How do I add GIF animations?

I made a simple animation in photoshop, what file format do I put it in if I want to use it on my iWeb site? GIF is not an option. Also I don't know what to do once the file is made, do I just drag it in there? any help would be great.

Hello again. So it seems I'm still having a problem... I got this from a friend of mine the other day
"Hey dude, looking out for you again – your emails still don’t have the layout they used to back in the day, and this one is all black below.
Something to work on because I can open and view EVERYTHING and yours seem not to be totally optimized for some weird reason from your computer, ISP, software or something.
I have no security settings that prohibit what I view, I get everything in HTML on outlook 2007, and I have a PC with pretty much everything up to date….
I send all my email blasts out via Safari's "Mail Contents Of This Page - Command > I and he's telling me that where my animated GIF should be in the body of his email there's nothing but a black box.
This is the link to the email blast. http://grillmarketing.com/billyidol.html.
It's strange because some people have no problem seeing it at all. Couls he not see it because everyone's computers are configured differently or am I doing something wrong?
Thanks!

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