iWeb FAQ - Transfer website to another computer
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How do I transfer my website made with iWeb from one computer to another? Or from an older iWeb to a newer version?
The only way to move iWeb pages from one computer to another is to move the Domain.sites2 file where iWeb stores its files. To find that file go to
Macintosh HD/Users/Your username/Library/Application Support/iWeb/Domain.sites2
If you can’t find it here search for it with spotlight. Note that the extension .sites (iWeb 1.0) or .sites2 (iWeb 2.0) may be hidden, also search for Domain only. To see if a Domain file is iWeb ’06 or iWeb ’08 select the file press Command(Apple)+i under "Name & Extension" you will find that it is .sites or .sites2.
To get the site showing up in iWeb just open the Domain.sites file by double clicking on it and your sites and pages will show up on the left side in the iWeb page browser. Note that the location, where you put the file, doesn’t matter.
To transfer your domain.sites2 file from one mac to the other you can put it on a USB-Stick, on a CD/DVD or if you can do that by establishing a network and have the two computers communicating with each other. If you use MobileMe you can put it on your iDisk.
Not a great idea if you have a large Domain.sites2 is to send it by e-mail.
You better make a backup of the file mentioned above from time to time, how do I make a backup?
NOTE 1: Note that you have to change permissions of the Domain file to be able to edit, save changes and publish a website from another user account and from another computer as well.
Select Domain file press Command(Apple)+i under Ownership & Permissions go to =>Details =>Everyone (or Others) and select Read & Write
You have to do that in the original user account and computer in which the Domain file was created.
If you don’t change permissions you will find an error while publishing and saving.
NOTE 2: The steps described above are the same steps you should follow when getting your website from iWeb v.1 to iWeb v.2. In addition: When you first launch iWeb '08 it is asking you if you want to convert your old domain file to a new domain.sites2 format which is not backward compatible with the original. This is why you are making a backup - in case you experience any problems with the conversion. Anyway there are a lot more reasons for making a backup form time to time (your computer could crash, you might make a mistake deleting all and save, and so on...)
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