My site is uploaded to MobileMe, but i can't see it on-line

Question

I've uploaded a site to MobileMe, and have had a message telling my my site is ready to view.
I've registered the domain www.chrisfelstead.com When i input my domain, i just get the registration holding page, and cannot see my site.
I sent an email to my Domain registration company UK Reg. Below is the reply I have just received from them.....(I have taken a look at the company they mention, ZoneEdit.com but am not quite sure how this works). If you can advise me from here that would be great. I obviously don't want to have to wait for another 2-3 days (or pay any more money) before i am up and running if i can help it.....
Message from UK Reg:
Dear chris,
Thanks for contacting us with your support enquiry.
Fasthosts do not allow a CNAME to be set, this is the reason your iWeb page is not displaying.
To set a CNAME you will need to use a 3rd Party DNS provider such as ZoneEdit.com.
Once you have opened a free account with Zone Edit, they will give you at least two nameservers, you will then need to change your domains nameservers with the new ones given by Zone Edit.
After 24 - 72 hours, you will be able to set a CNAME from the Zone Edit control panel, your site will then resolve at iWeb in 8 hours.

Answer 1

Chris:
Welcome to the Apple Discussions. Why not just use direct name forwarding, giving them the URL for your published site. To find out what that URL is select the site in iWeb and use the File->Visit Published Site menu option. When you get to the site copy the URL from the browser's URL window and use it.
If you plan on publishing additonal sites but not give them a domain name then the use the following URL: http://web.me.com/youraccount_name/site_foldername/index.html. Then if you publish a second site to the MobileMe account it won't conflict with the domain name site.
That's because when you publish a site to MobileMe an index.html file is created in the iDisk/Web/Sites folder pointing to the index.html file in the last published site's folder. Since the default URL for MobileMe is http://web.me.com/youraccountname/ (the index.html file is not necessary for the default address) it will open the last published site. If you have only one site them there's no problem. If you have multiple sites it can be a problem if you're not using the CNAME process. I prefer the direct forwarding method as it gives me more control.
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