Do you need .Mac accout to set up personal domain name!?

i've just bought iLife '08 and i thought you could publish your own websites through iWeb. But so far it looks like i have to pay 60 odd quid on a .Mac account!! what a p* take!!

The "set up personal domain" is for directing a personal domain name at your .Mac account. This is of no use to you if you are hosting with a commercial service.
When you host your website on the Apple server with a .Mac account your URL is something like this....
http://web.mac.com/YourName/YourWebsiteName/PageName.html
You can register a domain name and direct it at your .Mac account so that the URL is more like...
http://www.yourname.com/pagename.html
When you are using a commercial hosting service you register your domain name and instruct the registration company to direct it at your servers IP address.

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    I know I run the risk of getting this post taken down, but I have just spent six hours trying to have my iWeb pages sent to my domain page.
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    - There was no direction suggestions where to get my domain name. (I finally for one from godaddy.com)
    - The CNAME, adjustment, www etc. directions are AWFUL and absolutely no help.
    There is so much more to complain about.
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    Nothing has been more difficult in my 25 years with Apple.

    I think Apple did a great job, as far as it could. I used to work for a small training company in San Francisco. When I started our the first classes for HTML back in the '90's, we used text editing programs to place the graphics and all other layout. I wasn't very good at visualizing the text to how it would look, so I spent way too much time viewing pages and making corrections or tweaks. I don't type as well as I could, so typo's always killed me. With dial-up services being the norm - graphics optimization was/is key for pages to work well and required learning to use graphics tools like Photoshop 2
    Some better text editing tools came out with buttons that worked similar to the Bold, Italic, Underline buttons, but they allowed us to insert the code for graphics, anchors, and links. Too Cool. Saved a lot of typing and typo's.
    Then Adobe PageMill brought drag and drop to site design and I quit coding by hand. I understand the code and can fine tune it to what I want, but just grabbing the picture and placing in a table was really easy, and choosing fonts and font sizes from a menu was very nice. Then I upgraded to GoLive because I wanted to do full scale commercial sites, and use all of the other technologies that have sprung up. I would have stayed with GoLive for many more years, but right after I upgraded to GoLive 9, Adobe decided I needed to pay $200 more for a sidegrade to Dreamweaver or lose my investment and support. So I jumped at Dreamweaver with it's learning curve and tutorials, and I'm almost competent with it now after a year.
    None of these programs explained how to get a domain name or set up DNS. Meanwhile, the hosting services have evolved, and they all have their own system.
    I didn't use any previous version of iWeb because it was a pain to publish to anything but .mac or whatever Apple names it's server and the server has never had enough speed for me. It wasn't until iWeb '09 that I really began to take a look at it for some simple projects that could be put together in an evening, and turned over to a client for them to have fun with.
    For what it does, iWeb is fantastic. I've created pages with layers and rich graphics that would have required much more work with any other program I've ever used. The learning curve for iWeb is as simple as opening a page and exploring all the buttons. Of course, you might need to understand why you would need a button, like the poster a couple of days ago, that didn't understand how to link to another page. But you catch on pretty fast.
    iWeb will turn out results within a week or two, that would take you several years of study and graphics/site design to master. It has many limitations, so I wouldn't consider it for a commercial site, unless the site is a 'business card' site with show and tell, but not for retail sales, or a very large number of pages.
    I'm hoping that iWeb will improve with future versions enough so that some tools for sidewide management like widgets that hold a navigation bar, that you design on your pages, and when you update the navigation bar in the widget, all the pages get updated automatically, or even the ability to change the address for a URL on one page and have it change on every page the link is on. Updates and corrections are not as easy to do with iWeb as other programs.
    Still, for 5 or 10 page sites, iWeb templates take care of so many design choices that it is pretty easy to come up with something visually pleasing and informative.
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    Sometimes, the easiest way to get started is to go to a company like seanic.net and just sign up for their $3.92/month Linux based server. They even throw in the domain name with the deal. All of these hosting companies provide email services, ftp (some with password protection at no cost), and some provide more advanced services like SQL database, Perl scripting, and CGI-BIN. You don't need to use all of the features at once, and the tech support of a commercial company can get you going pretty quickly.
    The tech support can show you where to upload your files, they set up DNS, and handle all of those other chores, so you can concentrate on designing interesting pages with iWeb.
    Sorry for the blathering...
    Message was edited by: dechamp because I can't spell or type sometimes

  • Personal Domain Name HELP - 2 names, 2 sites, 1 .Mac Account?

