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MW Forums

12,220 posts since
Aug 2, 2004

Aug 31, 2007 9:20 AM

Review: iWeb '08

If you are an organization or small-business looking for iWeb to do anything more than the basics, and particularly if you are not a .Mac customer, you will be disappointed. The blogging feature still lacks some standard features found in other common blog products, but it will do for most personal use. more

ScottMartin

2 posts since
Mar 1, 2007

1. Aug 31, 2007 1:20 PM

in response to: MW Forums

Re: Review: iWeb '08

Great review - thanks Jason! This is just what I was looking for.

For those of us that fall in the small business, not a dotmac customer category, would you care to recommend an alternative?

mwheeler

84 posts since
Jan 6, 2005

2. Aug 31, 2007 2:17 PM

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Re: Review: iWeb '08

I think it's great for small personal websites. Check out my dog's blog! http://web.mac.com/mwheeler1/Sugars_New_Forever_Home/ Sugar's blog

folklore

358 posts since
Aug 9, 2005

3. Aug 31, 2007 2:42 PM

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Re: Review: iWeb '08

Does anyone know if I can redirect just a subdomain to my .Mac account? For example, can I have just gallery.mydomain.com redirect to .Mac but keep www.mydomain.com going to my current hosting service? I really like the .Mac web gallery interface but prefer other aspects of my webhost to .Mac.

MarkCollien

1 posts since
Aug 31, 2007

4. Aug 31, 2007 3:00 PM

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Re: Review: iWeb '08

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For those of us that fall in the small business, not a dotmac customer category, would you care to recommend an alternative?

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I really like and recommend Sandvox from Karelia for small business websites. http://www.karelia.com

-- Mark

shawnotay

4 posts since
Oct 10, 2006

5. Aug 31, 2007 3:13 PM

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Re: Review: iWeb '08

Nothing was mentioned about the "photos turning dark" issue in iWeb '08. Many users as well as myself are seeing our photos get considerably darker in iWeb. It has been suggested on the Apple forums to turn off the preference to "optimize photos on import" but that does not seem to solve the problem of photos turning very dark. Thanks for the good info in this review.

NewGuyontheMac

64 posts since
Feb 19, 2004

6. Aug 31, 2007 3:24 PM

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Re: Review: iWeb '08

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Web Galleries take you straight into a robust image-browsing interface using Flash ,

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It's not Flash, is it? It does look really nice and it isn't how QuickTime movies usually look, but I don't think it's Flash. Check this site.

http://gallery.mac.com/emily_parker

And try the movies on the bottom. Doing a right click doesn't show the "Flash" contextual pop-up. Looking through Safari's "Activity" window doesn't show any Flash files either...

Solvs

58 posts since
Aug 28, 2004

7. Aug 31, 2007 3:37 PM

in response to: NewGuyontheMac

Re: Review: iWeb '08

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It's not Flash, is it?

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Couldn't be Flash. I don't have that installed on my work machine and it plays fine. I do have QT though, so I'm assuming that's what it uses.

jcraig

17 posts since
Nov 15, 2004

8. Aug 31, 2007 4:03 PM

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Re: Review: iWeb '08

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For those of us that fall in the small business, not a dotmac customer category, would you care to recommend an alternative?

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Rapidweaver is another fine choice. RW has also seen an avid 3rd-party developer community evolve around it as well.

http://www.realmacsoftware.com/rapidweaver/

macFanDave

556 posts since
Mar 4, 2004

9. Aug 31, 2007 5:54 PM

in response to: jcraig

Re: Review: iWeb '08

I set up my personal domain with GoDaddy.com and it was easy.

Changing the CNAME is easy, finding it is hard. I just googled "iWeb cname godaddy" and was pointed to a link that has step-by-step instructions on how to navigate the user settings in GoDaddy to get where I needed to go.

Now, all I have to do is come up with interesting content That's the hard part!:)

slinkyoz

5 posts since
Jul 18, 2007

10. Aug 31, 2007 11:02 PM

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IWeb '08 Problem

Anyone here had their iWeb '06 text formatting destroyed by iWeb '08?
I have...

Looks good in iWeb, formatting gone in Safari...

vocaro

16 posts since
Nov 2, 2005

11. Aug 31, 2007 11:19 PM

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Re: Review: iWeb '08

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If you want to publish directly to your own server, you can output your site to a folder (File: Publish to a Folder), but you will need to use your own FTP software to upload it, which kind of defeats the purpose of one-click publishing.

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Not necessarily. It is possible to mount your server's directory as a folder on your local machine, then simply publish to that folder. For example, my web server is on DreamHost, which provides Apple Filing Protocol (AFP) support, so my website is always mounted as if it were a local drive. No FTP software needed!

Nobody

58,347 posts since
Oct 18, 2007

12. Sep 1, 2007 12:12 AM

in response to: folklore

Re: Review: iWeb '08

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Does anyone know if I can redirect just a subdomain to my .Mac account? For example, can I have just gallery.mydomain.com redirect to .Mac but keep www.mydomain.com going to my current hosting service? I really like the .Mac web gallery interface but prefer other aspects of my webhost to .Mac.

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This won't quite work I think. .Mac requires the www. point to it. You can, however, have this scenario work: http://www.mydomain.com points to .Mac while http://mydomain.com is still your own host.

vineetb

9 posts since
May 16, 2006

13. Sep 1, 2007 8:23 AM

in response to: slinkyoz

Re: IWeb '08 upgrade from '06

Yeah iWeb'08 totally messed up my blog as well. I created it in iWeb '06.

Meritorious_Soso

6 posts since
Jul 25, 2007

14. Sep 1, 2007 5:26 PM

in response to: ScottMartin

Re: Review: iWeb '08

I had believed Apple propaganda that Iweb08 was good for all purposes. Oh well.

I posted these questions elsewhere but may get a more rapid answer here.

With IWeb08, it is possible somehow to put in keywords and metatags in order for higher listings eventually? That is, can I get to the source code page somehow? In reveiws, it said users of this update could add html.

Would that only be in that html snippet? Besides bits of movies, can it be used (and is the only way) to put in a stat counter, or even Paypal buttoms and a shopping cart, or is the site solely for families exchanging pictures.

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