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iWeb discontinued

Hello


I have just found out that iWeb is being discontinued.

I'm probably in a minority of one, but I actually thought iWeb was very good for my own purposes, i.e a very simple to use website.

I gues this means I need to find anbother website builder.

Can anyone suggest a good alternative to iWeb, which is very simple to understand?


Thanks

iMac, Mac OS X (10.4.8)

Posted on Apr 22, 2012 9:35 AM

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Posted on Apr 22, 2012 10:33 AM

As you just found out iWeb and iDVD have 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


Currently if the site is published directly from iWeb to the 3rd party server the RSS feed and slideshow subscription features will work. However, if the site is first published to a folder on the hard drive and then uploaded to the sever with a 3rd party FTP client those two features will be broken.


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


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: iW14 - Modify iWeb So Popup Slideshows Will Work After MobileMe is Discontinued.


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


OT

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Apr 22, 2012 10:33 AM in response to toymaker1

As you just found out iWeb and iDVD have 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


Currently if the site is published directly from iWeb to the 3rd party server the RSS feed and slideshow subscription features will work. However, if the site is first published to a folder on the hard drive and then uploaded to the sever with a 3rd party FTP client those two features will be broken.


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


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.


User uploaded file

Click to view full size


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: iW14 - Modify iWeb So Popup Slideshows Will Work After MobileMe is Discontinued.


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


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