IPhoto Gallery - phantom albums

I wanted to have a separate "drop box" folder for photos uploaded by friends in Gallery.
So I chose a Drop Box image jpeg which I made and placed in iPhoto (so that image would act as the key photo for the folder) as a photo to Share, and created a New Folder in Gallery. Everthing OK so far, but after a few moments I got a message saying that there were no photos in the album and MobileMe would delete the album. I tried again and again and on the fourth try, bingo, there was what I wanted. It worked.
However, when I used Safari to check the Gallery page there was my Drop Box album (good) and the other three (not good) that I had tried to make but were "deleted." These three phantom "deleted" albums appear in Safari but not in iPhoto Web, so I can't get rid of them from appearing in Safari.
Any ideas as to how to stop them from appearing on the internet page? Thanks in advance to those mac people who take the time to help.
PS Apple to summarily execute Gallery (and iWeb) next year. A crying shame for me. Not much reason for me to continue giving them a yearly subscription anymore except that I'd lose my mac email. Or is there a reason to continue subscribing?
Again, as above, any ideas as to commercial photo hosting sites and their value? Have to spend more money yearly. Have done some reading research already myself of course, but often read lots of negative things about Flickr and the others. I only share my photos with a handful of people and with Gallery it has been so easy, just add a few new ones now and then (about 1,000 now) without the need to waste my time "managing" it as I've got loads of GB space on my MobileMe account. Is setting up a homepage somewhere (where?) a better idea than Flickr, et al?
Anyhow, thanks again to those who respond.

Am replying to myself as I have found how to get rid of the "phantom" albums. Logged on to MobileMe, then to Gallery, and there I could delete them. Merry Xmas 2011.

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Hi all. I'm using iWeb09 and Mobile Me. What I'm trying to do is create a website using iWeb and host it onto Mobile Me. I registered a domain name and have placed in Mobile Me. I replaced a previous domain name that I had in there that I used for my image gallery since Mobile Me only uses one domain name. I can see the page I created hosted, no problems.
The problem I'm having is when I deleted the first test site I lost the ability to use the Mobile Me Widget with my gallery. Now it does not see my gallery with my photos. Now the iPhoto gallery on Mobile Me still sees the previous domain name when I type it in. I liked it that I had it linked to the online gallery because then you could view the other photo albums.
So my questions are these:
1- How do I get my widgets to see my Mobile Me again?
2- Do I have to change anything with my gallery to make it be seen?
3- What should I be putting in the site name?

Not for me. None of the MMe galleries will load online or are available in the MMe Gallery widget. Still something amiss.
UPDATE: I take that back. It just took about 5 minutes for the galleries to load. So very slow but they finally did. Some movies in the galleries never would load, like this one: http://gallery.me.com/toad.hall#100411. If you can get it to load and play let me know.
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Iphoto gallery/mobile me gallery

Hi. I have just finished a lengthy conversation with .me support but my problem remains . I have published a new album on my gallery. I have sent it out using the tell a friend icon option on iphoto '08 and sent it myself from my gallery page.
I am not able to open the view album or the link below the album. The message is not valid address. The link contains numbers, not that I added, that show up as part of the link after publishing. Support offered help, sending me my gallery link without the numbers. That does not help in the email, nor, if that is the case, should the .mac/.me add them on.
I am using Safari, all my software is up to date. Support suggested I try firefox. (when I have Tiger/Safari, why should I need anything else) Well, that is not working either. I can download that, but when I need to place in applications, I cannot open my Finder . Finder opens otherwise.
I hope my question is clear. I am frustrated. I would like to look at the email that I sent and published on my gallery.. Thank you for all help.

Is it the tell a friend email link that you're referring to? Can you click on the gallery link in iPhoto and get to it online? The link will contain numbers as the folder for the gallery is identified by a 6 digit number.
If it's the link in the email that gets created by the tell a friend that you're referring to you might post in the Mail forum also.
All I can think to do is go to iPhoto/Gallery preference pane and stop publishing. Then republish and see if you can get the email link to work.
TIP: For insurance against the iPhoto database corruption that many users have experienced I recommend making a backup copy of the Library6.iPhoto (iPhoto.Library for iPhoto 5 and earlier) database file and keep it current. If problems crop up where iPhoto suddenly can't see any photos or thinks there are no photos in the library, replacing the working Library6.iPhoto file with the backup will often get the library back. By keeping it current I mean backup after each import and/or any serious editing or work on books, slideshows, calendars, cards, etc. That insures that if a problem pops up and you do need to replace the database file, you'll retain all those efforts. It doesn't take long to make the backup and it's good insurance.
I've created an Automator workflow application (requires Tiger or later), iPhoto dB File Backup, that will copy the selected Library6.iPhoto file from your iPhoto Library folder to the Pictures folder, replacing any previous version of it. It's compatible with iPhoto 6 and 7 libraries and Tiger and Leopard. Just put the application in the Dock and click on it whenever you want to backup the dB file. iPhoto does not have to be closed to run the application, just idle. You can download it at Toad's Cellar. Be sure to read the Read Me pdf file.
Note: There now an Automator backup application for iPhoto 5 that will work with Tiger or Leopard.

