IWeb won't publish my site, unspecified error

i've been trying for the whole day now to publish my iweb site
every time, it get half way through uploading then simply bums out
it says there was an error publishing the site
that a certain file couldn't be uploaded
it's a different file each time
i'm really annoyed that i'm paying for a service i'm not getting!
i'm using iweb 09 on a g4 emac osx 10.5.6
adsl 1500 kbps connection, only computer using the internet
all firewalls and virus programs disabled
can anyone please help!

MobileMess, lol, i like that
yes, the prob is in publishing, not iweb itself
that is, its a problem uploading to apple's webdav server
I have been able to publish my site, and this is how...
Create a new site in iweb
one by one, move each page across to the new site just by drag and drop
with each page, go File > Publish Site Changes
Once all files are moved over, the original site is automatically deleted
From iWeb that is, you'll need to delete the site folder through iDisk
effectively this publishes each page seperately
all links seem to be preserved quite well
my theory is that apple's server can't handle too many files in one upload
it's getting gunked up and timing out half way through the process
uploading each file seperately seems to solve this problem
once they're uploaded, small changes also upload ok
i have since found this issue prevelant in these forums
it seems to be a major issue with iweb, or more specifically, mobileme webdav
i seriously doubt apple is going to work on this issue for us
so for the time being, small uploads seem to be the answer
hope this helps!

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