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Tutorial: How to use iMap

This is a video tutorial that will show you how to use iMap. It will make you familiar with the basic features and how to get everything working perfectly. The tutorial will cover how to create a sitemap, add Meta-Tags and even show you how to ping Google.

If you want to learn how to create a verification file for the Google Webmaster Tools and use the Tools, then take a look at the second part of this tutorial.

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Tutorial: Image Zoom in iWeb

Did you ever want this cool image-zoom effect? You click on an image and the image enlarges itself right in the window? No reloading and it all looks sexy? Well this tutorial will show you a perfect and easy way to add an effect that will enlarge your images right in your iWeb-made site.

Image Zooms … what? Not sure what I am talking about? Take a look at the demo.

The internet has quite a variety of scripts that allow you to create these zooms. Here are just a few:

All of them are very easy to integrate, but Cabel Sassers FancyZoom is the simplest. That’s why we will be using his.

Now let’s get started.

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Password-Protect iWeb Sites

The ability to password-protect iWeb-Sites is only available to those that publish to .Mac. Even though iWeb does not offer this ability to those who publish to a folder, it does not mean that it is not possible. This tutorial will show you how to easily protect your site with a password and an username.

For this tutorial, we will be using a free application called iTweak. It has been made to simplify such additions to the iWeb application and so it is just perfect to use.

Please note that this tutorial is only available to those who publish to a folder and upload to a server that is capable of running .htaccess files. Please ask your hosting service first before you start this tutorial.

View a the final result (a demo) here or get right started.

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Adding Haloscan Comments to iWeb

UPDATE: Haloscan has been purchased by JS-Kit. Hence, Haloscan is out of service and you can only use JS-Kit to add comments to iWeb. There is a new tutorial that will show you how to do this.

Are you one of those users who would wish to have comments integrated right into your site but you are publishing to a folder and so you can’t do that? Or you just want to use the awesome technology of Halscan to power your comments? This tutorial will show you in an extremely easy way how to do this!

For this tutorial, we will be using a free application called iTweak. It has been made to simplify such additions to the iWeb application and so it is just perfect to use.

So let’s get right started!

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Adding a Contact Form to iWeb

Have you ever wanted one of those fascinating contact forms right in your site? It isn’t that hard if you code your sites yourself – but with iWeb, getting and adding one becomes a bit more difficult. With this tutorial, I will aim to show you in a very simple way how to easily and rapidly add a cool PHP contact form right to your iWebsite.

For this tutorial, we will be using a free application called iTweak. You can go ahead and download it right here.

Please note that this tutorial will require the use of a PHP capable server. Otherwise, the tutorial and the form will not work. .Mac, sadly, is not capable of PHP. All those who don’t have PHP support, can take a look at a simple HTML snippet ready code from Wufoo.

The finished form will have a name, email, website field and a textarea for people to type their message. The style will apply to the theme you are using in iWeb. Simply try it out and you’ll see how it looks.

See the demo page for the result.

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