IPhoto Gallery Publishing issue

Hi;
I recently changed my password to MobileMe because my info was stolen. So far Im not having any problems with MacOSX, Mail, Syncing between machines.....nothing relating to mobileme EXCEPT iPhoto Gallery. Whenever I try to change or post photos to a gallery I get the following message. "An error occurred with the publication of album...X" Your mobileme account information is not correct. The provided login or password is not valid.
I have tried logging out and back in. I have tried logging out, logging in with bogus info to clear caches, and then relogging in with correct info. Nothing seems to work. Does anyone out there know how I can fix this problem, it's very frustrating.
I've also repaired the keychain using keychain first aid. I found a post where someone was talking about reentering the info in keychain...but didnt really describe the procedure.
Cheers;

Ok
so after posting this, apple suggested a few "more like this" posts in the sidebar. I read some and found this thread...https://discussions.apple.com/thread/1997932?tstart=0 it has some good detailed info about the keychain access. I found publish.me.com in keychain access, and sure enough the password was not correct. Updating the password in there fixed the problem.
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IMac OS X V 10.6.8
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How do I get rid of phantom albums from the itunes store which I haven't actually bought?

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Using iLife '08, i have published some movies and pictures on my iphoto gallery. All my friends and family can view the movies with no problems on their computers. If i try to view my gallery via Safari or another web browser i get a message that says:
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IPhoto behaviour with Albums

can anyone explain or point me in the direction of the reaoning behind iphotos behaviour with Albums and Smart Albums in 2 situations.
the first, is when using Airpics App and Server, the second when viewing a shared library.
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in situation 1, when my iPad views my Minis library via thr Airpics apps, it says it only views Albums and Smart Albums, not Events but i can see an item that is an event. it consequently is the last full import i do so is the last import considered an album or smart album?
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you see ma bit of an iPhoto Guru, Terence and i dont know how else to contact you and i know its niot right to change a thread half way through but do you have any knowledge on the best way to handle this situation:
i have my iphoto on my headless Mini, controlled by MBP remotely and within the same Wi fi network when home. Iphoto over both is unusably slow. How could i combat this? im told not to use the Mini Library via MBP sleected via ALT when opening as if WiFi drops out it can corrupt. If i use the Sharing from the iPhoto.Mini to MBP, iPhoto.Mini must be open therefore iPhoto.Mini on Sharing on MBP cant be editted, only viewed. The one utility that helps is the iPhoto Manager but all that essentially does is copy from one to another over WiFi so i dont see the difference in that app doing it or me manually doing it, TBH id rather manually do it.
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Iphoto events vs albums

If photos are deleted from events will they remain in the albums I created. I copied and pasted the pics from events into albums, and now want to delete the events so we don't have duplicates...

If photos are deleted from events will they remain in the albums I created.
No.
iPhoto works on a similar Library based principle to iTunes. Every Photo is in the Library, each Album (like a playlist in iTunes) is a subset of the Library.
Events are the Library. They broadly correspond to the actual folders on the HD that contain the pics. Trash a pic from an Album, you remove it from the Album, but it's still in the Library. Trash a pic from an Event and it's gone from the Library and all the albums too.
I copied and pasted the pics from events into albums, and now want to delete the events so we don't have duplicates...
First off: don't copy and paste. Drag and drop is more reliable way to move photos around in the iPhoto Window.
Second: There are no duplicates. Albums simply reference the photos in the Library. A pic can be in 50 Albums with no duplication required, no extra disk space used. A photo in more than one Event requires a duplicate.
For the benefit of nequetech
This is not true:
Events in iPhoto are actually Albums.
This is incorrect:
They mean the same thing,
As is this:
unless you have older versions.
This
If you were to delete the duplicates, I suggest you drag every picture from one event to a folder in your desktop.
is data destructive. You only get the current version of your photo, not the Original, you lose a lot of metadata as well.
This may be your preferred way to deal with duplicates, but Duplicate Annihilator is at least non-destructive - and I'm not at all sure that the OP actually has a duplicates issue at all.
Regards
TD

IPhoto folders vs albums

Some iPhoto tutorials show how to first create a folders, and then create albums in these folders.
Why do you need folders. Can you simply create albums of photos??

Actually the question is totally in the context of using iPhoto
iPhoto folders vs albums
His later comment is trying to understand how iPhoeo works - and yoru suggestion is not at all helpful and as I pointed out may lead to an inexperianced user destroying their iPhoto library
Your answer is confusing and dangerous
the answer for using iPhoto as the OP requested is
That is NOT using iPhoto and at best has no effect on iPhoto and at worst would lead one to move photos around within the iPhoto library thereby destroying their library
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IPhoto '11 deletes albums

iPhoto '11 deletes albums, poof they're gone.

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