iWeb Publishing Solution in El Capitan

What people have actually been advising is to bypass publishing via iWeb at all and this is why people have been asking about the best ftp programmes to use.

It will work if you DO NOT publish via iWeb, but rather publish your site to a local folder on your desktop and then use an ftp programme such as Cyberduck or Yummy ftp to upload your site to your server.

The problem appears to be the links and publishing from within iWeb itself. If you bypass this and upload yourself, then the problem appears to be solved/

Thanks Ethmoid. I'll try it. I was just confirming the problem I've had and exactly what seems to be impacted. Thanks again.

I think I did everything you said to do, but without luck. Here's what I did: Published the entire site to a new folder on my drive in the Documents folder. I deleted everything on the host server (GoDaddy). I uploaded the entire site via Cyberduck from the new local folder in Documents to GoDaddy, the host. I keep getting the same result. All of the text boxes that contain a hyperlink to a file do not display, although if you hover over the area on the page, the little hand appears with a dialog showing a path to the file. I published to the new local folder via iWeb. What am I doing wrong, if anything??

Thanks Stephen. Well, I deleted the files from GoDaddy again so I could start with a clean slate. I deleted the published site in the Documents folder and republished the entire site to my Sites folder like you. I then uploaded the published site via Cyberduck to GoDaddy, all ending in the same result. Very strange. Not sure what to do at this point out side of your recommendation with new software and the like. I mean, I'm tech savvy, but as far as getting in deeper with Rapidweaver and what not, I don't know. The site I have isn't for a business, it's for the lake community I live in. The website is basically an informative stop with the occasional link to a form or event info post.

Anyway, thanks for the help. Much appreciated. I'll keep fiddlin' with it!!

Thank you again Stephen. Appreciate the help. I will call GoDaddy and ask for their advice on a better hosting plan. On the surface, it does not seem to be the issue, but you never know. Again, thanks for the suggestion!!

I solved the immediate issue in my site by changing my links. Empty text boxes will work and show up. Also text itself used as a link appears. Links that are actual jpeg, psd, gif images appear and work. Text boxes with text where the box is the link do not appear. Shapes used as a link do not appear. I'm no tech wizard but I use my site for business and I am not prepared to switch just yet. These fixes work so I'd suggest trying them and just publishing the old way for now to get you site back up and running.

Thank you Lisa. Yes, those work-arounds work, thank you. Doesn't look as nice as usual, but for now, it works. Thank you!!

I agree. Mine doesn't look as good either but after the panic of everything disappearing I'm just glad that it's working! Very glad I was able to help!

Wow, just be careful what you say before you say it - EverWeb is far from basic and is the closest application that you are ever likely to get to iWeb. With RapidWeaver, you cannot even start with a blank template and you add ons mount up.

It is not true what you have said about EverWeb - you DO NOT have to publish to EverWeb hosting - this is an option yes, so it is like iWeb, but you do not have to - you can purchase it and publish your site to GoDaddy.

Also, you can do much more with no add ons - apps from within EverWeb, such as Contact Form, Drop down nav menu and lots more that from what I have seen of RapidWeaver, you need to add.

Look at a product before you comment on it, because most of what you have said about EverWeb is just plain incorrect!

Basically what the OP is saying is that they used the iWeb built in ftp to publish the entire site to the host/sever and no links were shown. When they used an ftp programme such as Cyberduck to connect to the server and then upload the files, the links works, so one would have to suspect an issue both between iWeb and El Capitan - not sure what, but there must be something in El Capitan that is knocking out the correct working of iWeb's in built ftp.

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Yes, I think we have worked that one out a long time ago and did not really need you to point this out!! We understand that iWeb and El Capitan are not playing nicely together, but there is nothing to be done about it because iWeb will not be updated, so you either need to upload manually via Cyberduck or move onto another application.

Stop trolling and posting irrelevant links. It is not good practice and your post has been reported.

Hey, Lisa, Anthony and Stephen Peterson. I just saw this thread today so I apologize for chiming in so late in the game. I have had exactly the same issue you describe and, Lisa, I think you've given the best summary of what happens. Any shape generated by the Insert/Shape menu function will disappear once it is linked. It is not only Text Boxes. So I agree that linking only the text in text boxes will avoid that problem, but limits the ability to link other shapes, which all of us would find useful.

I have two iMac's. One I left running Yosemite [to play it safe], so I have proven to myself that the identical iWeb document functions perfectly with Yosemite and fails with El Capitan. Unlike some contributors I find that first publishing to a Local Folder makes no difference.

The reason I am bringing this up again, perhaps to the dismay of Ethmoid, I'm still counting on some super-techie out there to come up with an easy fix - something that may have changed in Application Support or some obscure location in the System folder. I have tried to do side-by-side comparisons of some of the folder contents, but not being a super-techie I wouldn't know where to continue beyond the obvious locations.