Comments on: creating a church website with an apple – Part 2 – iweb http://www.fromtheclay.com/ministry-ideas/creating-a-church-website-with-and-apple-part-2-iweb/ Wed, 21 Jan 2009 02:07:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.2 By: Bryan http://www.fromtheclay.com/ministry-ideas/creating-a-church-website-with-and-apple-part-2-iweb/#comment-318 Bryan Wed, 02 Apr 2008 05:38:15 +0000 http://www.fromtheclay.com/2007/01/19/creating-a-church-website-with-and-apple-part-2-iweb#comment-318 Tom, Actually with iWeb 08 it is as easy to post via FTP to a website host as it is to post it to your .mac account. There are two options when you go to publish the website, you have "Publish to .Mac" or "Publish to Folder". Instead of using the Publish button on the bottom or the "Publish to .Mac simply choose "Publish to Folder". Once it is published to a folder on your hard drive you simply use a FTP client and transfer the files over onto your host server. VERY SIMPLE!!! I use FireFTP for my client and its very good. Of course you have to have firefox installed since it is an add on to Firefox. Our church does not use Yahoo or Godaddy so I don't know how easy it is to set up using those hosts, and they may charge if you decide to choose your own domain name without having "yahoo", or "godaddy" in front of your church domain name. If you have any trouble with iWeb check out the help/discussion forums on apples website. Thats one thing Microsoft has not gotten the hang of yet, to provide an easy way to find help about a specific program. Got my macbook pro last fall and could not have asked for a better computer. Nothing comes close to this computer. Microsoft will have a hard time staying ahead of apple once people realize how much money they are losing by staying with Microsoft. I am trying to convert my church to go all Mac, just look at the OS. I mean 120 bucks for Mac OSX 10.5 and almost 300 for a comparable product by Microsoft. To say the least your are taking the right step by switching to apple. Be sure to use the Apple support to find any additional information about converting from windows to apple. They have a whole section devoted to just those types of questions. Good luck Tom, Tom,

Actually with iWeb 08 it is as easy to post via FTP to a website host as it is to post it to your .mac account. There are two options when you go to publish the website, you have “Publish to .Mac” or “Publish to Folder”. Instead of using the Publish button on the bottom or the “Publish to .Mac simply choose “Publish to Folder”. Once it is published to a folder on your hard drive you simply use a FTP client and transfer the files over onto your host server. VERY SIMPLE!!! I use FireFTP for my client and its very good. Of course you have to have firefox installed since it is an add on to Firefox. Our church does not use Yahoo or Godaddy so I don’t know how easy it is to set up using those hosts, and they may charge if you decide to choose your own domain name without having “yahoo”, or “godaddy” in front of your church domain name. If you have any trouble with iWeb check out the help/discussion forums on apples website. Thats one thing Microsoft has not gotten the hang of yet, to provide an easy way to find help about a specific program.

Got my macbook pro last fall and could not have asked for a better computer. Nothing comes close to this computer. Microsoft will have a hard time staying ahead of apple once people realize how much money they are losing by staying with Microsoft. I am trying to convert my church to go all Mac, just look at the OS. I mean 120 bucks for Mac OSX 10.5 and almost 300 for a comparable product by Microsoft.

To say the least your are taking the right step by switching to apple. Be sure to use the Apple support to find any additional information about converting from windows to apple. They have a whole section devoted to just those types of questions.

Good luck Tom,

]]> By: tom http://www.fromtheclay.com/ministry-ideas/creating-a-church-website-with-and-apple-part-2-iweb/#comment-206 tom Tue, 27 Mar 2007 20:42:32 +0000 http://www.fromtheclay.com/2007/01/19/creating-a-church-website-with-and-apple-part-2-iweb#comment-206 Hey Guys, I really dug this article! I'm planning on buying a mac this spring. I do have some concerns that I wondered if you have any experience with. I've never put up a site before. At least not one that required to any money that is. I'm looking at using either godaddy or yahoo as a hosting site, but I'm not sure. Basically, how easy is it to use iweb if you don't use .mac? I just want a simple site and domain name, but I really want to use iweb to do it. Any advice? - tom warren, mi Hey Guys,
I really dug this article! I’m planning on buying a mac this spring. I do have some concerns that I wondered if you have any experience with.
I’ve never put up a site before. At least not one that required to any money that is.
I’m looking at using either godaddy or yahoo as a hosting site, but I’m not sure.
Basically, how easy is it to use iweb if you don’t use .mac?
I just want a simple site and domain name, but I really want to use iweb to do it.
Any advice?
- tom
warren, mi

