Blogging using iweb

Hi
I am thinking of moving my wifes site to iWeb. I setup a test account for her and she is currently updating a couple of pages to get a feel of the software. All in all she quite likes it.
We are going on holiday in October and she would like to be able to blog while we are underway. The catch is that she does not want to take a laptop with her she would rather like to update the site via a browser. I cannot seem to find a way to do this!
Currently she just logs onto her site using a standard browser and can create rudimentary pages - she would then update these pages when she gets home with pictures etc.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Thanx
Ursus

she would rather like to update the site via a browser. I cannot seem to find a way to do this!
You can't. If this is important for you, use Blogger or another app that has that feature.

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Liz Dugger wrote:
...have heard that the iWeb blog can 'bog down' the speed of the page?
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Liz Dugger wrote:
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jburkett wrote:
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Ok I've read the tutorial... some background
I've done many web sites and write my own html. I've only done it using homesite on a PC. So now every time i want to change a web site I have to fire up the old PC. So I'm trying to learn how to use iWeb. There isn't an html option correct? where I can see the html and tweak it?
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susan-kelly wrote:
...making a blog. Ok... so... It says to add a blank page...
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...can I set it up to ftp to other servers?
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