Major changes to iMap 2.7 include:

• iMap is project-based. You can now create a project for each site you have in iWeb.
• You can now verify either by uploading the HTML file or adding a meta-tag.
• Meta-Tags are being added 2x as fast with less errors.
• iMap has been localized into German. Anyone interested in localizing iMap then please contact us at the above email address.

We are expecting to push this update out to everyone by October 19th.

• “Create” button now works by hitting “Enter.”
• Addition of meta-tags occasionally failed with Google Verification files. This has now been fixed..
• Corrected “Help” menu items to include new video tutorials.
• Enhanced speed connections with MobileMe/.Mac.

If you have problems updating, let me know. Keep in mind it’s always best to run the latest version of iMap.

This is the second part to the tutorial. It explains how to use iMap in conjunction with the Google Webmaster Tools: how to get a Google Webmaster Tools project, how to verify your site and add a sitemap. All this will ultimately help you to show up on Google.

If you haven’t watched the first tutorial just yet, then go ahead and do that first.

So, if you want to see how you can efficiently use iMap with the Google Webmaster Tools, then go ahead and launch the video tutorial:

Launch Tutorial

Get to the Google Webmaster Tools!

If you run into any problems, then do not hesitate to contact me. You can find a contact form on the contact page.

Looking for cool iWeb Templates? Go here.

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.

So, if you want to see how iMap functions and how easy it actually is to use it, go ahead and launch the video tutorial:

Launch Tutorial

If you run into any problems, then do not hesitate to contact me. You can find a contact form on the contact page.

I hope this tutorial is much clearer and just gets across how to efficiently use iMap.

If you want to continue right to the second part of this tutorial, here you go.

Looking for cool iWeb Templates? Go here.

So over the last week, I have enhanced this help book to be way better. Now it not only includes solutions to errors – but whole articles and a documentation as well. The amounts that I have written are just vast compared to the previous one.
Some say lot’s of documentation is a sign of a not-working or hard-to-understand application. Though, I don’t think iMap is hard-to-use at all; on the contrary it has just two buttons and several textfields.

I don’t know how this new help book will help or just confuse, so I need some help myself. I am looking for some beta-testers who simply look at the book and read through it. Besides receiving spelling and grammatical errors, I hope to get some tips on the actual content and structure as well.
If you are interested, then let me know by sending me a mail from the contact page.

The new help book will go into iMap version 2.6. Here are basic other improvements for the 2.6 version that we are implementing:

• Buttons and textfields get enabled/disabled during runtime. For example, if a person wants to create a sitemap, the fields will only become editable if he checkmarks the option below. Same goes for hitting the “Create” button. That “Create” button will only be enabled if the user has chosen his site successfully already.
• MobileMe and .Mac switch will be more apparent. Fields and labels will change from “.Mac” to “MobileMe.”
• Improved label descriptions
• Slightly less cluttered main window interface

If you have any other ideas that can give last minute improvements to iMap, then let me know.

By my plans, iMap 2.6 is the last release of any 2.X iMap. This will also mark the end of Tiger compatible iMaps.
iMap 3.0 will be Leopard only. The 3.0 version will see a major change in the interface and licensing. The interface will be tabbed like Coda (or Safaris preference panes) and much more organized and easier to use. The licensing will also change. Currently, iMap is being sold as a download with no sorts of license numbers or registration framework. I originally favored that method – but by now, we have started to convert the new iMap to be license based as it is much more secure and easier to handle.
One last major change, is the name of iMap 3.0. iMap gets confused with IMAP servers way to often; bad for us. Thus, we are thinking of a new name. If you have any ideas for new names, let us know about that as well. Thanks!

Believe it or not, iMap 2.6 and 3.0 will kick ass!

After having received some feedback from another developer, I went into heavily improving the backend coding of iMap. iMap has been made more stable and better working in nearly all processes. The only thing that still lacks is a stunning interface. Though that will come with version 2.6. The new version of has three main new enhancements:

• iMap now has a full helpbook that will help you in understanding the errors and getting rid of them without sending me a mail.

