Erased iWeb project. Files downloaded off server. Cannot Open.

[NJRonbo]

I had a website project that I was regularly updating
through iWeb.

However, when I formatted my Mac last week, all that
data was erased.

Fortunately, all the files are up on the server.

So, I downloaded all the files from the webpage and
put them in a folder. I can't figure out how to open
it in iWeb as it was before.

Can anyone assist?

 

[angelwatt]

Sorry, no way to import back into iWeb. It's completely a one-way trip. Did you have any backups of your drive? If so, the file you need is at,

~/Library/Application Support/iWeb/Domain.sites2

if I remember correctly.

 

[NJRonbo]

Nope.

Sounds like I am screwed, eh?

 

[miles01110]

Look at the bright side... you now have a reason to not use iWeb anymore.

 

[angelwatt]

Nope.

Sounds like I am screwed, eh?

The 8-ball says it is decidedly so. iWeb doesn't work in a HTML-mode when you're designing the page, it simply exports it into that format. Reversing the process is much harder than it sounds like it should be, but that's the case.

 

[NJRonbo]

....and I take it that I can't use another web
publishing program that would decipher the files
I downloaded?

 

[angelwatt]

....and I take it that I can't use another web
publishing program that would decipher the files
I downloaded?

iWeb does export valid HTML / CSS / JavaScript so other editors (I won't say all) can open them just fine. Unfortunately, the "style" they use for their code is not easy to deal with and I don't think any graphical web design tools can handle it. I've seen threads where people tried opening it in DreamWeaver for instance, and it simply wasn't usable unless you just needed to make small textual changes.

 

[FourCandles]

....and I take it that I can't use another web
publishing program that would decipher the files
I downloaded?

I've had some success with editing iWeb output using Coda. Depends on what you need to do urgently. If it's text edits and minor layout changes and so on you should be OK.