iWeb Tip #20 – Redirect Pages in iWeb

Redirect pages in iWeb
This tip shows you how to redirect a page to another page.  There are many instances where you might find you’ll need to redirect one page to another and this tip will show you how.  One example might be if you are using iWeb built in auto navigation and you want one [...]

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iWeb Tip #19 – Shadowbox in iWeb

So I know that I have done 3 other tips similar to this one (Fancyzoom, Highslide, and Lytebox) and I thought I was done posting tips about the fanzy popup realm, but when I found this effect I just had to post it.  This in my opinion in the mother of all popup effects.  Why? [...]

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iWeb Tip #18 – Facebook and Twitter

So you have an iWebsite, you have a FaceBook account, and you have a Twitter account.  You want people to visit your website, but you also want them to visit your facebook, but you also want them to follow your tweets.  What is the solution?  Well, bring them all into iWeb of course (big cheesy [...]

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iWeb Tip #17 – Page Titles in iWeb

You’ll notice that when you visit a webpage at the top of your browser there is a title of the page.  In iWeb you get this title by the header text box and if you delete that it just uses the name of the page in the sidebar.  Search engines do a lot better finding [...]

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iWeb Tip #16 – Navigation Menus in iWeb

This iWeb tip is all about navigation menus in iWeb.  I’ve had many request to get into menus.  Simple navigation is pretty simple in iWeb and you can make the navigation pretty customized.  Drop down menus get a little more complicated in iWeb, however it is possible.  This tutorial will show you how, so here [...]

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iWeb Tip #15 – Lytebox in iWeb

So I know I’ve been on this kick of the little pop-up effect in iWeb and the FancyZoom and Highslide effects I thought we’re enough, but then I came across this effect here and found it to be pretty easy to implement (easier than Highslide), I thought I’d post this one as well.  So here [...]

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iWeb Tip #14 – Highslide JS in iWeb

Here it is, finally a fancy zoom that will allow us to get not only images, but flash, video, and other html content.  So first let me answer the question, what is Highslide JS?  Highslide JS is a great way to get that ever so popular image zoom effect just like the fancy zoom post [...]

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iWeb Tip #13 – Rollovers in iWeb

It’s always fun to add some user interaction to your website and currently the only rollover like interaction iWeb gives us is text rollovers as links.  Well this post is to show you how to get image rollovers on your iWebsites.  Here we go:

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iWeb Tip #12 – Music (MP3s) in iWeb

Ever want to have a simple song or audio file play on your website? Well this tip is all about playing audio files in iWeb.  There are many great audio players out there that can help us get mp3s streaming to our iWebsite.  Google, Yahoo, Odeo, Premium Beat all offer some great audio players. [...]

iWeb Tip #11 – Polls in iWeb

Ever wanted to put a poll of some sort on your website?  It’s actually quite easier than you may think.  The key to getting a great looking poll on your site is the 3rd party service Poll Daddy at PollDaddy.com.  It’s very customizable, has many features to play with, it’s super easy, and it’s free! [...]

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iWeb Tip #10 – Favicons with iWeb

Edit: There is now a much easier way to add a favicon to an iWeb website. This is done using iWeb SEO Tool. Watch the video tutorial to learn how.
Original Article: How to get favicons in iWeb.  First off, lets answer the question, ‘What is a favicon?  A favicon (short for favorites icon), also known as [...]

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iWeb Tip #9 – Flash Video in iWeb (JW Player)

I’ve had many request asking for a tip on how to get flash video into iWeb.  There are many different ways, but this tutorial is going to show you how to do it with Longtail Video’s JW Player, which is the number one open source media player.   The reason we use flash video is because [...]

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iWeb Tip #8 – FancyZoom in iWeb

FancyZoom in iWeb, huh? What’s that. Well there are a many websites these days that have that popular image zoom effect so that when you click on the image it animates the photo larger. Well many have asked, how can I do that with iWeb? Well here it is, this is the [...]

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iWeb Tip #7 – MobileMe Web Gallery in iWeb

We all love the MobileMe (.Mac) Web Gallery for sharing photos, uploading, downloading, etc. and it’s great how iWeb has the little integration with the gallery in the Web Widgets.
But all you get is a little tiny window of skimming photos that then takes you to the gallery in a new window. So here [...]

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iWeb Tip #6 – Pop Up Windows in iWeb

Opening certain small windows on a page can be very helpful and convenient. As long as the content of your pop-up window is relative to your site, visitors don’t mind the pop-ups, it’s when it’s for something unrelated to your site, like an “ad” of some sort, that visitors don’t like them.

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iWeb Tip #5 – Forms in iWeb

This has been a big one for many people who ask “How do I get a form in iWeb?”
iWeb doesn’t have this feature built into the app yet, but through the HTML Snippets we can achieve this and we can achieve this very easily.  You might want a form for a contact form, a sign [...]

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iWeb Tip #4 – Transparent Flash in iWeb

This is much like the tutorial before on adding flash to iWeb, but sometimes you still want to use the background that you have in iWeb, or you want to use other graphics behind your flash file. Well here is the solution to have the background of your flash (.swf) file transparent.

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iWeb Tip #3 – Drop Down Navigation in iWeb

Drop Down Navigation in iWeb

Here’s a tip that will allow you to have a neat little drop down navigation menu in iWeb.  It might be handy for a site map, quick links, or even the main navigation of your site.  Here’s how:

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iWeb Tip #2 – iFrames in iWeb (Websites within Websites)

This page lets you load another webpage (whether made in iWeb or not) into your site.  Very helpful if you have a page made somewhere else and want to put it directly onto your webpage.  Some things you might want to iFrame on your page are:

iCal published calendars
Aperture made photo galleries
Pages made in 3rd party [...]

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iWeb Tip #1 – Flash in iWeb

This tutorial will show you how to get an Adobe Flash created file into iWeb.  Flash adds all sorts of interactivity to your site as well as fun animations.  It really makes your sites come to life. iWeb does not accept those files natively to just drag and drop them in, so how can you [...]

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