Can't Publish to .Mac

When ever I try to publish my site to .Mac I get this error:
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It used to work before, but a couple of days ago it just started doing this. Any ideas?
--Much Thanks
Mac OS X (10.4.8)

I don't have any advice, but am having similar problems. My error message is a bit different: The .Mac servers are busy. Please try again later. Its been busy since December 7...so pretty sure that's not the case. Tonight, I was able to publish a few pages and then I made some changes and went to publish again. This time it said I had published and I went to visit the site but none of the changes were there. I am totaly irritated. Sometimes it says it can't publish and it really does. I have been on the phone with applecare and attempting to resolve the problem with the .Mac people, but they are barely responsive at all. I am very disappointed.

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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After that all pages appear as unpublished. The strange thing is that the pages are in fact published, but iWeb sees them as unpublished.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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We should start a club. I upgraded from 08 to 09 twelve days ago, on both my MacBook Pro and my brand new iMac. All my iWeb files immediately went red on both machines and stayed that way - and several pages of my website disappeared. All attempts to upload to MobileMe failed, whether I tried to upload the full site or just the changes. Sometimes I got (and still get) a Publish Error message, sometimes a 'Couldn't connect with MobileMe'. I've followed all suggestions on this discussion board and have been on the phone to Apple chat lines, who also offered suggestions that didn't solve my problem. Last week I spend fair portions of three days on the phone to AppleCare in Ireland. Very helpful, very nice, and after much experimentation, including dragging my site to different files on my iDisk, we managed to make my site live again. But the files on my desktop remained red and I still couldn't upload changes. AppleCare were going to continue to try and come up with a solution, but I haven't heard from them for a week now, and they're no longer answering my emails. Perhaps the person I was talking to is away at the moment, I don't know. What I do know is that I'm no nearer finding a solution.
Today another Apple adviser suggested removing Logic from my Applications folder because Logic 08 can conflict with GarageBand 09 apparently, and reloading iWeb (for the fourth time). I did this. No change. But it might work for one or two of you.
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when i try to publish my site, Iweb cant seem to log in. Keeps opening up my preferences, but my name and password are already there and accepted. I can even work through my idisk just cant publish through .mac
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It may also be a problem on Apple's side. When I was at the WWDC last month, I thought that my hotel's wireless Internet access was blocking whatever port iWeb uses for authentication. However, when I arrived at the conference I got the same problem trying to publish my page, I was asked to log in to .Mac. However, by lunch time the issue had resolved itself and I could upload from either site. Unfortunately, if you check the .Mac status page, this kind of interruption is NOT listed, so you have no way of knowing if it's Apple's problem or your own. You might just give it a little time to see if the issue resolves on its own.
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My site is very small. The capacity taken up indicated by iDisk after synching is only 1MB. Bandwidth tests indicated an estimated 4700kbps download speed and 300kbps upload speed. Currently, I'm subscribed to a 10Mbps ADSL broadband plan and connected wireless to the router *** modem.
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1) Choose "Publish All to .Mac" from the file menu.
2) As soon as you get the message that your site upload will continue in the background, open Applications > Utilities > Terminal
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open /var/tmp
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Hi geebee - bit long winded but this is the full fix that I wrote up for someone else - it worked for them so good luck.
1. To create a new login, open system preference folder and open accounts. Unlock by clicking on the padlock icon. Now click on the plus icon which will allow you to create a new login name and password. Tick allow user to administer computer. Lock the padlock again and close window.
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