importing iWeb to DW cs5

Question

I need to import and redeploy an old site (2011 origin) into Dreamweaver. I have downloaded the pages and assets, without any problem. In Design View in DW, all I could see was the footer and outlines of divs. None of the text, nav, nor images

After a suggestion, I saved a page from the website using Chrome and then Firefox.

The Chrome-saved page was better in DW, although it still does not display normally. It looks normal in Safari.

The Firefox-saved page was bad in DW (same as the FTP-download page), showing only a div for the body, and one for the footer. It looks normal in Safari.

Any idea about how to fix this?

Nancy OShea · Answer

In general, iWeb (now discontinued) was aimed at non-coders and novices. The code it generated was not ideal and most unpleasant to work with in ordinary HTML editors. So it doesn't surprise me that your iWeb site is not displaying correctly in DW.

What's the URL to your online site?

We can tell a lot from looking at the source code about whether or not this will fly in Dreamweaver. My guess is not. You'll most likely need to rebuild your site.

I think EverWeb -- an iWeb alternative - also called for rebuilding the site with new tools.

iWeb Alternative - Going From iWeb To EverWeb

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