Hosting iWeb sites on GoDaddy
A website made with Apple's iWeb can be hosted anywhere you want. To host it on GoDaddy, I suggest:
- Get a copy of Fetch (or another FTP program).
- Under the file menu in iWeb, choose to "Publish to Folder" and publish to a new folder (one with nothing in it yet, probably on your desktop so it's easier to find later).
- Using your domain as the hostname, (e.g., example.com) and your hosting username as the username (note that it's not your GoDaddy customer number/name, it's your hosting account username) log into your web hosting directory with Fetch by choosing "Open New Connection" under Fetch's file menu (it should open at the root level of your hosting space, which is where you want to upload your iWeb site).
- Either delete or change the name of the "welcome.html" file GoDaddy has in your web hosting directory.
- On your computer, select all of the files and folders inside the folder you published your iWeb site into and drag and drop them into the fetch file window.
- After the files/folders finish uploading, use your web browser to check and make sure your site is online and working.
posted by David August @ 7:57 PM
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4 Comments:
Would there possibly be an issue with the widget file that controls that navigation? Isn't it a server based widget? I have the files but the navigation is gone.
iWeb sites do not rely on server side resources (unless you inserted some code or features that do yourself); the navigation seems to rely on javascript, and runs in your visitor's browser (client-side). Your site navigation should work fine as long as you've uploaded all of the files _and_ accurately told iWeb what your base URL is when it asks you to 'enter the URL for your site (for example, http://www.apple.com).' You may need to include the trailing slash (e.g., http://www.example.com/directory/). If the URL you enter points to the wrong directory or domain name, the navigation won't work. If your site works when browsed in the folder on your hardrive, it should work when browsed online (provided the web server isn't oddly configured to somehow modify the files or URLs). You also may want to double check that your javascript is on (enabled) in your web browser.
A few questions regarding posting iWeb sites to a domain such as hosted by GoDaddy. If a person has more than one webpage produced on iWeb can they select just one site to post to a host? It seems the way iWeb is set up now if you redirect a site to another domain all your other sites will go as well, not just one. I have a host and a domain name now with cbeyond.com but need to set up another host and webpage for a car club I manage. I like the ease of iWeb but hate the looonnng and cumbersome address @ web.mac.com that you must use if posted there. One more, will this posting system you've described work with other hosts other than Go Daddy?
Thanks!
You can put different iWeb sites on different servers. You can export just one site at a time to it's own folder on your computer and then proceed as I described above; select only the site you want to export and iWeb should only export that one.
This post's method of getting your site online should work for hosts other than GoDaddy, but the ftp server will have different settings (like the upload URL) which will vary by hosting provider. Also make sure that you accurately told iWeb what your base URL is when it asks you to 'enter the URL for your site (for example, http://www.apple.com),' and then upload all the files iWeb exports in the way your hosting provider requires, and you should be successful.
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