Fix iWeb for Firefox 3

Due to some bizarre issues between iWeb and the new Firefox 3, those using the new FF3, wouldn’t be able to see photos or blog comments on any page created with iweb ’08. Thanks to some great people on the apple discussion board and a friendly email discussion I was able to get it all fixed. Here is how I did it for those that need to fix there iWeb sites.

First you will need to fix the problem with the photo albums. Luckily someone was kind enough to make a quick little script to do all the hard work for you. Just download this program and run it. Click Here This patches the javascript issue and all you have to do then is republish your site and all should work. This doesn’t work for all pages. Any photo album page your created in iWeb 1.x won’t be affected. However, I soon discovered that if I changed themes around and moved some page elements around enough and republished that the fix would work. This essential changed the page to a iWeb ’08 page and not in the old iWeb 1.x way.

The next problem you might have is not being able to view blog comments. This one wasn’t easy to find a solution. Until a faithful mac discussioner created a install patch for me. You should be able to download it from below. Otherwise email me darylgrunau AT mac DOT com.

To use here is the instructions that I got sent. And it all worked great.

Attached is zip file, unzip it for "Blog Comments Patch.pkg" installer. The installer will install the patched Comments.js inside iWeb.app

Also, a patched Comments.js file, you need add it to your current site Scripts folder (this will save you a publishing):

1) mount your iDisk, in FInder hit Command (⌘) + Shift + i
2) Look for Scripts folder in iDisk's Web folder
3) Then follow this path: Scripts/Widgets/Comments/Comments.js
4) name the current Comments.js to some thing else bad_Comments.js
5) place this Comments.js in the same folder.
clear out FF cache and open your blog entry - cross your fingers.

Thursday, June 19, 2008

Fix iWeb for Firefox 3

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