New Pilot Test Website on .Mac Using iWeb

I've been playing around with iWeb, one of the included applications in Apple's iLife '06 suite of digital media and content creation programs, and I am working on some ideas for 'modernizing' my blog, my homepage, etc. (and possibly consolidating a lot of info into a smaller space). Click here to see those ideas (I especially like the new blog logo and notebook...).

I've encountered a few usability issues with iWeb; I've found it to be an amazingly simple way to create simple, yet beautiful-looking websites, but it lacks a few features that I really need to make it part of my web development kit (right now I use Adobe GoLive for everything but my blog, which I maintain using Thingamablog). I create my graphics in Photoshop (and sometimes Illustrator or something of the like), and iWeb doesn't play nice with them.

iWeb will likely mature into a much better product, but until then, my 'pilot test website' will remain just that. Although I will be dabbling a little bit in podcasting to see how that works out (GarageBand 3, another app in iLife, has been quite amazing with it's built-in podcast creation studio as well as it's ability to work on soundtracks of videos (not only iMovie videos, but any videos!).

Other than that, school has started and is going well, and the Seminarians will be leaving for D.C. Saturday afternoon. I will be posting pictures and news whenever I get a chance (most likely not until next Tuesday, but who knows?).