How to publish your iWeb site without using MobileMe

Summary

Learn how to quickly publish your iWeb website using your DomainsFoundry account instead of Apple MobileMe. We’ll show you how to publish your iWeb site to a local folder and then upload your site using FTP.

Publishing your site

  1. In iWeb, click ‘Site’.
    iWeb select site
    iWeb select site
  2. Select ‘Local Folder’ from the drop down list.
    iWeb select local folder
    iWeb select local folder
  3. Click ‘Choose’.
    iWeb click choose
    iWeb click choose
  4. Select your Desktop and click ‘New Folder’.
  5. Enter ‘mysite’ for the folder name and click ‘Create’.
  6. Click ‘Choose’
  7. ‘Folder Location’ should now show ‘/Users/YourName/Desktop/mysite’.
    iWeb local folder settings
    iWeb local folder settings
  8. Click ‘Publish Site’.
    iWeb publish site
    iWeb publish site
  9. iWeb will copy your website to the new ‘mysite’ folder on your desktop.
    iWeb mysite folder on desktop
    iWeb mysite folder on desktop

    10. Uploading your site

  1. You will now need to upload your website using FTP. To do this first download and install CyberDuck which is free, open-source FTP program for Mac. [[How do I upload my website using Cyberduck FTP for Mac OSX?]]
  2. Open CyberDuck.
  3. Click ‘Open Connection’.
    CyberDuck open connection
    CyberDuck open connection
  4. Fill in your FTP details for your web hosting.
    CyberDuck FTP settings
    CyberDuck FTP settings
      5. Enter:

    • The server as ftp.yourdomainname.com.
    • Your FTP username.
    • Your FTP password.
  5. Click ‘Connect’.
  6. A list of folders will now, double-click ‘httpdocs’ to open your public folder.
    CyberDuck open 'httpdocs'
    CyberDuck open 'httpdocs'
  7. If this is the first time you have uploaded a website to your DomainsFoundry webspace then you will see the following files and folders. If you already have uploaded a website then we recommend deleting all files and folders apart from those listed.
    CyberDuck default webspace
    CyberDuck default webspace
  8. Open Finder.
    Open Finder
    Open Finder
  9. Navigate to your ‘mysite’ folder on your desktop. Inside, open the second ‘mysite’ folder by double-clicking on it.
    Finder select mysite
    Finder select mysite
  10. Select all the files in the folder by holding the Shift key + clicking the top and bottom files.
    Finder select iWeb files
    Finder select iWeb files
  11. Drag the files and folders from Finder to CyberDuck.
    Finder drag files to CyberDuck
    Finder drag files to CyberDuck
  12. CyberDuck will now begin to upload your files to your DomainsFoundry webspace.
    CyberDuck Upload
    CyberDuck Upload

Viewing your site

  1. Open Safari.
  2. Enter your domain name into the address bar and press Enter.
    Safari view iWeb site
    Safari view iWeb site

Congratulations, you’ve uploaded your iWeb site.