    Hey,
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    In iWeb (v1.1.2) I have created a Digital Portfolio, and then I have a writing site which I'm going to launch in the summer when I have plenty of time to redesign it - that site has four other created sites linked it to.
    Anyway, on my CV I want to put a webaddress, but I'm not wanting the .Mac *http://web.mac.com/username/iweb/sitename.* I want something like: www.sitename.co.uk. However, I want one address for my Digital Portfolio, and then another later for my Writing Site (www.writingsitename.co.uk).
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    I've started looking for domain names, and www.123-reg.co.uk and www.ukreg.com seem to have the best prices. Anyone used them? Or suggest something else?
    Thanks for any help, information and advice.

    If you upgrade to iWeb 2 in iLife '08 you can use the Personal Domain feature; click here:
    See also this ongoing discussion thread:
    http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1487530&tstart=0

  • Problems setting a Yosemite domain name account for Send only

    What do I do in Yosemite Mail so that my DOT MAC account is IMAP, but  so that I can also send email from a domain account that is a POP account at GoDaddy?
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    With Yosemite, Apple apparently changed the way it deals with that situation. I say "apparently" because I'm having a hard time getting help on this. Before Yosemite, I had the domain account enabled, but while there was a password for sending there was no password for picking up the domain name mail. Every once in the while over the years that setup would get flaky (as Apple made changes on its end?) but usually it worked.
    I continued that setup with Yosemite, but a few months ago I started having problems. My mail worked as normally, but during the night or the morning, many messages would arrive as unread duplicates, and many emails I didn't want deleted were permanently deleted. Oddly, in addition, I had an easy time keeping the setup on my MacAir but I had a hard time keeping it on my Mac Mini, even though both have Yosemite.
    I took my MacAir to an Apple genius who said the settings had changed in Yosemite. He somehow reset the account for Send Only by clicking a box. Everything worked fine for a week or so,* But then I could no longer send domain name mail, I couldn't find the setting, and I went to another Genius, who didn't know what I was talking about and who couldn't solve the problem.
    I need to be able to send my domain name account without making it an IMAP account, but can't figure out how.
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    * In other words, the Dot Mac IMAP worked correctly, the POP messages forwarded correctly to DOT MAC (without any duplication problems), and I was able to send mail from the domain account.

    I've not tested it but if you simply leave the incoming mail server field in the Mail account preferences blank for that account blank but set up the outgoing server and do not check "include when automatically checking new mail" you should be able to send but not receive
    OR undo the forward that you have set up from #2 to #1 and use both normally
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  • Using my Personal Domain Name on a trial version of .Mac?

    Okay, I have a trial version of .mac, and am very happy with it. I used Iweb to build a good website for my artwork, and I'm all set to publish. But I want to put my registered domain name to my new site, so when you type the simple domain name (ex: "www.site.com") my .mac site that I built on Iweb will show up.
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    I went onto the help section of Iweb, which says to log into .mac, and in the account info section, press a button that says something about personal domains. _THERE IS NO BUTTON THERE_!!! Is it becuase I only have the trial version of .mac? I intend to buy the full version, but I wanted to play with my free trial memebership first. If I have to, though, I'll just buy the full version so I can add my personal domain name to the .mac site.
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    Is it becuase I only have the trial version of .mac?
    Yes.
    You should still be able to point your personal name to your .Mac site via ordinary forwarding/masking, where you normally just type http://web.mac.com/username into a form at the place which holds your name.

  • Can't set up personal domain

    I've reviewed the .Mac Help to use my personal domain for my web site, but when I go to my account settings page on the .Mac home page, there is no button that says "Personal Domain"...so I can't complete this step. Anyone have any suggestions?
    Thanks!

    there is no button that says "Personal Domain".
    That happens when you are trying to use a trial .Mac account. You need a paid account to have that feature.
    However, you can still use ordinary url forwarding, where you type web.mac.com/username into a form at the place where you have your name.

  • Setting up personal domains

    How do I add a personal domain name that I bought from GoDaddy to my mobileme account to use with iWeb?

