Is Apple going to be replacing iWeb anytime soon? I really don't like the the alternatives. Freeway Pro, Rapidweaver and Sandvox. I have them all and none do I like. Too many add on things in hopes of making a better page. Too much cost.
I really want iWeb or a new version now. iWeb is OK but limited now because of no further support.
Can I take a look at your site as a newbie looking for ideas...
Erik, thanks. Those are my feelings exactly. Exactly.
Shaun, the site is: jazzenglish.com
Here is my iWeb site and a howto video I did walking though the steps of creating your own layout.
http://jeffnitschke.com/Home.html
How To Create your own iWeb layouts:
1. Thanks.
2. Frankly, I have no trouble making iWeb sites. I love it.
It's connecting them to my Yahoo hosting that gives me migraines.
Direct iWeb to Yahoo has not been working, so I saved to Webcrusher, and Webcrusher to Yahoo, rarely works, and emailing to Yahoo is a 4 day black hole.
Connecting iWeb to Yahoo is the royal pain. I don't know if the problem lies in iWeb or Yahoo.
It is explained here how to publish to yahoo with iWeb.
http://help.yahoo.com//l/us/yahoo/smallbusiness/webhosting/gftp/ftps-04.html#f
And yes, if it doesn't work, it's always a bug or something else in iWeb. Never the user.
Hi Jeff,
I read your iWeb, EasyWeb and WebAcappella comparison on your blog and I have to say that I really like WebAcappella. It is easy to use and I like the drop down menus and contact form. I came to make a list and suddenly realised that a list option was not available, so that is one thing that is missing, but you can make some really great looking sites with it and I am in the process of re-building one of my iWeb sites with Web Acappella.
Not sure about EasyWeb though - Rage seem to be talking it up as if it is the next best thing, but not delivering yet. They keep saying on their Facebook page soon, but that now seems to be the end of May and June - how much longer are they going to keep pushing it back? It will have to be good to make up for all this.
Wyodor,
Thanks. I have followed those instructions you linked at least 20 times. Nothing. Total failure. I tried and tried and tried.
You mention "it is never the user". I presume you are being facetious?
I never balanced a checkbook in my life, and it was always, me. So, I have doubts.
EasyWeb still does have a way to go (at least for my needs) you are limited to web safe fonts at the moment. It is also common to hear "oh, that can be done with an HTML snippet" and, HTML snippets can fix a lot of short falls with iWeb.
as a novice I'm about to take a leap of faith in Easyweb, I think if they get enough support from you enthusiasts they will keep updating and improving on their soon to be released iWeb replacement software. I think the company sounds very genuine & enthusiastic and hopefully my skills will grow with thiers.
Wish me luck
cheers...
as a novice I'm about to take a leap of faith in Easyweb, I think if they get enough support from you enthusiasts they will keep updating and improving on their soon to be released iWeb replacement software. I think the company sounds very genuine & enthusiastic and hopefully my skills will grow with thiers.
Wish me luck
cheers...
I think eventually EasyWeb has the potential to be a good iWeb replacement but, it has a ways to go. EasyWeb has done alot of over promising and hasn't quite delivered yet on features.
You are no doubt right Jeff, you seem to know quite a lot in this field. Hopefully progress will happen quickly in the next year & you can jump aboard...
Jeff,
Your comparison chart is comparing a much older version of EasyWeb that has since been updated and improved.
If you think we have over promised on anything, please let us know in the EasyWeb forums and we can work on it.
As for saying it will be released soon, it is an extremely complex application. We are improving it based on the feedback we have been getting over the last few months. iWeb 09 was developed over a 5 year period to get to where it was today.
EasyWeb still does have a way to go (at least for my needs) you are limited to web safe fonts at the moment. It is also common to hear "oh, that can be done with an HTML snippet" and, HTML snippets can fix a lot of short falls with iWeb.
You are just as "limited" as you were with iWeb in terms of fonts with the built in text object. However, there are ways you can use any font.
We won't have everything in the initial release, but we will have a lot.
If you have specific suggestions, please post them in our forums and let us know. If you say we have "over promised" please be specific. Everyone has different needs and we need to know what you mean by this, otherwise we can't make the improvements that customers need.
We have worked on making EasyWeb very easy to use, while providing the ability to do advanced things with a very advanced HTML Widget option and other features.
Well we wanted to announce it so we can start inviting users to beta test it and so that they would able to provide their feedback while it is being developed. That way it can provide the features they need.
There are important things we are focusing on that iWeb never had but users always requested, and that no other web builder has. These things are very complex to do and to get right. Under the hood EasyWeb creates websites that are leaner and load faster (taking advantage of how browser's cache style sheets, and images), accessible (using new HTML 5 tags that make websites work better for visitors with disablities), integrating online services, and creating the most powerful HTML Widget.
All that while still being very easy to use.
EasyWeb is being compared to apps that have been around for more than half a decade. As of right now, I think it holds its own and provides benefits not found anywhere else.
And of course we will be pushing out updates much faster than iWeb ever did.
If you want to join the beta program let me know.
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Paul from RAGE Software
You are just as "limited" as you were with iWeb in terms of fonts with the built in text object. However, there are ways you can use any font.
This is not true iWeb provide you with an option of converting font to images.
Also, EasyWeb is lacking control over text: ie justification, spacing & the ability to add an image to a text box & image wrap.
Also, no list function: bullet, numbers etc.
I have posted these in the forum and via email with a result of maybe sometime in the future version 2.?
I think this comment was a fair comment:
I think eventually EasyWeb has the potential to be a good iWeb replacement but, it has a ways to go. EasyWeb has done alot of over promising and hasn't quite delivered yet on features.
iWeb Replacement
