How can I use the same domain.sites2 on two macs?

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How can I use the same domain.sites2 on two macs?

I know iWeb is no longer supported but I still find it ok to manage my web site.

I would like to work on the site from two macs. I thought I could just use the same Domain.sites2 on both macs but: if I move Domain.sites2 to dropbox folder, when I launch iWeb it does not know about it and creates a new empty Domain.sites2 in the Library/iWeb folder

I do not want to have to manually make a copy of Domain.sites2 to Dropbox and then to the other mac's Library every time I switch computer.

MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2010), OS X Yosemite (10.10)

Posted on Dec 23, 2014 6:15 AM

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Wyodor

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Dec 23, 2014 6:30 AM in response to mgirolet

You may want to use :

http://wyodor.byethost8.com/iwebsites/iWebSites.html

Select "Choose new folder" from the File menu to select the folder on Dropbox where your domain file is.

If that does not work, use:

http://wyodor.byethost8.com/iwebsites/iWebDrop.zip

(Unzip the file and drop the domain file on top of it)

After that, you can open iWeb with your currently used domain file.

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coolbob1

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Dec 24, 2014 3:41 PM in response to mgirolet

I use dropbox for my site. Don't double click "Iweb" to open the application, but, double click the domain sites2 located in your dropbox. Iweb will then open the folder.

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mgirolet Author

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Dec 30, 2014 1:43 AM in response to coolbob1

Hi coolbob1,

I tried it but it does not work for me. If I double click the domain.sites2 in my dropbox, iWeb opens with a blank template and creates a new, empty domain.sites2 in the /Library/Application… folder.

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Wyodor

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Dec 30, 2014 1:56 AM in response to mgirolet

Why not try the two solutions I provided.

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mgirolet Author

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Dec 30, 2014 2:08 AM in response to Wyodor

Hi Wyodor,

I'm afraid I still get the same problem. iwebsites does list all the web sites from the domain.sites2 data in the dropbox folder, but when I click on them, iWeb still opens the empty domain.sites2 in the /Library/… path.

ps the second link you posted returns an error anyway

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