Here we go again...multiple sites question

hey all
ok i know i am doing something stupid...have read this entire bloody forum and still not getting it..
i have two domain.sites2 in my lib/appsupp/iweb folder..when i click on one iweb opens it up, can edit, publish to my dotmac account all good.
but...the usual problem: i can only publish one without the other one being ''over-rided''
one of the sites has domain forwarding thru yahoo.
i tried publishing that one to a folder and replacing the ''index.html'' on my idisc but that just took me to ''safari cannot find server'' yet when i go inside idisc/sites/ and go into one of the site folders and click on the 'index.html'' it takes me to the site on safari but the url is really long and starts with ''volume'' something i don't think i've seen before.
shouldn't the urls be ''web.mac.com/username/sitename?? if so, how do i make that happen? i have read all the links here on the forum but none are working for me. Er, or I am just not getting it. Most likely the latter.
thanks! sorry for the long post. help.me.please.

To jctez:
You are not alone! I had the same problem and was on this forum a few weeks ago. None of this makes sense to me, either. Here's what I did to solve my problem:
1. If you can afford about $10 a year plus a reasonable hosting fee, buy a new domain name and hosting service at godaddy.com. They are wonderful. Dotmac ***** for this purpose.
2. Download an easy ftp software like Transmit (from Apple Downloads for free.)
3. In iWeb, drag and drop the website you want to publish to your new domain name to the Top of the iWeb list on the left side panel. Make sure it now appears on top of the list of your websites.
4. In the File menu, "Publish to a Folder." Just choose your desktop. ALL your websites will get copied to your desktop in respective folders, as well as an index page (index.html) for your desired website. Trash the other website folders and the index.html file. It will not effect your originals in iWeb. (You can do this now or later, and another index.html lives within the correct folder that you leave on your desktop.)
5. Use Transmit (or your ftp of choice) to Upload the contents of the Folder with your new website to your domain server. Do NOT upload the folder itself - choose only the contents WITHIN the folder.
6. Whenever you want to update this website, make sure the old folder on your desktop is trashed first.
Done. I hope this helps. It's awkward but it beats doing the fancy footwork with all these sites folders, etc. Let me know if this works for you.
Maria

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