Can iWeb publish to NOT .Mac?

Hi All -
I'm not a .Mac subscriber. I don't really have a need for it, but I like the look of iWeb. I'd like to use it to publish some stuff, especially blogs and podcasts, but to my own website.
Can it be done, or is this strcitly as .Mac tool?
-Tom

Thomas,
After poking around some of the other messgae boards, and the requirements for iWeb, it does appear that this app can be used without .Mac. I am sure some of the features will be hindered without the inclusion of .Mac but I do believe it will work.
For example, I use iPhoto for my pictures, and I export them to a seperate directory to be included on a web site. iPhoto does have an "Export to Web" feature which creates the thumbnails, and the HTML, etc.. to display the photo album on a web page. It doesn't look as nice as .Mac, but it does work. And once it's exported, it can be modified manually, if your level of expertise allows for that.
I am fairly confident that most of the features, including themes will work outside of .Mac. If not, I'm sure there will be 3rd party developers with plugins available shortly.
Good Luck!
Mike

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