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A website born in only two weeks...
Well, I went from having a 15 month old holding page doing absolutely nothing to an actual clickable website in less than two weeks. All with the help of iWeb and a few internet buddies. And it is still evolving. And you know why? Because it’s actually enjoyable. Strange, but true. Yes, no more time-consuming messing around with tables and percentages, and guessing if layouts work. You can just see it all there before you. So, as my way of saying thanks for all of this, I’m going to try and do a few short articles on iWeb just to give a little bit back. Just to let others know of the little tricks and hints on using iWeb that I've learnt on my internet journey. Hope it helps. As time allows, I’ll be providing more iWeb hints and tips that you can use to help build your own site. As time goes on and knowledge matures, things I’m sure, will only develop into something bigger and better...  [right, that’s enough pregnant puns - Ed.]

By the way, if you like anything you see here, we would absolutely love it if you would please take the time to visit our
guestmap and push a virtual pin into your part of the world, so we know that you’ve been! You can optionally leave a link to your own site and we’ll return your visit! Send us a comment or leave some feedback as well if you like - the facility exists on a lot of my pages here - don’t worry, just leave fields blank if you wish to remain anonymous. And don’t forget to take a look at how I’ve used some of the tips I’ve written about by having a quick browse on our site. Go to our homepage now or click on the picture of our homepage above left.  Many thanks! If you would like to link to me from your own site, drop me a line and let me know. See this page for site badges. Use of my work on your own site is subject to conditions.

Michael
March 2006
iWeb 2.0 update
iWeb 2.0 offers the ability to add HTML snippets directly into your pages. This facility renders the PayPal Buttons technique described in this article obselete. However, I will keep my articles essentially intact for the benefit of iWeb 1.0 offers and also because the principles behind certain HTML snippets remain the same. I will be indicating with icons if articles are applicable to version 1.0 or version 2.0 of iWeb.-  -
 
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iWeb FAQ    -
A section on frequently asked questions (FAQ) in iWeb. This is a collaborative effort initiated through
Apple iWeb discussions between varkgirl, apnewbie, kabing, jabberwock and myself. It is currently under construction.

iWeb Help    -  -
A page where you can post your queries about the site. Also you will see links to Apple resources about iWeb. If you have specific queries about a particular article, please use the comments facility that exists at the bottom of each article page. To get to the comments section of an article quickly click on the blue button in the top right of each article page. Clicking on the blue button in the top right of other pages will take you to this iWeb Help page.

The Experimental Page    -  -
Our experimental page just shows some of the things you can do with javascript and the post-publishing of iWeb pages. To try some of this out yourself, simply view the source code for the page. More gadgets are displayed on our
blog, here, here and here.
 
Adding PayPal Buttons and other HTML    -
The very first article, explaining in simple terms how to incorporate HTML snippets and other code into an iWeb page, using a text box replace text method. You can use this method, not just for PayPal buttons, but any kind of external code (HTML, javascript etc) that you wish to put into your published page. Certainly a few of the articles below use this method.

iWeb Resources    -  -
A list of the very best iWeb help, hints and tips pages for iWeb out there. Use some of the great iWeb resources that I’ve used for my own site. Get free tools and help to enhance your iWeb site. Visit other iWeb users’ sites to see how iWeb has given people their very first opportunity to easily publish on the internet.
iWeb FAQ and Favicons etc give details of other resources.

Upload Changes Files Only    -
Learn about the structure of a published iWeb site and by doing so, learn how to upload only selected portions of your site without going through the whole tedious process. No fancy terminal or unix commands involved and no third party software either, just simple drag and drop in the Finder. By the way, links are provided to fancy terminal or unix commands and third party software as well, should you so wish to use them.

Integrate a Guestmap    -  -
Incorporate a cool guestmap into your own iWeb site by following the instructions on this page. Requires use of the
PayPal Button code pasting technique. Don’t forget to sign our own guestmap if you find this or any other article useful in any way whatsoever!

Graphics Tips    -  -
Just some hints and tips about graphics in iWeb. For instance, how to do screen grabs to reduce image size, how to make a
photo album index page and how to create text rollover links. For details on altering text link colours to suit see this other article on hyperlinks in iWeb.

Autoplay Music    -  -
Learn how to make music (and also movies if wished) autoplay as soon as your iWeb page loads. OK, so there’s a lot of debate about the merits of making such a move for your own website, but I am only providing the tools for you to do this here, not actually making a recommendation, so don’t blame me if it drives your visitors away! Hmmm, hasn’t done us any harm anyway... Note that the article demonstrates the exact thing it is describing - you have been warned!

Hyperlinks and CSS in iWeb    -
Customise your text links in iWeb with your own site colours. Find out where iWeb puts the code that determines the default colours for the template you are using. See different examples to understand the basics of modifying links.

Links in New Windows    -
Use
MassReplaceIt to configure iWeb to open external links in a new window in the browser.

