IWeb suddenly no longer publishing

Has this long-running issue been solved?
Having enjoyed iWeb problem-free for ages, today it suddenly refuses to publish with an error.
I have deleted the preferences and domain files. I have re-installed. None of it works. I can publish to a folder, but not to .Mac
My connection is just fine. .Mac is not syncing at the time, but iWeb does not want to know. Deleting all pages means that the new file/site menu items get greyed out, so that does not seem to be the way to go.
I have repaired the keychain, and repaired all permissions, in fact I have done a full system maintenance.
I am stumped. Help?
JKB

I have just discovered that I am having the same problem. Got the error saying 'The document 'iWeb" could not be saved' right after "Preparing to publish". It worked fine before. What worries me is the following sequence of events before this:
- yesterday safari all of sudden crashed, closing all the safari windows opened;
- then I did a software update, was told to install a security patch for mac os and to restart. did it;
- some time after that, mac ox suddenly crashed after I launched safari, asking me to force a restart by powering down;
- today after I downloaded photos to iphoto from my canon, I found out that I could not launch the Adjustment window to adjust my photos;
- then I discovered that I could not publish iweb.
I makes me wonder if there is anything seriously bad happening to my macbook. I used to be a windows user. this is my first mac. thought it would be nice and smooth ...
MacBook Pro Mac OS X (10.4.9)
MacBook Pro Mac OS X (10.4.9)

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http://www.iwebformusicians.com/iWeb/mountain-lion.html
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