Other than .mac domain name

I'm really new at this folks, so please bear with me. I have a .com domain name and I would like to use iWeb to publish my web page(s), I think. Can I do this? As I said, I'm really new at this and still have a lot to learn about web hosting, (which I'm not even sure what that is yet) and creating my website but hey, you gotta start somewhere right? Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated. How limited am I if I do end up using iWeb?

Let me try to flesh out some concepts for you...
You need both a domain name and a hosting account to be able to have people type in your domain.com address and see your hosted web pages. So I know you definitely have a domain name. What I am not sure about is whether you have a web host or not. As far as you web host goes, you can host your iWeb designed pages either on .Mac or on a 3rd party web host. The easiest place to find a 3rd party web host would probably be the same company you registered your domain name from.
Of course, things are easiest in the purest Apple sense if you join .Mac for your web hosting needs. Several iWeb features only work if your pages are hosted on .Mac, and of course with .Mac you have the luxury of uploading your pages directly from iWeb.
If you use a 3rd party host, then you can still design your web pages in iWeb, but your publishing option is limited to publishing your entire site to a folder, which then needs to be uploaded via your favorite FTP program to your 3rd party web host. The process isn't difficult once you get the hang of it, but you are required to upload your entire site each and every time you make even a little change (as opposed to just uploading the changes from iWeb directly if you are using .Mac).
So there are slight differences depending on who you choose to host your webpages. Tom has already provided you with tips for 3rd party webhosts. I would highly recommend going with .Mac if you don't already have a web host in mind. The tight integration of .mac with OS X even without iWeb is worth the extra money in my mind.
But you have to make up your own mind. Good luck! And happy iWebbing!

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