Iweb won't publish to file or iweb...to many images?

I had no problem publishing small site with 10 images. But when I put in 400 images on 5 pages it stops at around 188 and wont publish the rest. I have deleated the images it hangs on, emptied cash, rebooted, and it still hangs and displays same image....even though it is not on the iweb site anymore....I have just made the move to macs because I was told how solid they were....this is my first project for my photography company on a mac...love the interface and effects....not to sure about how stable iweb is. I was told that 99 images could be put on a page....no size limits of original files were given. I am importing images from iphoto with each image being 20- 40megs in original size....do I need to resize them for iweb to work with them?

Lou,
Welcome to the Discussions.
I had no problem publishing small site with 10 images. But when I put in 400 images on 5 pages it stops at around 188 and wont publish the rest.
I am importing images from iphoto with each image being 20- 40megs in original size....
This makes for interesting math regarding the iWeb Domain file. If my math is right, the photos alone will have your native Domain between 5 and 8G. The relationship of the native Domain size (on your HD) and how it affects publishing is still being explored by a lot of us here.
You see, even though iWeb automatically resizes any photo dropped into the application to 800x600, the app still retains a copy of the original file and keeps it in the Domain file. Dropping images between 20 and 40M will quickly expand this file.
do I need to resize them for iweb to work with them?
Normally, technically, the answer to this question would be no. iWeb will "work with" whatever you give it. But in your case, absolutely in my opinion. We have all wondered just how big we could go with a native Domain, and this could be giving us a real good clue. I would also like to see how .Mac is rendering a 20+M file; could you post that url?
Resize your images to 500x375 prior to bringing them into iWeb. If you really want to host those huge pic files, consider placing them on remote server space and linking to them. People do this all the time. Another thing to remember when using .Mac for this type of file size hosting--your bandwidth allowances will get sucked up pretty fast, depending on visitor traffic.
Mark

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