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iWeb replacement to be introduced at Macworld/iWorld 2013?

Monday, January 28, 2013 · 11:00 am · 42 Comments

“An iWeb replacement may be introduced at this year’s Macworld/iWorld expo, which starts Jan. 31 in San Franciso,” Dennis Sellers reports for AppleDailyReport.

“But not by Apple,” Sellers reports. “A company located in Thornhill, Ontario, will be exhibiting new software that the company claims is a ‘replacement for iWeb.’”

Sellers reports, “It’s called EasyWeb.”

Full article here.

Categories: News

Tags: EasyWeb, iWeb, Macworld/iWorld, Ontario, Thornhill, Web design

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42 Comments

botvinnik

Monday, January 28, 2013 - 11:02 am · Reply

I liked iWeb and I liked MobileMe Gallery, both of which have been shitcanned by . I do not like Photo Stream.
- 3l3c7ro
  
  Monday, January 28, 2013 - 12:46 pm · Reply
  
  I think the words you were looking for was ‘thrown out’.
  - botvinnik
    
    Monday, January 28, 2013 - 3:15 pm · Reply
    
    you thought wrong, yet again.
  - dancamera
    
    Tuesday, January 29, 2013 - 10:13 am · Reply
    
    No, shit canned is the more effective word here… i Web, although it was very sketchy at times, was a reasonable tool. It needs an overhaul.
    - 3l3c7ro
      
      Tuesday, January 29, 2013 - 10:36 am · Reply
      
      Just because iWeb is not current there is no reason to be vulgar. The world is a better place when we use polite language. I also liked iWeb.
- Vanfruniken
  
  Monday, January 28, 2013 - 2:55 pm · Reply
  
  Trouble is, what assurance do we have that EasyWeb will be around for long enough, so people don’t get screwed again.
  - Jim
    
    Monday, January 28, 2013 - 4:49 pm · Reply
    
    As if there’s ever any assurance? Apple, largest technology company ever, *discontinued* the product when it didn’t fit into their plans.
- Rhonda
  
  Tuesday, January 29, 2013 - 8:10 am · Reply
  
  Mac crashed- lost all files including my website done through iWeb- backup was disintegrated as well- living hell- have a new mac- where can I find the iweb software to download? Right now- website is just hanging out.
alent1234

Monday, January 28, 2013 - 11:04 am · Reply

what the hell is iweb? who makes personal websites these days?
- soundguyrob
  
  Monday, January 28, 2013 - 11:11 am · Reply
  
  There are many small businesses that used iWeb and Mobile Me for web pages. I can name 4 bands and my pet boarding facility. I think it was frustrating when they dropped it.
  - alent1234
    
    Monday, January 28, 2013 - 11:27 am · Reply
    
    you can now do this on Google+ and facebook for most business pages
    
    only thing i can see a web site for is something like a restaurant and have online ordering. but even then there are services now for online ordering from local restaurants
    - soundguyrob
      
      Monday, January 28, 2013 - 11:39 am · Reply
      
      agreed, I run an Ecommerce site for my employer,using a template and their server.
      I used to have an iWeb link for my family to see pics of my kid in a customized format that was easy to manage and maintain. Using Flickr is fine, but not very personable. Neither is Facebook. I could understand why AAPL would want to get away from wasting a bunch of manpower on updating the software.
- Ohlala
  
  Monday, January 28, 2013 - 11:17 am · Reply
  
  i use iweb for private and small bussiness
- RastaMouse
  
  Monday, January 28, 2013 - 11:22 am · Reply
  
  I use iWeb for our intranet in work. Fast, easy and works a treat.
- Ray The Video Guy
  
  Monday, January 28, 2013 - 11:29 am · Reply
  
  I actually use iweb to quickly create sales pages for products. I’m not trying to get these pages to rank, so the SEO doesn’t matter. iWeb is quick and can make a great looking page.
- tbone
  
  Monday, January 28, 2013 - 11:52 am · Reply
  
  OK! Let’s all meet up on facebook. I think a large part of Facebook’s growth has been the lack of a great consumer facing web authoring app.
  - Midori Takayama
    
    Monday, January 28, 2013 - 2:02 pm · Reply
    
    sorry, not everybody likes or use facebook. Actually most of my friends are already bored with it.
- auren
  
  Monday, January 28, 2013 - 1:43 pm · Reply
  
  I used it for my sailing blog. Terrific. I miss it.
- Carlos
  
  Monday, January 28, 2013 - 1:58 pm · Reply
  
  I am 65 years old and i use iweb go promote my shop
- jeff II
  
  Monday, January 28, 2013 - 5:28 pm · Reply
  
  @alent1234, I assume your first comment was sarcastic.
  