Dropdown Menus    -  -
Add simple dropdown menus to your iWeb site to aid navigation. Examples provided for your convenience. If you want dropdown menus similar to those on the navigation bar, you’ll have to be patient - I haven’t got round to doing a tutorial on that yet! Check out the source to get some hints.

Div Switching in iWeb    -  -
Figure out how to use the fun div switching technique to hide or show extra content on your page. As seen on the
home page, the guestmap page and various other areas.

Favicons, Meta Tags etc    -  -
I’m no expert at all, but here is a page with just some of the things I’ve picked up in the short time that I’ve had my own website. Find out about favicons, using meta tags, submissions to search engines and using sitemaps. Sign up for your own Google adsense account to enhance your site.

CSS News Ticker    -  -
Add a highly customisable news ticker type scroller to your site that can be as large or as small as you like. Use the basic technique to add other types of visual effect as well.

SimpleViewer Integration    -  -
Add a flash based picture gallery to your iWeb pages so that visitors see your work/ family/kids/pets/car/holiday snaps directly on the page, without either leaving your site or opening a new window. See how we have integrated our own galleries
here.

iWeb Wish List    -
Just an article describing some extra features I’d like to see in iWeb in forthcoming versions, from basic issues like opening links in new windows to more sophisticated requests like different forms of navigation, and a wish for perhaps more basic help with newbies using the application. Have a read, and if you feel like it, send some
feedback to Apple.

Discussion Point    -  -
Thought I'd post a discussion thread about iWeb and invite comments. It was fun anyway to revisit my old postings and also to be reminded of all my friends.

Cool iWeb Widgets    -  -
My rather basic attempt at making some iWeb widgets for the browser using some scripts and dashboard widgets. Read the disclaimer page first before landing on the page. The page works in Firefox and Safari. Doesn't work in Internet Explorer. May not work in other browsers either. May crash your browser! Please do not consider this to be any sort of serious attempt at showing off this technology - it is entirely just for fun. Please use at entirely at your own risk!

More iWeb Widgets    -  -    NEW!
Another page featuring the latest web craze - widgets, ably facilitated by iWeb 2.0's new HTML widget function. This time, the page should work in Internet Explorer as well as Firefox and Safari. Check it out!

iWeb Showcase    -  -
I don’t know if this will work or not - I’ll have to see what sort of response I get. If you’ve used any of the techniques described on my pages to create your own site, and want to show the world, then why not let me post a small thumbnail and description on my page here and let people follow wherever their mouse-clicks take them.

 
 
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About the Site
This entire site is created using Apple’s iWeb, with post-publishing effects achieved with Hexmonkey’s MassReplaceIt program. Inspiration is drawn from many and varied sources, and these, wherever possible, are attributed in the source code. See our About Us page for more details on our domain and our family.

About the Code
This site is considered to be a fun family and above all personal site with extras targeted at family, friends and casual visitors. I do not view myself as a web professional in any way. If you have come to pass comments regarding validation, accessibility, compliance with web standards, W3C or WAI, lack of semantic structure, cut and paste mentality, iWeb’s atrocious HTML markup or this site’s similarity to other iWeb sites, then you may have come to the wrong place. Many of these aspects are completely beyond my control in my role as a mere user of the software. It’s like blaming windows users for viruses. They can’t help it (except buy a Mac of course). Actually, come to think of it, it is their fault - b*stards - that’s why I get all that spam. Sorry, I take all the blame for this - shame on me for daring to use a quick, easy and cheap tool to get a 100 page site up and running in two weeks. I should be hand-sculpting this baby out of raw gelatinous primeval code. Slipped up there. Sorry. Actually the ‘webmaster’ does have a real full-time job, and does all this in the few short hours between taking the children to bed and going to sleep himself. And no, he doesn’t stay up till the early hours farting about with tags, properties and attributes (see earlier comment about real full-time job).

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Using some or all of the above techniques may break validation of or accessibility to your site. Always ensure that you back up any important data before installing or trying new software and always test and verify your backups. In no event shall I be liable for any special, indirect, incidental or consequential damages (including, but not limited to, procurement of substitute goods or services; loss of use, data, or profits; or business interruption) arising in any way out of the use or misuse, reproduction, modification and/or distribution of the information provided on this site, however caused and whether under theory of contract, tort (including negligence), strict liability or otherwise, even if I have been advised of the possibility of such damage. In addition I shall take no responsibility whatsoever for any sense of humour failure on the part of any person or persons viewing the direct, printed or duplicated contents of this site. In other words, it's not my fault if it all cocks up. For terms of use and license policy, see this page.

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If you wish to contact me, my email address can be found on the home page. However, please do not use email for technical queries regarding the site. Instead, for the benefit of other users, please post your question under the comments section of the relevant article (click the blue 'help?' icon on the top right of the page) or use the iWeb Help page for topics not covered by any of the articles.  I will endeavour to answer your query as soon as possible. Please also check the iWeb FAQ to see if your question is answered there.