David Strait
Level 2 (216 points)
Photography

Q: How well does iWeb work with El Capitan?

I've continued to use this old software with no significant problems with Yosemite, but plan on moving my website to another app fairly soon (probably EverWeb). However, I don't want to upgrade to El Capitan before I make this move if the upgrade significantly breaks iWeb.

 

Anyone have any experience with iWeb on OS X 10.11?

 

Thanks,

Dave

Posted on Oct 1, 2015 6:20 AM

by David Strait,Solvedanswer
David Strait David Strait
Level 2 (216 points)
Photography
A:

Richard,

Ethmoid is correct. Apple will not never update iWeb again and it will just get more and more broken with every OS X update. Eventually you will have to get a new computer that won't even be able to use Yosemite. Frankly, I'm surprised it has worked so well for so log, but I've decided it is past time to move on.

 

Like you, my website has hundreds of pages and it is painful to think about rewriting the entire site. However, I decided to recreate it using EverWeb. It really is very similar to iWeb, but offers many advantages. There are also a few disadvantages (masking is much less versatile), plus it cost money! It seemed a little expensive to me at first, but they have excellent 24/7 phone/email support and that isn't cheap. I mentioned my disappointment with their masking tool and they said they would consider improving it it a future version (we'll see). They do update the program regularly, so it should continue to improve.

 

Next, I have to find a replacement for Aperture. Moving from iWeb to EverWeb is child's play compared to moving from Aperture to Lightroom. At least Aperture still (mostly) works on El Capitan!

 

Thanks for everyone's response to my inquiry about iWeb on El Capitan.

 

Dave

Posted on Oct 29, 2015 7:32 AM

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  • by xirxes,

    xirxes xirxes May 19, 2016 11:53 AM in response to David Strait
    Level 1 (4 points)
    May 19, 2016 11:53 AM in response to David Strait

    I created my iweb sides on iMac since 2007, and it worked fine. An easy and excellent tool.

    Since i upgraded to El capitan and done some things on my site, all the links dissapeared. And this button came up23kopia.png

     

    I phoned Swedish Apple support and they help me now to find what is wrong. They charge me

    I think 30€ per hour i think, they said to fix this.

    Now im waiting for an answer.

  • by Corier,

    Corier Corier May 19, 2016 12:20 PM in response to xirxes
    Level 1 (23 points)
    May 19, 2016 12:20 PM in response to xirxes

    Hi xirxes. I am a iWeb love addicted, and I love to see there websites made with iWeb. Can you share your website?
    By the way, I also updated OS to El Capitan and I had to go back to OS X Yosemite to work well when uploading websites trough iweb. I had the same problem when uploading, it didn't uploaded all correctly. Since I went back to OS X Yosemite, iWeb back to work like a charm.

  • by Richard Bosch,

    Richard Bosch Richard Bosch May 19, 2016 12:53 PM in response to xirxes
    Level 1 (12 points)
    iLife
    May 19, 2016 12:53 PM in response to xirxes

    xirxes:

     

    Scroll back through the discussion history to my message to JyMy of January 13.  Although Corier is absolutely correct that iWeb still works perfectly in Yosemite and picked up the current "bug" in El Capitan, that may not be a practical solution for most people.  The problem that occurs in El Capitan is that Shapes, once they are linked, will seem to disappear when published.  In reality they're still there as you can prove by mousing over the shape. 

     

    The easiest solution is to generate the Shape from a different source - I recommend Pages.  Format the background color in Pages, but don't select the Border.  Border and Shadows can be added and managed in iWeb.  If you want a text box on top of your shape just make sure the text box is set to no background.  Once you have imported one shape from Pages you can duplicate it endlessly and even re-size it as long as you use the same color.

  • by xirxes,

    xirxes xirxes May 19, 2016 2:07 PM in response to Corier
    Level 1 (4 points)
    May 19, 2016 2:07 PM in response to Corier

    yes! Go to http://www.kullehusteatern.se

  • by xirxes,

    xirxes xirxes May 19, 2016 2:11 PM in response to Richard Bosch
    Level 1 (4 points)
    May 19, 2016 2:11 PM in response to Richard Bosch

    I already solved it in my own way. The way explained on side 2 did not work thogh I changed font and had blue T.

    I erased the old links and wrote new, it took some time but I had to do it fast cause our visitors wonder why our site doesnt work.

    Thanks for advice! Kind of you.

     

    Regards

  • by Corier,

    Corier Corier May 19, 2016 2:30 PM in response to xirxes
    Level 1 (23 points)
    May 19, 2016 2:30 PM in response to xirxes

    Thanks for the sharing. Great website! I just love iWeb websites.
    Richard is correct, sorry for didn't give you an solution for your specific problem, but the way I've ended all my iWeb problems was to come back to OS Yosemite.

    Cheers and good luck!

  • by GreenMamba,

    GreenMamba GreenMamba Aug 14, 2016 9:58 AM in response to David Strait
    Level 1 (13 points)
    Desktops
    Aug 14, 2016 9:58 AM in response to David Strait

    I have a question similar to this. I myself have NEVER used iWeb. I am using a MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Mid 2014). When I do a traceroute on myself I find I am connected to 72531.

     


     

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  • by Ethmoid,

    Ethmoid Ethmoid Aug 15, 2016 1:51 AM in response to xirxes
    Level 6 (11,252 points)
    Aug 15, 2016 1:51 AM in response to xirxes

    This is very misleading, because this site with the link that you have posted was NOT created using iWeb!!  I have looked at the source code of your site and it has been created in WordPress.

  • by Ethmoid,

    Ethmoid Ethmoid Aug 15, 2016 1:54 AM in response to Corier
    Level 6 (11,252 points)
    Aug 15, 2016 1:54 AM in response to Corier

    Corier,

     

    You might think this is a great website, but it was NOT created using iWeb - you have been misled here in that regard.  I thought it looked nice and thought that there is no way that you could create a site quite like that using iWeb, so I checked the source code of the website and it has actually been created in WordPress.

     

    Nice site, but created in WordPress and not iWeb.

  • by Corier,

    Corier Corier Aug 15, 2016 5:34 AM in response to Ethmoid
    Level 1 (23 points)
    Aug 15, 2016 5:34 AM in response to Ethmoid

    Ethmoid,

     

     

    Yes You are correct, but as far I remember the previous version was really made at iWeb - this is a new updated version.
    Yes, is not possible to make a responsive website with iWeb, but is possible to make a Mobile version of a Website with iWeb, reducing width and with a HTML SCRIPT to detect width screen.

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