    Start by reading some manuals.
    You publish to MobileMe. With or without a domainname.
    To use your domainname, follow the instruction in your MobileMe account where you setup Personal Domain.
    https://secure.me.com/account/
    where you find a link to iWeb: [Using your own domain name|http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1107]
    Or read it in [the MobileMe help|http://help.apple.com/mac/1/help> : Account > Setting up a Personal Domain

  • How to cancel "set up personal domain"

    Does anyone know how I cancel the "set up personal domain" in iWeb 2.0? I changed my mind halfway through the set-up process (I clicked Personal Domain in my Account Settings, entered my domain name, but haven't defined my CNAME on my registrar's website). Now it looks like I can't access either my iWeb files OR my personal domain name! Thanks for your help!
    Sharon

    Help!
    I am struggling to get my domain name set up.
    Domain: www.west3.org
    .Mac website: http://web.mac.com/mrcommitment/West3_residentsAssociation/Welcome.html
    CNAMe record set up with Dotster as
    web.mac.com.west3.org CNAME www.west3.org
    All is set up as above and I've waited the requisite time, name servers are as required by Dotser
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  • Using your personal domain name in .Mac/iWeb?

    Hi people, just a question about using my personal domain name which I have from UKreg.
    Anyone know how to use this in iWeb? I have looked at a few sites explaining it, but looks like a hard task!
    Thanks : )

    It's very easy actually. Follow the directions and links here:
    http://www.mac.com/web/en/Tips/185DE18A-73AB-4E9D-8BD4-A2A75A1C95CF.html
    A couple clicks now that you already have your domain registered.
    -stoneman

  • Mac and personal domain names

    How to set up your iWeb and personal domain names, How do you get your iWeb DNS. tHANKS

    Mac/iWeb and domainnames have nothing to do with each other.
    Your domainname is related to your webserver. With or without iWeb.
    And there is no such thing as an iWeb DNS.
    Check where you have your webhosting and domainname registered.
    And in case the message did not get across, MobileMe ends at the end of this month. And so does Personal Domain, which is a MMe feature.
    Browse this forum.

  • Transferring an Existing Website from a .Mac Name to a Personal Domain Name

    I presently have several websites running using a .Mac Family Pack - on both the primary account and a subaccount. Given the new iLive'08 and the .Mac upgraded capabilities, I'm anxious to migrate these websites to a personal domain name that I own but have not used. My intent would be to run them all on the primary account. I'm familiar with the WSDomains folder found at User>Library>Application Support>iWeb. (In fact, each website is in a sepparate WSDomains folder.)
    I realize that it's early, but I'd hoped that Apple might have outlined as step-by-step process for migrating exhisting websites to a personal domain. To date, all I've found is the reference to starting from scratch. Hopefull, my iLive'08 software, when it arrives, will have information for migrating existing websites. Does anyone have a strategy for accomplishing this? And..., since one of the sites is a blog, how do I accomplish this without loosing the postings to the blog?
    Any ideas or suggestions would greatly appreciated.
    Thanks.

    Wait, so this only works for .mac users? When I saw that this new version has this personal domain feature, I assumed this meant that the application could now publish directly to a spot besides .web on the internet.
    The process I go through to update my websites is long and tedious, and I'm sure many others do it as well: I make a small update to my site (sometimes as minor as a typo or a picture change); publish all of my websites to folders, even if I was only modifying one of the websites; run it through iweb enhancer to make the html show up; upload my changes via ftp.
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  • How do you set up more than one Personal domain name to your .Mac account

    I have registered 3 domain names changed all the cnames to web.mac.com.
    Now on the menu to set Personal domain on my .Mac account it only lets you add 0ne Domain name?
    How do we add more or is there a limit?

    You can only set one domain name. You can of course use other means to forward the other two to the one you have put in your .Mac Account Settings.

