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macdon401
Apr 13, 2006, 07:38 PM
I was just wondering if it was, I don't know...do you??
R


zap2
Apr 13, 2006, 07:39 PM
doubt it, as it to complex for iWeb
92GTA
Apr 13, 2006, 07:43 PM
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
AppleMatt
Apr 13, 2006, 07:53 PM
Nope. Probably never will be, iWeb is for the consumer who knows nothing about HTML.

AppleMatt
Danksi
Apr 13, 2006, 07:53 PM
Well that would help explain why Apple has to bring the entire shop site down, whenever there's a seemingly minor update :p
lu0s3r322
Apr 13, 2006, 09:23 PM
it seems that iWeb is leaning more toward blogging websites instead of full scale major corporations' websites so it's not likely
Eluon
Apr 13, 2006, 10:04 PM
I think parts of apple's site lacks uniformity. in technical writing, that was one thing that was hammered in our heads: uniformity. I realize it is a stupid, minute thing, but it annoys me!
Platform
Apr 14, 2006, 02:01 AM
No and no....no way with the public iWeb at least..way to complex, and then the site did not change much after it was released they properly use webobjects and other things ;)
sam10685
Apr 14, 2006, 02:26 AM
yep. it's always been made with iweb.
Phat_Pat
Apr 14, 2006, 02:47 AM
of course

just as their promotional videos and commercials are made with iMovie

do i really need to say i'm joking?
Superdrive
Apr 14, 2006, 02:53 AM
No, but their pages could be better looking if they were done in iWeb. As of late, the Apple.com has gone down the tubes. From inconsistent page widths and styles among other things. One of these days, they should just start over with something new.

With that said, I think their prime improvements have been were it counts the most, the store.
MacTruck
Apr 14, 2006, 05:01 AM
Made with ASP.NET. :eek:
BlizzardBomb
Apr 14, 2006, 05:26 AM
No, but their pages could be better looking if they were done in iWeb. As of late, the Apple.com has gone down the tubes. From inconsistent page widths and styles among other things. One of these days, they should just start over with something new.

With that said, I think their prime improvements have been were it counts the most, the store.

The Online Apple Sites have the cleanest design ever! I can browse the entire Mac range in 2 minutes on the Apple Store, but then go to www.dell.com and its a real pain to navigate with all those ads and sections and 1000 different models. *shudders*
macdon401
Apr 14, 2006, 08:59 AM
...this looks very "iWebbish" to me, and there's not a lot of Flash througout the whole site, and the site although large is very sraight dorward!
http://web.mac.com/nelson808/iWeb/Site/Portfolio.html

heres my site made with iWeb...looks less like iWeb than Apple's...at least the home page...what do you think?
R
supremedesigner
Apr 14, 2006, 09:00 AM
Nah, it wasn't built by iWeb though. But I believe it was built by their Ad Agency https://www.tbwachiat.com/
macdon401
Apr 14, 2006, 09:01 AM
...this looks very "iWebbish" to me, and there's not a lot of Flash througout the whole site, and the site although large is very sraight dorward!
http://web.mac.com/nelson808/iWeb/Site/Portfolio.html

heres my site made with iWeb...looks less like iWeb than Apple's...at least the home page...what do you think?
R

...sorry this is what I meant by "iWebbish" looking...!
supremedesigner
Apr 14, 2006, 09:02 AM
...this looks very "iWebbish" to me, and there's not a lot of Flash througout the whole site, and the site although large is very sraight dorward!
http://web.mac.com/nelson808/iWeb/Site/Portfolio.html

heres my site made with iWeb...looks less like iWeb than Apple's...at least the home page...what do you think?
R

Interestin' dark work. How did you do those photos? From photoshop? :p Keep up the good work!
howesey
Apr 14, 2006, 09:03 AM
Well that would help explain why Apple has to bring the entire shop site down, whenever there's a seemingly minor update :p
That's just to kick up a fuss. Everyone here goes crazy when they do this, good publicity.
macdon401
Apr 14, 2006, 09:14 AM
Interestin' dark work. How did you do those photos? From photoshop? :p Keep up the good work!

...hey, thanks, yes Photoshop and a bit of Illustrator in some...!
R
bah-bah'd
Apr 14, 2006, 09:43 AM
Well that would help explain why Apple has to bring the entire shop site down, whenever there's a seemingly minor update :p


actually this is probably more related to updating related content across many different groups of pages deep inside the website. It is easier to just say you are bringing down the entire site than it is to build away to interact with users who were trying to go back to a section of the site you just removed... And being that it is a huge site using static and dynamic content, they probably have a few clusters of web proxy cache & web server to deploy to. Who knows what their application systems requirements are...

I'd rather see a down site than be on a page in a section that is still being updated. how annoying.
Josh
Apr 14, 2006, 10:07 AM
It's actually made with an older version of Front Page.

What they do is create the pages in PowerPoint, then export them to Front Page.

I keed...I keed..:p

While Apple's site really ins't all that complex, it is a bit beyond iWeb's capabilities.

My guess at the tools: Good 'ol text editor. If not, then most likely Dreamweaver (non WSYWIG editting, btw).

There's a lot more dynamic things happening with that site on the backend than what iWeb would allow you to create.
bah-bah'd
Apr 14, 2006, 10:13 AM
No, but their pages could be better looking if they were done in iWeb. As of late, the Apple.com has gone down the tubes. From inconsistent page widths and styles among other things. One of these days, they should just start over with something new.

With that said, I think their prime improvements have been were it counts the most, the store.


I am starting to preferr this... their pages/sections still have brand unity, but each section has its own identity. Once this idea fully develops, being on sites with 10,000 of pages in hundreds of sections will be way more user friendly...