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Q: lost information in iweb but website is still live and can't access it

Hi,

I have a website which is live, i had to change my hard drive and now iWeb no longer has my website information and i am unable to log into my website outside of iweb. Anyway to access my website again?

iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.5)

Posted on Dec 11, 2012 3:38 AM

by Roger Wilmut1,Solvedanswer
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Your website should still be available on the net, whatever has happened to your Mac: but iWeb cannot open the html files which constitute the published website. If you have lost the 'Domain' file in which iWeb keeps its data (which lives by default in (user)/Library/Application Support/iWeb) you will have to recreate the site from scratch, copying the published text and images into iWeb as you recreate the formatting.

Posted on Dec 11, 2012 4:50 AM

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  • by Roger Wilmut1,Solvedanswer

    Roger Wilmut1 Roger Wilmut1 Dec 11, 2012 4:50 AM in response to bdn82
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    Dec 11, 2012 4:50 AM in response to bdn82

    Your website should still be available on the net, whatever has happened to your Mac: but iWeb cannot open the html files which constitute the published website. If you have lost the 'Domain' file in which iWeb keeps its data (which lives by default in (user)/Library/Application Support/iWeb) you will have to recreate the site from scratch, copying the published text and images into iWeb as you recreate the formatting.

  • by bdn82,

    bdn82 bdn82 Dec 11, 2012 1:21 PM in response to Roger Wilmut1
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    Dec 11, 2012 1:21 PM in response to Roger Wilmut1

    Thank you for this information!

  • by Vendella,

    Vendella Vendella Jan 26, 2015 8:17 AM in response to Roger Wilmut1
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    Jan 26, 2015 8:17 AM in response to Roger Wilmut1

    Hi Roger,

     

    I had this problem happen and iWeb won't open the original domain file i had backed up. At this point with iWeb no longer being supported by Apple I think it best o recreate my website through another provider....My question is what happens to the iWeb website when I launch a new website with my domain name? Is there anyway  to completely delete the original website without iWeb access? Hope you can help! Thanks

  • by Ethmoid,

    Ethmoid Ethmoid Jan 26, 2015 8:36 AM in response to Vendella
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    Jan 26, 2015 8:36 AM in response to Vendella

    You don't need access to iWeb to delete a published website - if you already have a site, then go to your hosting provider and delete the published files from your server.

     

    The only thing you will need is an ftp programme such as Cyberduck, Yummy FTP or Transmit and just connect to your host and then delete the files from your server and once you have built your new site, upload the new site files to your server and your new website will be up and running.

     

    iWeb is not part of this process.

  • by Vendella,

    Vendella Vendella Jan 26, 2015 8:40 AM in response to Ethmoid
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    Jan 26, 2015 8:40 AM in response to Ethmoid

    Thank you so much!