  As to the second, there are quite likely millions of sites around the world that have been put together by individuals or small companies using iWeb or one of its peers. I personally host a website for a local social club, a site for a local NFL team fan club, a site for story tellers, and my family site. These are very narrowly focused and I don’t expect a lot of traffic. I have rudimentary HTML skills but I wouldn’t think of trying to hand-code any of these sites. Over time I’ve tried the biggies likeFreeway, Flux, RapidWeaver, Dreamweaver, Sandvox. These are either too feature rich or are limited template-based for my taste.
  
  For a few years i was quite satisfied with Website Painter until I discovered Quick N Easy Website Builder. I have no idea how any of these compare to iWeb but I’m quite happy with QnEWB.
  
  If this EasyWeb appears, I’ll likely try it out.
  
  Incidentally, a quick DuckDuckGo search turns up a lot of hits for EasyWeb in Canada, but it appears to be a name locked in by TD Canada Trust, a bank. There’s also EasyWeb AG in Germany but it bears no relationship to the above-mentioned outfit. The web site is http://www.iwebreplacementapp.com/ and all they have is a signup form.
alanaudio

Monday, January 28, 2013 - 11:07 am · Reply

I never understood why Apple abandoned iWeb, but there again I never understood why they abandoned HyperCard either.

I enthusiastically used both as they offered me a way to do things that I otherwise wouldn’t have been able to do at that time.

EasyWeb sounds promising, but it remains to be seen whether it’s in the same league as iWeb ( with things like seamless integration with iPhoto and iTunes ) and we don’t know how easy the process of publishing a site will be. I’d be surprised if they can match the one-click publish function that Apple offered.
TomInTulsa

Monday, January 28, 2013 - 11:07 am · Reply

I really like iWeb I know its issues but I loved how easy it was and how good it looked. I’ve been using RapidWeaver since the end of iWeb and while it is very powerful the cost is aggrevating. Everytime you want to do something new you have to pay for another “add-on”. That along with the difficulty of adding comments to blogs really makes me miss iWeb.
Jay

Monday, January 28, 2013 - 11:10 am · Reply

EasyWeb is already trademarked by TD bank in Canada and by TD Bank in the US, so doubt it’ll be called that.
ed

Monday, January 28, 2013 - 11:13 am · Reply

iWeb died when apple realized how big facebook had become. Even today, when it comes to personal websites, facebook is the best way to go.
- Makeba Will
  
  Monday, January 28, 2013 - 2:08 pm · Reply
  
  I live far away from my native country, and for my friends, I died the day I quit using facebook. They forgot there is also email, sms and even real paper! So, I HATE Facebook and i wish it disappear in the nexts 3 to 5 years.
  - vanfruniken
    
    Monday, January 28, 2013 - 2:53 pm · Reply
    
    So true. E-mail will persist long after Facebook has died.
    I really resent the sites that require you to use Facebook, rather than webforms or straight e-mail to react. I just won’t do it. Fsck Facebook.
Ohlala

Monday, January 28, 2013 - 11:14 am · Reply

Yes! my prayers were answered!!!!
- nikatomuirhead
  
  Monday, January 28, 2013 - 11:41 am · Reply
  
  There is no easier option that weebly. It’s hosted but worth it.
Wrong Again

Monday, January 28, 2013 - 11:27 am · Reply

Nope, not even going to let myself get excited for such nonsense….
castelbuono

Monday, January 28, 2013 - 11:38 am · Reply

I still use iWeb for some quick web page generation. In turn, I simply publish these pages to my personal domain.
Chris Powers

Monday, January 28, 2013 - 11:38 am · Reply

I wonder how’s it any different than http://www.quickandeasywebbuilder.com

which is currently on the App Store.
- Jeff II
  
  Monday, January 28, 2013 - 5:34 pm · Reply
  
  QnEWB is great for my small jobs. Lots of options and doesn’t get in your way.
TheLastWord

