Personal Domain Set-Up Question

Hi fellow iwebbers,
I had a quick question about personal domain set-ups. I am using a domain.com's registrar for my domain. Their DNS management system requires two entries: one for the "www" and one for the canonical name. If web.mac.com is the "www," what should be the canonical name?
Also, when I visit my published site directly from iweb, it takes me to www.(mydomain).com/site. Why does it add the "site" part? Why not go directly to just the domain? Does this affect the DNS records?
If my questions are stupid, then shut up because it's weebo's 21st bday tomorrow.

1. Click here for information on canonical names.
2. This doesn't affect the DNS records, which only control the portion of the URL before the third / character. The rest of the URL is determined by the location of the files on the server hosting them.
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