Family pack vs URL forwarding vs CNAME otherw

Yes, there are indeed many, many threads on all of these topics, but will someone here please spell out the differences here for me here in one spot? I'm sure many others here will be equally appreciative.
Problem- I have multiple domains I want to publish.
Presently- I have a single .MAC acct with a single personal domain assigned- www.domain1.com
Like most- I've created other sites in iWeb, all branching off of the first domain- www.domain1.com/domain2 etc..
Now once I've finished with lets say less than 5 sites, should I then-
1) keep the assigned URL's as listed above and forward/mask that domain address from the registar?
2) CNAME this URL... how is this different than forward/masking?
3)Would purchasing a family pac then give me 5 accts to which I can then assign those other personal domains individually?
Thanks
NEF

1. This is the easiest option to use web forwarding from your domain registrar, as you can only use CNAME once for every .Mac account.
2. The difference is how you see the url. With CNAME you get www.yourdomainname.com/sitename/pagename_html and this is for all pages. With masked web forwarding your pages with come up as www.yourdomainname.com for every single page of your site. With unmasked web forwarding your site will be re-directed but will show up as web.me.com/username/sitename/pagename_html for every page.
Using CNAME and web forwarding is mainly down to personal preference about what you want to see your url as.
3. Yes you can use CNAME for each of the accounts in the family pack.

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