Monday, January 28, 2013 - 11:43 am · Reply

Rapidweaver, is far and away the most Mac centric and intuitive web creation software that I’ve used. It’s got lots of third party support and it’s low cost. I wanted to use iWeb when it was launched but it’s really quite basic and limiting compared to Rapidweaver.
Agent Provocateur

Monday, January 28, 2013 - 11:49 am · Reply

The replacement is called Sandvox and has been out for some time by the people who created Watson back in the day.
rolf

Monday, January 28, 2013 - 12:01 pm · Reply

iWeb timeline
========
iWeb 1.0 2006-01-10 iLife’06 (4)
iWeb 2.0 2007-08-07 iLife’08 (5)
iWeb 3.0 2009-01-10 iLife’09 (6)
iWeb 3.04 2010-09-17 iLife’11 (7)

iWeb alternatives for easy/speed in WTP
===========
APPS:
01 RapidWeaver (UK) $80
http://www.realmacsoftware.com/rapidweaver/overview

02. Panic’s Coda (US) $99
http://www.panic.com/coda

03. Flux (UK) $129
http://www.theescapers.com/flux/index.html

04. skEdit (US) $35
http://www.skedit.com by Before Dawn Solutions

online solutions:
too many but top:
WordPress
Joomla
Wix
- Jasony
  
  Monday, January 28, 2013 - 1:42 pm · Reply
  
  How are text editors or CMS’s iWeb alternatives? iWeb was a drag and drop web design app.
I love Apple

Monday, January 28, 2013 - 12:28 pm · Reply

Is there anybody still using apps for creating websites? Never thought about this since ages. Give Weebly a try, so capable, fast, online, affordable …
Tom

Monday, January 28, 2013 - 12:33 pm · Reply

To create my first web sites I used, Home Page by Claris, over 11 years ago. Started using it in OS 9. It was incredibly easy to use. Tried Freeway Express, but never really liked it.

I thought iweb was great. So easy to use along with Mobile Me, and the only caveat was it was slow.

I use Facebook to supplement my site, but it is lacking in esthetics. They all look alike and not very compelling.

Will be interested to see the new and improved iWeb.

With its demise as well as Mobile Me, I switched to Sandvox. It is fairly easy; however, there are some things missing I would like to see.

I am not a power user and run about three sites for clubs I belong to. I tried Rapidweaver on a trial, but like Sandvox better. Would love to have the control like I had with Home Page.
Gee Deezy

Monday, January 28, 2013 - 12:43 pm · Reply

I have made a nice living building basic but beautiful web sites for small businesses, using iWeb.

Just because it isn’t the perfect tool for YOU, doesn’t mean it was not a good tool for others.

Apple did what no one else could: build a totally graphical, easy to use, basic web development environment that should be maintained and grown, not tossed in the trash can. If nothing else, they should put the code in public domain and let others move it forward.
thethirdshoe

Monday, January 28, 2013 - 1:18 pm · Reply

Kinda misleading headline.
Like saying: Pages replacement to be introduced at Macworld/iWorld 2013.
It’s not an Apple program.
In reality: iWeb substitute to be introduced at Macworld/iWorld 2013
Jubei

Monday, January 28, 2013 - 5:42 pm · Reply

I love iWeb simplicity. FB for your personal page is stupid. FB is great if your a narcissist, need to connect with long lost friends and relatives or just want to brag about all the stuff you bought. But for true personal and family sites, iWeb was the best. Almost anyone in the house can use it.
James

Tuesday, January 29, 2013 - 4:16 am · Reply

My wife is a professional photographer. She doesn’t know what HTML is, nor does she care. She doesn’t know it care what FTP is or any other such jargon.

She uses iWeb to produce her photo blog. And, before MobileMe dissapeared she was able to publish her web site herself.

When mobile me disappeared, so did her site. she looked around for alternatives, but they were all too complicated to setup and get running. Again…she doesn’t care.

So, a techy was hired and setup a domain and server for her and went to iWeb and setup the FTP to publish it with one button.

If anything fails or breaks…now the tech must be called and paid.

The point is with iWeb/MobileMe the consumer was offered a tool that created awesome looking and personalized web sites without the need to call a tech.

Now, even with all the options people have identified, that ability and ease of use is gone.