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iWeb is a template-based WYSIWYG website creation tool developed by Apple Inc.. The first
version of iWeb was announced at the Macworld Conference &
Expo on January 10, 2006 as part of the iLife '06 suite of digital lifestyle
applications.[1].
The latest version was released as part of the iLife '09 suite on January 6, 2009.[3]
iWeb allows users to create websites and blogs and customize them with their own text,
photos and movies. Users can then publish their websites to MobileMe or another hosting
service. In addition to its ability to publish to MobileMe, iWeb
integrates with other services, including Facebook, YouTube, Google AdSense and Google Maps.[3]
Overview
and features
Page
design
iWeb allows users to create and design websites and blogs
without coding, and includes a number of Apple-designed themes,
each of which has several page templates with coordinated fonts and
colors. Users can customize these pages by replacing placeholder
text and by dragging and dropping their own photos and movies into
the document. Templates include blog, podcast, and photo and movie
gallery pages, as well as standard "Welcome" and "About Me"
pages.
iWeb integrates with other applications in the iLife suite. The
iLife Media Browser is a list of all the music, movies, and photos
stored in iTunes, iMovie, and iPhoto. Content can be dragged from the Media
Browser window and placed in the open page. Local files can also be
dropped directly into the page.
Nine interactive "widgets" are included with iWeb. Among other
things, these widgets let users embed YouTube videos and Google
Maps, include a countdown timer and add RSS feeds.
Publishing
iWeb features built-in support for publishing to MobileMe, a suite of online
applications developed by Apple, and to other third-party web hosts
with FTP. Once account information is entered, users simply click a
button to publish their entire website. iWeb can then publish
updates to the user's Facebook profile to notify others of changes
to the website.
Limitations
iWeb is currently in its third version, and has a limited
feature set and some unresolved bugs. Some limitations include:
- Separate CSS files are created for each page, rather than a
single stylesheet for the entire site.
- There is no option for more advanced users to directly edit the
HTML code of templates. HTML support is limited to small snippets
that can be included with the page.
- Password protection is not supported on non-MobileMe user websites.
- Users are limited to the built-in templates, as there is no
standard way to create new templates.
- Comments on blog pages are not supported on non-MobileMe user websites.
Extending
iWeb
Several applications which let users extend the functionality of
iWeb have been developed.
- iTweak — An all-around tool for
implementing search fields, hitcounters, contact-forms, favicons,
Haloscan commenting, password-protection for non-MobileMe sites and
several other minor things.
- iMap — A sitemap creation tool which also
supports the addition of Meta-Tags.
- iWeb SEO Tool — A
free tool that lets you prepare an iWeb based website for search
engines.
- iWebBuddy — A tool to
manage several domain files for iWeb and the addition of Mint or
Google Analytics hitcounters as well as the modification of RSS
feeds.
- iWebSites — iWebSites
can split, fuse and manage several domain files for your iWeb
site.
Additionally, designers have developed additional iWeb
templates:
References
- ^ a
b
Apple Announces iLife
'06
- ^ iWeb 3.0.1
- ^ a
b
Apple Introduces iLife
'09
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