Can't publish to dot mac

I'm travelling right now - and trying to publish my travelogue on dot mac. It worked well for a couple of weeks, but since I've been in Egypt - I have been having nothing but trouble.
I usually get a message saying that "Publishing failed due to a network error. Check your internet connection and try again." I have an internet connection - and I'm not sure what else to do. Any thoughts?
Also - one other question - how much data (ie. photos and movies) can I put onto my website? And - what's the best size for my photos to be (I always shoot them in the highest res possible, but I'm guessing that's way too big for a website)
Thanks for the help!

Let me respond backwards. Yes you absolutely do NOT want high resolution. However, unless you're doing something unusual, iWeb will automatically protect you. In case you're wondering, just think about a mere 3 or 4 meg file size for a hi-res photo. That's a full 10 million BYTES (or, more importantly, 100 million BITS) for a measly three pictures! Now think of common bit per second download speeds. A 56K dial modem typically downloads at 30,000 bits/second, standard DSL is 768,000, premium DSL is 1,400,000 and the vaunted cable is still only 3,000,000 BITS per second. You do the math.
My hunch regarding the network error is the quality of the connection. Internet data transmission is subject to errors and those errors are corrected by a mechanism called ARQ (Automatic ReQuest for retransmission). If the errors are substantial, the quantity of retransmissions will destroy the ability to get meaningful data through and the system gives up. Brief messages (such as required for web browsing) are not impacted but lengthy file transfers (such as website updates) become essentially impossible.

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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.
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No, in fact I have a sneaky suspicion that not using dot-mac sites will eliminate a lot of problems other people have. You will also lose some of the effects like the nicer slideshow etc.
I have never used dot-mac and never encountered any of the uploading/publishing problems that are so often mentioned on this forum.
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After editing your website you choose :Publish to a folder.
This lets you choose a location on your hardrive into which all the necessary files will be compiled/rendered. In this folder you will find an htlm file plus a folder with the necessary files for easch of your pages.. This publishing is done lightning fasy pecause it is done locallly and not trhough your internetconnection like when you published to dot-mac. Also post-editing is easy and hassle free.
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I looked up the tutorial and it only said
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My normal FTP client (Fetch) reveals that a bunch of the files and folders have been successfully uploaded, but only a few. I am then able to use Fetch to upload the entire site with no problem.
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like the title says, I just can't publish to .mac, I tried almost everything, and every time I get the following error:
An error occurred while publishing file “/Web/Sites”. Try publishing again later.
I tried publishing from another user, new site from scratch, trashed all prefs, ...
Nothing works... i think it's a problem with my iDisk, since /Web/Sites is the directory on your iDisk iWeb publishes to, but how you reset your iDisk? I trashed all files in the directory Sites and RSS but that didn't help...
Any help, I'm getting desperate...
THANKS!
P.S. I'm using iWeb 2.0.2

I just got a reply from Apple, but just the usual proposals, so I answered right back, here's my answer:
Dear David,
Thanks for the response, I will try to answer your mail as good as possible.
First, the possible solutions you mention.
- I have the last version of iweb, version 2.0.2
- I tried republishing all pages to .mac. The error happens when I choose "publish all" or just "publish"
What happens, is iWeb starts to create all the web pages, and then starts uploading. Then it even starts uploading all the pages, when all pages are uploaded, the progress bars are all filled, I get one of the following errors:
*An error occurred while publishing file “/Web/Sites”. Try publishing again later.*
or "an unknow error occurred"
or *An error occurred while publishing file “/Web/Sites”. Try publishing again later.*
After that all pages appear as unpublished. The strange thing is that the pages are in fact published, but iWeb sees them as unpublished. However all .mac functions as comments, search boxes and counters don't work...
- I tried publishing my sites over a dozen times, over several days. Publishing takes a very long time, over 6 hours... So every day I give it another try, but with no success...
- My .mac password isn't over 20 characters long...
- I can publish to a folder. That's what I did right now, I published my sites to a folder and manually uploaded them to my iDisk. But that takes a very, very long time, and doesn't give me an convenient way to just publish changes to the site, and also the .mac functions like search, comments, etc. don't work then.
- My sites aren't password protected.
- I can upload to my iDisk.
- I don't have any other network problems, I could publish to .mac in the past and my network hasn't changed since. All network or internet related apps work as they always did.
So I guess, I tried all your proposed solutions but publishing still doesn't work...
If you are still unable to publish to .Mac with iWeb, please respond to this message with the following information:
- A detailed description of the troubleshooting steps you have taken
I think I tried almost anything, publishing to a folder, choosing publish all, deleted all files from my iDisk and started over, and all the proposed solutions above. I've been using Mac's since 1992, so I do know my way around, but that's one problem I just can't seem to solve...
- A step-by-step description of what you were trying to accomplish when the error messages occurred
I just choose publish all, or publish, doesn't matter, always the same error and iWeb sees all my pages in my 3 sites as unpublished.
- The exact text (if possible) of the error messages you received
"an unknown error occurred"
"an error occurred
- A description of your network, including whether it has hubs, routers, cable or DSL modems, wireless routers (including AirPort), or proxy servers
I have a dsl line, connected to an airport express. I use my Powerbook wireless over airport.
Please also answer these questions:
- Does this issue occur with other computers on your network?
There are no other computers in my network
- Does this issue occur when your computer is on a different network?
I have the same network setup at the office, dsl to an airport express, I have the same errors there.
- When were you last able to publish to .Mac successfully?
I think a few weeks ago... I can publish to my .mac Gallery from iPhoto and can manually upload to my iDisk. All other .mac functions as sync and backup also seem to work...
Hopes this helps to find a solution for my problem, and that I can publish my sites again from iWeb.
If you need any more information, I'll gladly answer them.
Thanks in advance,
Yours sincerely,
Dave Depickere
i hope they'll reply swiftly, so this can be solved!
I'll keep you informed!

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