WEBTEMPLATE Converter

Extract text from iWeb templates (WEBTEMPLATE)


Drop or upload your .WEBTEMPLATE file
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How to extract text from your WEBTEMPLATE file

  1. Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your WEBTEMPLATE file.
  2. You’ll see a preview, if available.
  3. Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.

Convert WEBTEMPLATE to another file type

To convert WEBTEMPLATE templates to another format, you need Apple iWeb or other Web software.

Convert a file to WEBTEMPLATE

To convert other file formats to the "Site Template" file type, you need software like Apple iWeb or a similar tool.


About WEBTEMPLATE files

The .WEBTEMPLATE file format is a proprietary data package originally used by Apple iWeb to store predefined website layouts, graphical assets, and structural themes. It was exclusively opened by Apple iWeb, a WYSIWYG website builder formerly included in the Mac iLife suite. Users need to convert or extract data from this file because iWeb is abandonware. Apple officially discontinued the software in 2012, and it operates as a 32-bit application, meaning it cannot run on modern macOS versions like Catalina or later without complex virtual machine setups. The format itself is closed, undocumented, and entirely locked to the legacy Apple ecosystem, making it functionally useless in modern web development. Users typically want to convert these files into standard HTML and CSS documents, or extract embedded image assets like PNG and JPG. Be aware that direct conversion to a fully functional modern website or a WordPress theme is impossible, and you will lose the original drag-and-drop layout structure during extraction. This file format is exceptionally difficult to open or convert because it is a closed, proprietary Apple format, meaning usually only the original legacy software can properly read or export the data. Even if full template conversion fails, our analysis can often detect the supported underlying embedded formats, allowing you to view raw text data or extract embedded images safely.

Convert.Guru analyzes your WEBTEMPLATE file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.


FAQ

If you want to convert WEBTEMPLATE file to INDD, QXP, PUB, PMD, PM6, PM7, PM8, PM9, PM10, PM11, OMP or P65, you can use Apple iWeb or similar software from the "Website Theme Template" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….

To convert MDI, PUB, PDP, PM4, P65, COMIC, PMD, SPUB, INDD, PM5, QXP or OMP files to WEBTEMPLATE, try Apple iWeb or another comparable tool in the "Website Theme Template" category.



The WEBTEMPLATE Converter Story

The history of Convert.Guru began over 25 years ago in California with Tom Simondi’s file-format database. A former contributor to Space Shuttle development and a software pioneer of the 1980s, Simondi established a trusted resource for file type analysis that was even referenced by Microsoft Windows XP. Today, we use modern technology to process and convert thousands of file formats while continually improving our WEBTEMPLATE converter.