OK, so I thought I'd give iweb (ver. 1.1.2) which has been languishing in my 10.4.11 Mac OS X since I bought it over 5 years ago.
My own self-built site was looking tired and in dire need of a facelift, so I thought, "Why don;t I give iweb a whirl?"
Well, initially, I loved it. So simple; everything seemed to work; everything saved nicely; everything went where I wanted it to go.
As a musician, naturally I wanted loads of mp3 demos and I had little or no trouble building these into what ended up as a 10 page site which looked, well...lovely!
However, my joy was short lived. I already have a 12 page site, so I thought I would dismantle it and replace it with the iweb build. I had a good read of all the advice about uploading to a 'non-Apple' server, and having had plenty of experience with ftp, I thought I could tackle it. After all, all I had to do was to upload the folder which contained the new iweb site, and bingo, I'd be done. well, how wrong I was!
I'm pretty used to coping with basic HTML, not much else, but I have a good grasp of how it works and how to store stuff in folders which ftp programs seem to cope with.
When I came to open my folders which contained the iweb stuff....what an unholy mess! I just couldn't believe it! Everything seemed to be just thrown anywhere without rhyme or reason. Try as I might, I couldn't get anything to open properly - some 'half complete' pages emerged, giving me what turned out to be false hope. I tried and tried, but Apple's way of doing things when it comes to site building, and particularly when trying to upload via ftp, is completely beyond me.
If anyone out there has got any positive suggestions, I'd love to hear them.
I've wasted nearly a week of frustrating, annoying time, getting nowhere. Now, I've rebuilt my old site which at least I know how to manage!

iWeb v.1.1.2...

It's like if a Windows 7 user would say "Hey, let's see what Mac OS looks like!" and use Mac OS8 or Mac OS9 instead of using Snow Leopard or Lion... So if you want to give iWeb a try then try iWeb 3.0.4...

Regards,
Cédric

Cheers Cédric! You'll be suggesting I get a new Mac next!

Well, since my last post I've had total.....SUCCESS! Yes, my fully-born iweb site is now out in the world for all to see.
I haven't tried it on a PC browser yet, so can't say it works across all platforms - but I'm hoping!
Although it's only simple, it has 11 pages and tells everyone what I do. I'm a wedding and events pianist who also lets some holiday accommodation in England's prettiest corner - The Lake District.
Hey! I've even managed to install a song player for my demos, so I'm really pleased. Yes, I was dismissive of iweb to begin with, but once I'd discovered the various work-arounds to get to the html, I've ended up liking iweb much more than I ever dreamed I would. I'll certainly be upgrading to a later version of iweb when I can afford a new Mac - hopefully a year from now.
So, despite a pretty ancient and well-hammered little Macbook and version 1.1.2 of iweb, I'm a happy guy!
Thanks for your reply and If you've time, have a look and let me know what you think:
http:www.lakesweddingmusic.com/HOME.html

Cheers,

Peter