Changing a website through iweb

i have started using iweb today and published a website. then i made some changes and published those, but the original website keeps coming up and none of the changes I've made appear to be published. i can see all the changes, and the website as I would like it to appear, in iweb, but not ion the web. what am i doing wrong?

If you really what to make sure that it is publishing correctly, then I would suggest that you select the publish to a local folder option from within iWeb and this will publish your site to your desktop - you will get a site folder with a separate index.html file and an assets file.
If you download Cyberduck for free - this is a dedicated ftp programme, you should be able to connect to your server using this and you will then be able to see exactly what is in your public_html folder on your server.
Once you connect to your server using Cyberduck, you will be able to see what is being uploaded and to where. If you use the iWeb built in ftp you are working blind.
Use Cyberduck to see exactly what is on your sever and take it from there.

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Any help would be great. Thanks

Okay, so lets just get this clear first of all - which version of iWeb are you using? iWeb 08 or 09? There are differences - if using 09 then click on the name of the site that you want to publish and there should then be a drop down menu at the top of the page that has FTP Mobile Me, FTP Server and then Publish Local Folder. To publish to a folder just click on the Publish Local Folder option and your site will be published to a folder.
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