iWeb
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| File:IWeb2.png A screenshot of iWeb 2, part of iLife '08 | |
| Developer(s) | Apple Inc. |
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| Stable release | |
| Operating system | Mac OS X |
| Type | Multimedia Internet publishing |
| License | Proprietary |
| Website | 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 .Mac 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 .Mac publishing (non-.Mac 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 files for each page instead of one central file to save disk space
- No password support on non .Mac user webpages
- Limited number of templates; new templates difficult to make
- Limited features for non-.Mac users
Some of the these features may be included in iWeb '08 yet they were not featured in the release of iWeb 2.0 as a part of the iLife '08 Suite.
- iWeb 08 was released August 7, 2007 as part of iLife '08
New features added to iWeb '08 include:
- More Apple-designed templates
- Options to use personal domain names for .Mac users
- Ability to add widgets, including Google Maps and Google Ad-sense
- Album view with "Skimming"
- Web 2.0 Slideshow for .Mac and non-.Mac users
Criticism
iWeb lacks the ability to edit direct HTML code, though it is possible to use HTML snippets, which allow tiny bits of HTML code to be added to an iWeb page, such as an embedded YouTube video.
See also
Template:Mac OS X HTML editors