Photo Page - Clicking on thumbnail launches slideshow

Let me preface this by say that I'm using iWeb without a .mac account and just publishing to my Sites folder.
Whenever I create a photo page, the thumbnails that I click automatically launch a slideshow window. I've seen a bunch of iWeb example sites where clicking on the thumbnail image pops open a window with the just larger sized image (which is what I would like to happen).
Can I not do this b/c I'm not using .mac, or is there something else that I'm missing?
Thanks for any help!

Can I not do this b/c I'm not using .mac, or is there something else that I'm missing?
That's it exactly. This Knowledge Base document spells it out. Excerpt: 'iWeb Photo pages published to .Mac have special controls and other features that are not available when publishing to a folder. To take full advantage of iWeb's slideshows, publish your photo pages to .Mac.'
What you're seeing is the old HomePage behaviour. Check out this post if you'd like to use an excellent alternative slideshow.
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