Iweb podcast "subscribe" issue

I've checked the forums and can't find this issue addressed, sorry if I missed it.
When I go to subscribe to a podcast after uploading the website, I'm taken to itunes, then given an error message that says "the url... cannot be found on the server."
I can listen to the podcast live on the web, but cannot subscribe. I checked the domain host and they say all is good. It's probably something simple that I'm not doing in iWeb, but I can't figure it out - any solutions out there? Thanks, Ed

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But I have been trying to get the Video Podcast subscription link to work for a while now, but the Podcast Subscribe button on my Video Podcast page does not work. For some reason iWeb adds in /adamonearth.com after the website domain, like this... itpc://www.adamonearth.com/adamonearth.com/Video%20Podcast/rss.xml
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Hi Tom,
Thanks so much for all your help, I really appreciate it.
I fixed the name of the site and called it 'Holly' I now have the Video Podcast link working but one problem, when you enter the website address:
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So, last night I spent an insane amount of time trying to figure out why my podcast wasn't working on my website. I host my domain with godaddy.com and I just knew it was a hosting issue, not a iWeb or .m4a issue. Sure enough, I was on a Windows webserver and as soon as I requested to be put on a Linux server, my Podcast was playing properly on both my website and iTunes. I saw many people on the board with the same problem and I'm here to tell you, SWITCH TO A LINUX WEB SERVER! =) Later!
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i was able to change it through my control panel on my host's website. i think windows web server runs on IIS or something lame like that and linux, well, not sure what runs on that...maybe apache? anyway, thank God for being able to switch on the fly. what a nightmare.
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OK, I'll try to unravel this: but I should make clear that I'm running on a certain amount of guesswork here and I can't promise the solution I suggest will work. Give it a try and let me know.
I'm not familiar with iWeb 06, but I suspect that what has happened is that it used a different folder layout: when you upgraded to 08 it changed to the newer folder layout, leaving a redirect from the old address: however there isn't a redirect for the podcast feed (and even if there was it wouldn't work in iTunes) so it's effectively sabotaged you. Nice.
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http://rss.me.com/markandjill/iWeb/SW Miniverse/Star Wars Miniverse/rss.xml
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http://web.me.com/markandjill/SWMiniverse/Star_WarsMiniverse/rss.xml
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Open your iDisk, and navigate to the Web/Sites/SWMiniverse/Star_WarsMiniverse folder. Look for a file called 'rss.xml' and download it to your desktop.
Drag this file to the TextEdit icon in your Dock (or in the applications folder). You will see your feed. Somewhere in the top few lines - it doesn't matter exactly where as long as it's before the first 'item' tag - add this extra line:
<itunes:new-feed-url>http://web.me.com/markandjill/SWMiniverse/Star_WarsMiniverse/rss.xml</itunes:new-feed-url>
(be careful that you don't get a line return in the middle of this - you might get one in your browser display).
Now choose 'save as' and save this as rss.xml - TextEdit will suggest you make this .rss.xml.txt, decline this offer. Make sure the file is called rss.xml and is a plain text file.
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