In 2011 Apple announced they were cancelling MobileMe and will be discontinuing their iWeb hosting service on 30th June, 2012. Please contact sales@ecenica.com if you would like help moving your iWeb website to Ecenica.

Summary

Learn how to quickly publish your iWeb website using your Ecenica Hosting 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

2. Select Local Folder from the drop down list.
   

   iWeb select local folder

3. 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

8. Click Publish Site.
   

   iWeb publish site

9. iWeb will copy your website to the new mysite folder on your desktop.
   

   iWeb mysite folder on desktop

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

4. Enter your FTP details for your Ecenica Hosting web hosting.
   

   Enter your FTP connection settings

Enter:
• The server as ftp.yourdomainname.com.
• Your FTP username.
• Your FTP password.
5. Click More Options. For Path, enter /public_html/.
   

   Click More Options, Enter /public_html/ for Path

6. Click Connect.
7. Open Finder.
   

   Open Finder

8. Navigate to your ‘mysite’ folder on your desktop. Inside, open the second ‘mysite’ folder by double-clicking on it.
   

   Finder select mysite

9. Select all the files in the folder by holding the Shift key + clicking the top and bottom files.
   

   Finder select iWeb files

10. Drag the files and folders from Finder to CyberDuck.
    

    Finder drag files to CyberDuck

11. CyberDuck will now begin to upload your files to your Ecenica Hosting webspace.
    

    CyberDuck Upload

Viewing your site

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

   Safari view iWeb site

Congratulations, you’ve uploaded your iWeb site.

External links

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

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