IWeb Sites Stopped Publishing after Months of Success

I have tried everything to get my web sites to re-publish with only minor additions (and even some streamlining), but nothing has worked.
The error in publishing seemed to have become a problem directly after I paid for more storage space in .Mac and/or when I updated iWeb to 1.1.2. But this is merely speculation.
I have already tried the following:
*reallocating storage to my web site (I don't use a lot of mail storage)-
*publishing iWeb to a folder to check how larger the site is (can't find a problem there)-
*backing up everything on Backup 3-
*visiting a Genius Bar where we discovered a problem with one png (rollover error) and discarded a full page-the site published there once.
*returned home to make some additions to my sites-couldn't publish AGAIN-
*connected directly to our cable modem to eliminate any network problems, but still will not publish)-
*my husband agrees that we are not having problems with our network (airport etc.)-
*my dotmac account shows only green dots (all functioning)-
*I can still view my website even with changes through my dotmac homepage (wierd)-
*sent a letter to Apple support (no response)-
I need my website to be up and running again soon because I'm looking to advance my career. I have people looking at my site as a portfolio, but they cannot find the page!
Please, help.
MacBook Mac OS X (10.4.7) New
MacBook Mac OS X (10.4.7) New

Ok! Don't worry... At some point I was also lost. And I'm here to help, or at least try to...
Geeks say, they are like standard procedures you should go through whenever you have a problem, no matter what kind of problem. Some of those things are the Repair Permissions and Reset the PRAM. Another of those "standard steps" is to create a new user account and see if you have the same problems with the fresh created user. Anyway, step by step...
Just as a remark, I will be translating some things form my Spanish version of Mac OS X, so the names I give you might vary a little... Hope you still find your way.
Repairing Permissions
This is actually something very easy, that you should do regularly. Maybe once a month or so. If you go to /Applications/Utilities/ there's an Application called Disk Utility. Open it and in the tab "First Aid", there's a button that says "Verify disk permissions" and another one saying "Repair disk permissions". Just click the "Repair disk permissions" and wait for the task to finish. After doing that, try to publish. When installing things, file permissions get modified and that might cause problems. In your particular case I might speculate that by installing something, some permissions for accessing your iDisk were modified and that's why you can't access it anymore correctly.
Reseting PRAM
To reset PRAM turn off your computer. Now press the power button tu turn it on and press the keys "OptionCommand+PR" at the same time. I don't really know what the exact purpose of this action is, but lots of people recommend it. For more information check this Apple page http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=2238.
New User
Last but not least, you could create a new user account and check if you have the same problems on that new account.
I hope this helps...
If not, let me know... I'll do my best to try to help!
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