Is anyone running an iWeb created website on a non-.Mac host????

Please help me. I have created a draft website and tested it on my hard disk. It ran perfectly without problems. Then uploaded it to my host (www.shorestopeaks.com) and I am getting a lot of error even if I am browsing using Safari (wonder what PC users are getting).
Why is this happening? Is there any way to fix it? iWeb would loose entirely its value to me if I can't fix it because I only run commercial sites, so I cannot depend on .Mac.
BTW. I have never owned an actual .Mac account (opened a trial and never had time to try it ) Can I run a website from there with a commercial URL that doesn't include .Mac anywhere?
Thanks.

Indeed you certainly can host your site somewhere else other than at .mac. I'm hosting mine with Dreamhost and have had no problems. You can take a look at it here (feedback, good or bad, is most welcome—and give your cache a heads up, because there are a LOT of graphics, and iWeb is TOTALLY and UTTERLY innefficient about handling them, so…you have been warned).
Within iWeb, I published to a folder on my desktop and then uploaded the files to my website using Transmit. If you need more specific information/instructions, I can help with that too.
Soul
P.S. Not much content at my new site yet because it's, well, NEW. There is a little, though.
iMac Mac OS X (10.4.5) Soul's Place <— Feel free to visit!</span>

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I created a website using iWeb. It was very easy to do. However when I tried to publish it on my AOL webspace, it did not work. I uploaded the contents of the desktop folder to my AOL FTP space but when I went to the URL, neither the text not the jpgs displayed properly.
Am I doing anything wrong? Has anyone successfully uploaded an iWeb created website to AOL space?
Thanks in advance for your help and advice.
Most cordially,
Rudy
([email protected])
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I uploaded the contents of
the desktop folder to my AOL FTP space
How did you do this? I think you must use a real ftp
program and not the AOL uploader, as the latter will
not preserve the structure of your site, which is
required for it to work right.
Like others, I recommend you use another host. AOL
is just a pain.
Hi Tom!
Thank you for your insights.
What is a real FTP program and where does one find it? Also can a real FTP program be used with AOL? I uploaded to my AOL webspace usng the buttons and tools that AOL provides for doing this.Is there any other way?
Thank you for your help.
Most cordially,
Rudy
([email protected])
iMacG5 Mac OS X (10.4.7)

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Message was edited by: Jason G Telford -- message was accidentally posted before it was completed

Do you want to have the visitors play each of the songs and videos? You can use a flash based jukebox for the audio files and a video jukebox for the videos. You would only have to upload the files to your server once and then link to them there. With these methods the files don't load until you select the play button thus allowing the page to load much quicker.
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I think I found your problem Safari on the iPhone does not like "framesets"
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I am new to iWeb [disclaimer].
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Unfortunately, blog comments are a MobileMe only feature along with the hit counter etc.
You have to publish to MobileMe if you want these features.
There are workarounds however. If you want to continue to use an iWeb blog, then you can use a third party comments feature. Take a look here http://www.intensedebate.com. It is free to set up on the site and all you then do is copy and paste the code into an html snippet on the page you want comments to appear in whatever format you want them.
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Using iWeb to publish to a non.mac domain

Can I use iweb to develop a web site and publish to a domain that is not .mac?
Or can I host a non.mac domain on .mac?

Can I use iweb to develop a web site and publish to a
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Yes, you can. But not directly from iWeb. You will develop your pages in iWeb but the choose the "Publish to Folder" option. This will put all the files necessary for your website in a folder on your hard drive. You will then need to use an FTP program to upload the site files to your 3rd party web host.
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