also. EverWeb is the closest to iWeb of any of the alternatives.

  • by Ravensmom,

    Ravensmom Ravensmom May 31, 2015 10:11 AM in response to Old Toad
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    May 31, 2015 10:11 AM in response to Old Toad

    I tried Everweb and some others with free trials but I ended up switching to Wordpress.com and was impressed by their support and range of themes, both free or paid, to choose from. After trying out some of the free themes, I purchased the Virtue theme by Kadence and love it. Very customizable, excellent support and forums, tons of plug-ins, and I love that I can have a blog integrated into my website. Since I'm an artist, I need very good options for images and I'll never even use all the options available.

  • by Ravensmom,

    Ravensmom Ravensmom May 31, 2015 10:34 AM in response to Ravensmom
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    May 31, 2015 10:34 AM in response to Ravensmom

    I never used iWeb hosting so that didn't matter. I use Blue Host and they integrate Wordpress into their system which makes it easy to backup and restore.

  • by Ethmoid,

    Ethmoid Ethmoid May 31, 2015 3:04 PM in response to Ravensmom
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    May 31, 2015 3:04 PM in response to Ravensmom

    Okay, so if you are using BlueHost and they integrate WordPress into their hosting and you have plugins etc., then you are NOT using wordpress.com - rather, you are using WordPress.org, which is totally different.

  • by Ravensmom,

    Ravensmom Ravensmom May 31, 2015 3:27 PM in response to Ethmoid
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    May 31, 2015 3:27 PM in response to Ethmoid

    No, I am using Wordpress.com, https://wordpress.com/, but I didn't sign up for it from within Bluehost as you are right, they use Wordpress.org. I'm just saying that it was very easy to use the site I created with Wordpress.com with Bluehost whereas I've heard that not all web hosts support Wordpress.com. All my Wordpress.com admin files are backed up in my Bluehost cPanel and I used those to create a child theme.

  • by Ethmoid,

    Ethmoid Ethmoid Jun 1, 2015 5:24 AM in response to Ravensmom
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    Jun 1, 2015 5:24 AM in response to Ravensmom

    Okay.  That is why most hosts don't support wordpress.com, because they have the facility where you can load wordpress.org instead and this has a lot more flexibility.

     

    I use Wordpress.org for one of my own websites, having moved away from iWeb a long time ago now.  It just has a lot more flexibility and you can do more with wordpress.org than the .com version.

     

    I only have one site in Wordpress however, preferring to use Drupal instead - it can do so much more and is really what I need for a business website.

  • by indyguitarob,

    indyguitarob indyguitarob Jun 27, 2016 12:50 PM in response to rshammaa
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    Jun 27, 2016 12:50 PM in response to rshammaa

    iweb replacement?

  • by Ethmoid,

    Ethmoid Ethmoid Jun 28, 2016 1:06 AM in response to indyguitarob
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    Jun 28, 2016 1:06 AM in response to indyguitarob

    Firstly, have you not noticed that the post that you have replied to is originally at least 5 years old? 

     

    Also, did you not bother to read any of the responses?  If so, then you would have seen that people recommend EverWeb as the iWeb alternative and it is the best, so go and take a look at EverWeb.

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