  • Need to set hostname and domain name

    Hi All,
    I need to
    1) set my "hostname" (foo), and
    2) set my "domain name" (acme.local)
    such that my machine identifies itself as "foo.acme.local". Anyone know how to do this? (I found the host name in file sharing, but it will not let me set the domain name.)
    Many thanks,
    -T

    etresoft wrote:
    Your domain is the name of your server.
    What gave you that idea? My domain name is "acme.local". It is not the name of my server. I have three servers on my network. The one with the DNS, DHCP, and firewall servers on it called "server.acme.local".
    I am confused about why you feel the need to have a subdomain.
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    Pretty easy in Linux and Windows. They just grab the domain name from the DHCP server. Or, you can hand configure them if you wish. Do you know how accomplish same in 10.6.4?
    Give your machine a name in System Preferences > Sharing and it will have the name "whatever.local". That is all you need.
    I would like to the entire network name displayed correctly. "whatever.local" is incorrect. It should be "machinename.domainname" or "foo.acme.local". In my example, "foo" is the machine name ("whatever" in your example) and "acme.local" is the domain name. (Not the server's name, by the way.)
    "System Preferences > Sharing" will not let me add any extra periods. And will not let me change the ".local" either. (In this instance, I want the ".local".)
    Here is the reverse rule I had to hand create:
    182 PTR foo.acme.local.
    (The dot on the end is not a mistake.)
    I do not want a stray computer floating around that does not identify itself correctly. "foo.acme.local" is correct. "foo.local" is not.
    By the way, this computer gets its IP address from a DHCP server, which does tell this Apple what the domain name is. (It gets ignored.)
    /etc/dhcpd.conf
    option domain-name "acme.local";
    That is the config file for your DHCP server. You would use this if your machine were sharing its internet connection, for example. You don't need to edit this file.
    You misunderstand. The DHCP server, not on this Mac, is not being used to share Internet connections. It is being used to assign IP addresses to machines on the local network. It is also being used to assign fixed IP's to network printers based on their MAC addresses. In my network, these are "off Internet" addresses. The firewall, also not on this Mac, it used to share a single Internet connection with all the internal users.
    Hmmm. I created the file (dhcpd.conf) by hand. And, yes I do need to edit it all the time. Especially when I have bone headed machines on my network that do not follow or respond to standard networking conventions. This Mac does not accept the domain name given to it by my DHCP server and as such my DHCP server will not automatically update my DNS tables.
    Evidence of this can be found in the dhcpd.leases, where I had to hand enter
    client-hostname "foo";
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    I am wondering if 10.6.4 is not capable of handling this kind of standard network naming convention. (FreeBSD, which Apple run on top, is capable, so I am confused.)
    MacOS X does not run on top of FreeBSD. They are different operating systems. MacOS X has a POSIX layer which most closely resembles BSD, that is all.
    Interesting. Thank you for pointing out the difference. I bet POSIX know how, just like FreeBSD, which it resembles.
    If I change the name in /etc/hosts, will Apple over ride it? (I am not at the machine or I would just try it.)
    You do not "change" the name in /etc/hosts. You are just adding entries into your machine's lookup table. You can add as many aliases to as many IP addresses as you want. This is not the same as changing your machine's name, but it may be sufficient for what you are trying to accomplish - assuming I knew that, which I don't.
    Then, where do I make the change?
    10.6.4 did not tell the DHCP server what its name was either, so I had to hand add it into my DNS forward and reverse records. AAAAHHHHH!!!!
    I strongly advise against editing files you don't understand.
    I create my entire DNS configuration by hand, including my forward and reverse tables. Oh yes, I understand it, do I ever understand it. You should not jump to conclusions: it is insulting. I am presuming you meant no insult. Just be more careful next time.
    I think that what is happening here is that 10.6.4 is not set up to follow standard network naming conventions. I would posit that the idea is to keep home users out of trouble. Probably a good thing. If 10.6.4 is not capable of using standard naming conventions, (or following standard DHCP conventions), I would just like a confirmation of that so I will stop trying to figure out how to do it. And, stop wasting my time and just hand configure any additional Mac's that enter my network.
    Again, a "confirmation that it can not be done", or "how to do it" is what I am looking for.
    Thank you for the assistance,
    -T

  • Just Got iWeb '08, Need Help Setting Up Personal Domain

    Hi,
    Can someone please explain how I set up a personal domain account. Do I have to purchase the www.myaccount.com through a different website? If so, what do you suggest for a low price and easy compatibility with iWeb.

    See this:
    http://alyeska.altervista.org/en/iWeb_Domains.html

  • Set up personal domain - help needed

    I followed the procedure and added my domain, configuring dot mac to use my personal domain. The domain is also correctly listen on the bottom of the iweb page.
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