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Intro
  I hadn't realized how many people were relying on iWeb and Mobile Me until Apple announced that they were going to be discontinuing it
  Many have written me to ask about alternatives and suggestions
What's going away and when
  Mobile Me will be shut down completely on June 30, 2012. The iCould services will be in place this Fall.
  If you had an active MobileMe account as of June 6, 2011, your service has been extended through June 30, 2012, at no additional charge
  iCloud will continue to have Mail, Contacts, Calendar, Bookmarks, Find My iPhone, and Back to My Mac
  iWeb Publishing (hosting), Gallery, and iDisk are going away.
  iCloud will add iTunes in the Cloud, Photo Stream, Documents in the Cloud, Automatic downloads and purchase history for apps and books, Backup and restore
  iCloud includes 5GB of storage for free
    Purchased music, apps, books, and TV shows, as well as your Photo Stream, don’t count against your free storage.
    You can buy more storage if needed
Three basic parts of iWeb and iWeb Publishing
  Creating content
  Publishing the content (uploading)
  Hosting
  The biggest thing you are losing is the integration of the OS, app, and hosting services. These other solutions come close, but aren't as easy to use as iWeb + Mobile Me.
WYSIWYG Content creation
  iWeb
    In it's existing form it should continue to work as a content creation tool
    You won't get updates or new templates, but what you have now should still work
  Rapidweaver ($79.99)
    Code free, WYSIWYG content creation. Code editing for advanced users.
    Different page types, including blogs and photo galleries
    Templates and themes. 45-built-in.
    Add ons for advanced users
    Very iWeb like user interface. 3-panel layout.
    Integrated publishing and bookmarks. (FTP, SFTP, and WebDAV)
  Sandvox ($77.00)
    Code free, WYSIWYG content creation. Code editing for advanced users.
    Different page types, including blogs and photo galleries
    Templates and themes. Over 50 designs.
    Very iWeb like user interface with inspector palette
    Integrated publishing. . (FTP, SFTP, and WebDAV)
  Freeway Express ($69.00)
    WYSIWYG editing
    More like a page layout app than HTML editor
    Built in templates
    Integrated publishing (FTP and SFTP)
  Adobe Muse (beta)
    Software is free for now, but looks to be about $15.00/mo when it launches early next year
    Integrated hosting with Adobe Business Catalyst which currently costs $9.00/mo.
    It's an Adobe Air application.
Publishing
  If you stick with iWeb as your tool, set up FTP publishing
    Open iWeb '09 and click the name of the site you want to publish in the left sidebar. The Site Publishing Settings window appears.

    In the Site Publishing Settings window, choose FTP Server from the Publish to drop-down menu.
    Enter the following information:

      Site name (optional).
      Contact email (optional).
      FTP server address (provided by your web hosting service).
      User name for publishing to your web hosting service.
      Password.
      Directory and path (if required by your web hosting service).
      Protocol and port (if required by your web hosting service).
    Click the Test Connection button to make sure you have entered your information correctly.
    Enter the URL for your website.
    Click the Publish Site button.
  Just means copying the files generated by your software and moving
  If it's not integrated in the app or if you prefer to do it manually
  FTP client software
    Transmit ($34.00) - FTP, SFTP, WebDAV, S3.
    CyberDuck (free) - FTP, SFTP, WebDAV, S3.
    Fetch ($29.00) - FTP, SFTP
  You'll use the information provided from your hosting provider for setting up the in-app or dedicated FTP client information
    Server, username, and password.
Hosting
  Lots of option at a low monthly cost. Dreamhost, Bluehost, GoDaddy. Usually around $5.00/mo
  Some ISP also have hosting built into your Internet connection so check that.
Go cloud based
  Basekit (starting at $10/mo)
  Squarespace (starting at 20/mo)
  These site offer themes and was to drag and drop and edit content web based interfaces
  Basekit has a process for converting PSD designs into custom templates
If you do move to a new solution, don't forget.
  Move your custom domain or tell people where your new site is
    After the move you may want to a create a iWeb Page on the Mobile Me site the links to your new page.
  To move your Mobile Me personal domain
    Open a browser window and go to your web hosting service's site.
    Follow the site's instructions for configuring your personal domain. Note the CNAME (Canonical Name) record required by your provider.
    Go to your personal domain registrar's site and find the CNAME configuration section.
    Change the CNAME from web.me.com to your web hosting service's address (this change may take some time to process).
    Sign in to me.com/account.
    On the Account page, click Personal Domain on the left.
    Click the Remove Domain button on the right to remove your configured personal domain from MobileMe.