Non .mac host - file querey/disaster!!!

I have a non mac host for my web site which I had successfully uploaded Captain FTP (it was completely fine) but when I tried to update the site with Cyberduck it seemed to be working (ie it appeared I had a connection and files were uploading) but then didnt update properly so I started to fiddle... a bad mistake as I really dont know what I am doing.
I deleted all the files on the domain site. They were my web pages, index and a couple of others bin.cgi (?)from memory and another one. I assumed they were all to do with the old web site and then I uploaded the iweb published folder (which works well when I view it locally) and the index file. They seem to upload properly and the ftp client says its connected to my domain but I just get an error when I try to view the page with a browser
<<Not Found
<<The requested URL / was not found on this server.
<<Apache/2.0.46 (Red Hat) Server at www.movingmoments.com.au Port 80
I am also unable to view my control panel (manager) at the hosting site.
Usually I am prompted for a password when I type
my domain/host(name) into the browser address.
domain is
http://www.movingmoments.com.au
Thanks for any help. Its late here and the hosting company is not available for help until morning and this is urgent...
Hmm. That will teach me for fiddling.
Leanne

Thanks for that. I figured that must be the case.
I have been playing around with it for a few hours in the vain hope that I would stumble across a solution but I guess I'll just have to give up and wait until the morning...Its 2:30 am so I suppose its time to get to bed.
Cheers,
Leanne
Thanks for your help pages by the way!

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