]]> By: Brandon Gross http://www.fromtheclay.com/ministry-ideas/creating-a-church-website-with-and-apple-part-2-iweb/#comment-205 Brandon Gross Thu, 25 Jan 2007 17:44:41 +0000 http://www.fromtheclay.com/2007/01/19/creating-a-church-website-with-and-apple-part-2-iweb#comment-205 I did overlook functionality, thanks for the reminder. Apple's are definitely functional. I have never seen something so easy to use but still deliver a great looking website at the end. They do so much more than just websites though. One other cool feature I like is the ability to tell iphoto to print a book, calendar, or postcard for you. Basically, iphoto sends your artwork (done in iphoto) to apple, they print and bind the book, calendar, or postcard and ship it to you. There are so many things a person could do with this in ministry. Thanks for the comment. I did overlook functionality, thanks for the reminder. Apple’s are definitely functional. I have never seen something so easy to use but still deliver a great looking website at the end. They do so much more than just websites though. One other cool feature I like is the ability to tell iphoto to print a book, calendar, or postcard for you. Basically, iphoto sends your artwork (done in iphoto) to apple, they print and bind the book, calendar, or postcard and ship it to you. There are so many things a person could do with this in ministry. Thanks for the comment.

]]> By: Baptist Church Web Site Guru http://www.fromtheclay.com/ministry-ideas/creating-a-church-website-with-and-apple-part-2-iweb/#comment-202 Baptist Church Web Site Guru Thu, 25 Jan 2007 14:13:35 +0000 http://www.fromtheclay.com/2007/01/19/creating-a-church-website-with-and-apple-part-2-iweb#comment-202 This is great for someone who wants a quick nice looking web site.  Apple's are made with the end user in mind.  Heck, most only have one mouse button!  But I do love apples.  I am a certified OSX Help desk tech, and can tell you apple has a way of making things easy.  I will have to pass this on to people needing a quick web site.  Although, you do miss the power of functionality, and that is really what is important in my humble opinion. This is great for someone who wants a quick nice looking web site.  Apple’s are made with the end user in mind.  Heck, most only have one mouse button!  But I do love apples.  I am a certified OSX Help desk tech, and can tell you apple has a way of making things easy.  I will have to pass this on to people needing a quick web site.  Although, you do miss the power of functionality, and that is really what is important in my humble opinion.

]]> By: Nathan Moore http://www.fromtheclay.com/ministry-ideas/creating-a-church-website-with-and-apple-part-2-iweb/#comment-204 Nathan Moore Tue, 23 Jan 2007 16:29:48 +0000 http://www.fromtheclay.com/2007/01/19/creating-a-church-website-with-and-apple-part-2-iweb#comment-204 "complete with apple stickers for my car..." - i love it! "complete with apple stickers for my car…" – i love it!

]]> By: Josh Sherman http://www.fromtheclay.com/ministry-ideas/creating-a-church-website-with-and-apple-part-2-iweb/#comment-203 Josh Sherman Tue, 23 Jan 2007 14:17:03 +0000 http://www.fromtheclay.com/2007/01/19/creating-a-church-website-with-and-apple-part-2-iweb#comment-203 Brandon is right! This has to be the easiest way to create a website on the planet.  I was messing around the other day trying to make a blog in Blogger.  iWeb is way easier than that.  iWeb adds excellent, professional look to your site.  You don't have to worry about starting from scratch either.  It has some great templates that you can start with, and tweak.  After using iWeb, I wouldn't know where to start if I didn't have it. Brandon is right! This has to be the easiest way to create a website on the planet.  I was messing around the other day trying to make a blog in Blogger.  iWeb is way easier than that.  iWeb adds excellent, professional look to your site.  You don’t have to worry about starting from scratch either.  It has some great templates that you can start with, and tweak.  After using iWeb, I wouldn’t know where to start if I didn’t have it.

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