IWeb

Infobox Software
name = iWeb



caption = A screenshot of iWeb 2, part of iLife '08
developer = Apple Inc.
latest_release_version = 2.0.4
latest_release_date = July 22, 2008
operating_system = Mac OS X
genre = Multimedia Internet publishing
license = Proprietary
website = [http://www.apple.com/ilife/iweb/ Apple.com/ilife/iweb/]

iWeb is a WYSIWYG template-based website creation tool made by Apple Inc. and included with its Macintosh computers. It was released during the Macworld Conference & Expo in San Francisco, California on January 10, 2006 as part of the iLife '06 creativity suite. The latest version (2.0) was released as part of the iLife '08 suite on August 7, 2007. iWeb creates websites and blogs, and publishes them via Apple's MobileMe and other webhosting services.

Overview and features

iWeb is a website and blog creation tool. The end-user does not need to have any knowledge of web languages in order to effectively use the product.

The features of iWeb include:
*Apple-designed templates
*Easy website creation
*An iLife media browser
*Drag and drop support for media files
*Blogging in a limited sense
*Podcasting
*One-click MobileMe publishing (non-MobileMe users can publish sites to a folder, then upload with third-party FTP services.)

iWeb is currently in its second version, and has a limited feature set and some unresolved bugs. Some limitations include:
*Creates different CSS files for each page instead of one central file to save disk space
*Templates dictate the HTML with little control over the final output (eg. difficult to add Google Analytics tracking code).
*No password support on non MobileMe user webpages
*Limited number of templates; new templates difficult to make
*Limited features for non-MobileMe users

Some of the these features may be included in the future.

On August 7, 2007, iWeb 08 was released as part of iLife '08
*New features added to iWeb '08 include:
** More Apple-designed templates
** Options to use personal domain names for MobileMe users
** Ability to add widgets, including Google Maps and Google Ad-sense
** Album view with "Skimming"
** Web 2.0 Slideshow for MobileMe and non-MobileMe users

See also

*Comparison of WYSIWYG HTML editors

External links

* [http://www.iwebtemplate.com/ iWeb and RapidWeaver Templates/Themes]
* [http://www.apple.com/ilife/iweb/ Apple.com — iLife — iWeb]
* [http://iwebfaq.com iWeb FAQ - Tutorials, Tips, Tricks]