  

• iMap has now been updated to support MobileMe as well. You just have to select your option in the preference pane in iMap.
• iMaps backend has been heavily improved. One of the improvements is a complete log system. iMap now logs every action it takes. Whenever you get an error, iMap will log it. You can then mail me these logs and I’ll look into fixing the problem or helping you out.

The update is downloadable via iMap itself. If you have automatic updates set in iMaps preferences, it will automatically notify you of the update. Otherwise you can just select “Check for Updates…” from the “iMap” menu item in iMap.

Enjoy the update!

• Meta-Tags issue fixed
• Snippets window added
• A preference window added with several options:
  » Choose to create your URL with or without your site folder if you publish to a folder
  » Choose how often you update your sitemap
  » Create Robots.txt files for or against Google
• Sparkle updating service

As always, updates will be sent out via email.

Update: A little bug-fix for the meta-tags end missing is now corrected as well. Thanks Ann for pointing that out! Thus, iMap 2.4 is already out!

• How to use iMap
• Using iMap with the Google Webmaster Tools

The tutorial was aimed to be much simpler and shorter. If you however still wish to look at the look video tutorial, then feel free to do so:

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Additional Info:

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If you enjoy my Tutorial and wish to make a small Donation, then feel free to do so by clicking here.

Now, iMap and iWebExpander are having some issues with the TimeOut error if you use .Mac.

The reason for this error is that .Mac is simply to slow. Thus, my software is not receiving any answer and so freezes. I’ve recommended to use a faster Internet Connection – but still, people get this error. I am also tired of answer a zillion mails about this. So – I will fix it once and for all.

I have had an update ready for quite a while – but I am planning to make a better fix. This fix will get rid of this error for 100%! So bear with me. I am planning to release the updates next week.

No need to worry!

Update: It’s solved! Updates will be sent out next week.

Yep I know, I am not that kind to just make a post for fun. There is always some info to it. Today I am going to growl on about some boring future of my apps and the site itself.

What I am to do first is to finish iCordion. It has been much anticipated by many of you – but I simply did not have enough time until now to do all of this! Keep in mind that I am only doing this site has a hobby, not full business. Yet, I promise that it will come and it will come like hell. It already has some 40 complete new functions that could make iCordion end up as a whole web-design application rather than just a simple app that makes jQuery Accordions!

iMap! iMap has been quite a mess in trying to make it perfect because the sitemaps not always validated with each site and thus gave errors with Google. In any case, I haven’t got a mail for the past few weeks about this issue and so iMap 2.2 is quite stable with it.
Are there still things to be improved? Yes I’ve got several things that I want to add and change. One of them is a updating system as well as saving values for multiple sites which can then be selected via a sidebar. That’s 08 stuff, nothing for 2007!

iWebExpander is my little app that hasn’t been getting much attention. It is going to be updated as well. The updating system will go in there as well. I will also add a basic search-replace function that will allow you to add much, much more to your sites without having to manually edit the HTML code.

With this post I would also say that iWebExpander has been downloaded over 10 000 times! This is just amazing. Incredible – at least from my point of view.

The tutorials are changing as well! The videos will be updated to Leopard and they will be arranged differently in this blog. I had them as separate pages, which makes them difficult to find in searches and so I will move them all into the Tutorials category.

The iWeb Templates – god – totally forgot about them. They will return – but at the moment I have no clue when that will be.

Lastly we have my recent entry into the Wordpress world. The themes are being download like crazy and so I am planning to make a new one as well.

So, that’s all the things that I have planned for the future, that at least you are allowed to know about – other things that are secret are also coming!

Oh – totally forgot about Macvotes.com. It hasn’t been getting much attention either – but I will give it a fancy design and then make it public and then, it will be a great site!