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For years I have used the integration of iPhoto and MobileMe to publish and share photo albums on the web.   This week on my iMac I tried to publish my most recent photos from the holidays via iPhoto11 and MobileMe and found that no photos were published to the newly created album - only the thumbnails.   When I then try to publish other photos to the new MobileMe album, I get a message that the MobileMe album will be deleted.
As this happened several times, I then tried the same from my Macbook Pro. The first album I created published properly and I assumed that I had corrupted iPhoto software on my iMac.   When I then tried to create and publish a second album, I experienced the identical problem as I had on my iMac.
I am now convinced that this is a bug in either iPhoto11 or MobileMe. I searched Apple Support and its communities but have not seen this error.   Any suggestions?

Thanks and Happy New Year to Old Toad and Remy for their speedy responses. Unfortunately neither their suggestions, nor Apple/MobileMe's support worked.   I phoned AppleCare and the iLife specialist I was referred to was certain that it was not an issue in iPhoto as it had happened on two of my machines - but rather in MobileMe. MobileMe has their own support group - Chat based.     The representative I was assigned to repeatedly got my name wrong, and took forever to make any suggestions.   I was not really frustrated with him as much as I am with Apple.    They have clearly abandoned MobileMe.   I said that I used to like sharing photos to my MobileMe Gallery because it was integrated with iLife and it just worked.    I told him that this is the great thing about Apple products they just worked - but in this case I felt like I was dealing with Microsoft.
I know that publishing will sometimes work, but I think I will set up my galleries with another photo sharing service and then request a refund from Apple.    I recall Steve Jobs was publicly disappointed with MobileMe, and some of the services have migrated for free to iCloud, but they could have made it better. Now that it is sunsetted, they have abandoned paying customers like me.
There are quite a few photo sharing services out there.   I have used SugarSync's in the past, but recipients must set up an account, and I must export the photos from iPhoto first.    I see that Flickr is integrated with iPhoto, so that will be my first stop.
If anyone else has encountered the problem I have with publishing to MobileMe galleries, or knows a workaround, please post a reply.   I love Apple, but feel they need to hear from me, a loyal but now disappointed customer.

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