Why can't I share my files easily in a shared folder?

Let me explain more carefully.  I have two Macs on a home network.  I want to share a folder which is on Mac 1's hard drive so that Mac 2 can access it over the network and open any document in that folder, make changes, etc.  In other words, to be able to collaborate on a document in that shared folder so that both Mac 1 and Mac 2 are treated the same.  So that both users have equal, shared access to the contents of that folder.
So to do this, I go to sharing in prefs and add the folder.  I set it so that everyone can read and write.  I would think "everyone" covers it.  So I go to Mac 2 and it can see the folder, but when Mac 2 tries to open a document, it opens with a warning that it is read only.  So on Mac 2, I have to save a brand new copy of the same document with a new name.  I don't want multiple copies.  I want to be able to create a document on Mac 1 and tell the user on Mac 2 to go and open it.
This happens with Word documents and Final Draft documents, but with Final Draft documents, opening the doc on Mac 2 actually crashes Final Draft.  The exact same document sent to Mac 2 by email opens just fine.
So what's going on and how can I set up this shared folder so that it works nice like I want it to?
Thanks.

Ordinary webspace won't do - what you get is a text file: this is the problem - MobileMe took the file published by iCal and formatted it as a calendar. Presumably if you were running your own server as indicated in the help page it would do the same; but unless 1&1 can speficially provide you with a CalDAV server it's not going to work.
Do your colleagues have Macs? For those who do, they can subscribed to a shared calendar in iCal and it couldn't be simpler. Presumably Windows owners could do the same thing in a suitable calendar program; and this is a lot simpler solution.
Another route: according to this site:
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/publish-ical-calendars-mobileme-os-server-mac/
box.net can do this for you. I seem to remember that this arose a while back, but I have a feeling that the poster then couldn't get it to work. I can't advise on that, but you might want to investigate it as an option.

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