Web-editing software compatible with Mac Mavericks?

Kittenonthekeys

Please could someone advise me?
Back in 2000, I built my own website with very basic software (Frontpage Express) on an old Windows PC.
In 2009 I switched to Mac, and that was when my troubles began, as the only alternative web editing software I was able to find / understand was the strange and quirky Kompozer, but I've sort of got used to it now and learned to work around the bugginess and odd happenings!
As I rely on my website 100% to generate work for my small business - I only have a web presence and have never needed additional advertising - I'm now getting very concerned as I really need to update my Mac to the latest OS (Mavericks) for everything else, but am scared to do so, as I can't risk losing my website and therefore my livelihood.
Kompozer is no longer being developed, I'm not sure how much longer it will even be available, it doesn't support OS Mavericks and I can't find an alternative to it (either free or paid for) that I can get to grips with, and that doesn't involve scrapping my original site altogether and starting again from scratch with a template.
Obviously, websites are not my area of specialisation or I wouldn't need to be asking this and my site could be improved, but it works well, brings in lots of work and has been on page 1 of Google for years (no idea how it even got there - that's how techie I am - but somehow it did) and I'm desperate not to lose that position either.
I have downloaded Blue Griffon and although that looks ok, it doesn't seem to include an FTP facility, and apparently isn't compatible with OS Mavericks either, so I've had to rule that out too.
My questions are:
1) Please does anyone know of any straightforward, user-friendly WYSIWYG web software, compatible with Mavericks, that I could use to update my existing site (without having to redo it from scratch with a template) that includes a built-in FTP facility? I don't mind paid-for software (although I can't afford to pay a massive amount) as long as it works.
2) If there is no alternative and I have to make a new site design from scratch with a template, would that mean I'd lose my Google position? (I would still be keeping the same domain.)
Any pointers would be immensely appreciated.
Sorry if the questions sound daft!

Roland_Sausage

Try Rapidweaver. There's a free trial on their website.

Kittenonthekeys

Thanks, Roland Sausage.
I tried that when I first got the Mac but sadly was probably too much of a numpty and couldn't make head nor tail of it.

hlessinvest

I used to use IWeb but Apple stopped updating it.

I've now started to use Everweb, it's very easy and you can either upload through ftp or they do web hosting.
It has templates and a free trial.

Lessi7

How about Google Webdesigner? or perhaps Rage Software as they would better suit your needs. It includes Templates and a built in FTP client...worth trying out.

Big_Graeme

I use Dreamweaver, you get what you pay for.
I understand there is a trial version available.

InsideInsurance

What are you actually wanting to do to your site? Just change some content etc or a full redesign or?

World has moved on since 2000 and if you were going to get your site created today it'd almost certainly be using a content management system and so for the basic changing wording, adding new pages, updating contact details etc this would all be done on the site itself rather than on any desktop software.

Many now will also buy an off the shelf skin/ template to create the sites look and feel rather than designing it.

It may be worth considering getting the site updated to modern standards and potentially do away with the need for desktop software

Moneymaker

I share your pain. MacOSX is a really sh;t platform for WYSIWYG html software. There's very little available that can import existing HTML files. Adobe Dreamweaver CSS v11 seems to run on "Mavericks" but it's expensive (unless you get a naughty copy) - in fact I don't think you can buy it now - and overloaded with features you probably don't need. A steep, learning curve as well. I never got to like it.

The good news is that "BlueGriffon" v1.7.2 does seem to run OK with "Mavericks", although I haven't tested it extensively, and it does load existing html files.

The fact that it doesn't support FTP is no big deal, in my opinion. You can soon get used to using "Fetch" or similar FTP software, which is what I've always used.

Rather than "update" your existing Mac, I recommend you do what I did. Keep your existing Mac and buy a used (more recent model) Mac to run alongside it. That way you get plenty of time to switch over gradually, as and when necessary, without prejudicing anything.

I bought a used 2011 MacBook Pro (2.7GHz Intel Core i7), which will last me for several years.

I still do all my web building in "Claris Home Page" running on an old PowerBook (1.67 GHz G4). It's just what I'm used to.

BTW "Mavericks" is not the latest MacOS. That honour has been assumed by "Yosemite" (which is not pronounced like "marmite" but like "yos-em-i-tee"). Unfortunately, all the "updates" after "Snow Leopard" have been awful in my opinion.