Clarkwood Software’s (http://clarkwood.com) Multisite for iWeb 2.0, a Mac OS X utility for users of iWeb, has been updated to version 2.5.3. iWeb is part of Apple’s iLife suite of software.

Apple built iWeb to manage a site going to a single server. If you need to build several sites that go to more than a single web server then Multisite solves your dilemma, according to the folks at Clarkwood Software. It also speeds up iWeb’s publishing by putting sites into individual files behind the scenes so you don’t have to publish every site each time.

Multisite 2.5.3 provides better feedback for cases where iWeb was renamed. In cases where a folder isn’t created it now displays the path. Version 2.5.3 also improves: internal counts when tracking number of sites; permission checking in the file system; licensing feedback; and the automated build process for better version number coordination.

Multisite for iWeb costs US$19.95, though version 2.5.3 is a free update for registered users. It requires Mac OS X 10.4 or higher and iLife ’06 or iLife ’08 respectively. It’s Universal Binary so runs natively on both PowerPC and Intel Macs.