Modify one iWeb project on multiple different Macs
Mar 15, '10 07:30:00AM
Contributed by: BeHofi
Here's a simple workaround that will let you modify your own iWeb website from multiple locations and machines: Carry the original files on a USB stick, and trick the local machines into using the USB stick instead of the local file by using an alias. Important to make this workaround work is that the alias file is set with its 'Open With' set to 'iWeb.' Detailed steps are below.
This workaround assumes that the data for all websites created by your machine are on your USB stick. (For management of multiple websites, see this older hint).
First, generate your website with iWeb. iWeb stores all information in your user's Library » Application Support » iWeb folder, in a file named domain.sites2. Navigate to this file in the Finder, then:
- Copy the file domain.sites2 to a USB stick.
- Create an alias of domain.sites2 (will be called domain.sites2.alias) on the same USB stick.
Now, on each of the machines you want to work on:
- Do not open iWeb.
- Erase the file domain.sites2 in that Mac user's Library/Application Support/iWeb folder. Keep a backup of this file if you're going to want to replace it when you're done!
- Copy the file domain.sites2.alias from the USB stick to the local machine, into that same directory.
- Control-click on the copied alias, and select Open With » iWeb from the contextual menu.
When you now open iWeb, it will use the files on the USB stick -- you are done. (This should work just as well using iDisk or any other networked storage location instead of a USB stick, but I have not tested this.)
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