How to move an iWeb site from MobileMe to another web hosting service

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Summary

This article explains how to move an iWeb site, including one with a personal domain, from MobileMe to another web hosting service.

Notes:

• You need an account with a web hosting provider that supports FTP (File Transfer Protocol) before proceeding.
• When publishing an iWeb site to a web hosting service other than MobileMe, the following features are not available: blog and photo comments, website password, blog search, and hit counter.

 

Move an iWeb site that is currently published to MobileMe

If you have iWeb ’09 (version 3.0) or later, follow these steps from the Mac on which you published your web site. To check which version of iWeb you have choose iWeb > About iWeb.

1. Open iWeb ’09 and click the name of the site you want to publish in the left sidebar. The Site Publishing Settings window appears.
2. In the Site Publishing Settings window, choose FTP Server from the Publish to drop-down menu.
3. Enter the following information:
   • Site name (optional).
   • Contact email (optional).
   • FTP server address (provided by your web hosting service).
   • User name for publishing to your web hosting service.
   • Password.
   • Directory and path (if required by your web hosting service).
   • Protocol and port (if required by your web hosting service).
4. Click the Test Connection button to make sure you have entered your information correctly.
5. Enter the URL for your website.
6. Click the Publish Site button.

For a video overview of publishing your site to an FTP server, please watch this iWeb tutorial.

 

If you have an earlier version of iWeb, select the “Publish to Folder” option to publish your site to a local folder and then upload it to a third-party hosting service.

1. Open iWeb and choose File > Publish to Folder. By default, iWeb saves the published results to a Sites folder in your Mac Home folder.
2. Once your site is saved to the folder, you can upload it to the FTP server with an FTP publishing application.

If you no longer have a copy of your site in iWeb, you can download the data directly from your MobileMe iDisk and then upload it to a third-party hosting service.

1. From the Finder menu, choose File > New Finder Window.
2. Under Devices on the left, click the iDisk icon and then choose Web > Sites.
3. In the Sites folder, locate the “index.html” file and the folders named after your existing iWeb-published site.
4. Move the “index.html” file and folders to your desktop and upload them to your FTP server.

Move a personal domain from MobileMe to another web hosting service

1. Open a browser window and go to your web hosting service’s site.
2. Follow the site’s instructions for configuring your personal domain. Note the CNAME (Canonical Name) record required by your provider.
3. Go to your personal domain registrar’s site and find the CNAME configuration section.
4. Change the CNAME from web.me.com to your web hosting service’s address (this change may take some time to process).
5. Sign in to me.com/account.
6. On the Account page, click Personal Domain on the left.
7. Click the Remove Domain button on the right to remove your configured personal domain from MobileMe.