Posting downloadable content on iWeb site?

I'd like to be able to post files on an iWeb created site which clients can download to inspect/approve or use. I'd also like for them to be able to upload files to me through this site. The files would be photoshop files, full-rez video, small wmv & quicktime files, text files, etc.
Are there any options for this sort of function which can be seamlessly incorporated into an iWeb site? I've been using a public .mac "Homepage" to get files to clients in the past, but it's an ugly looking page that way, and would not look like the rest of the site I want to build. Any ideas on how to do this?
A link to a mock-up of the site home page layout is below, FWIW. The pics will eventually be replaced by stills from/links to pages with video examples. I know the fonts look awful on the pages that are linked to. That's been fixed but not uploaded. This is only a rough cut...
http://web.mac.com/coreytree/iWeb/Corey%20Petree/Home%202.html
You may notice a "client login" link at the bottom, but I may be dreaming to have such a thing from iWeb.
Thanks in advance,
Corey

You can set up a blog page and enable the commenting system. People can then post attachments/files to the comments. This is one way to do it.
Another way you can achieve this without involving your website is to enable read/write access to your iDisk/Public/ folder. You can do this in the System Preferences/.Mac pane. Then you would be able to access the public folder...both downloading and uploading using the following URL format...
http://idisk.mac.com/username-Public
username = your own .Mac username
And make sure that you capitalize the "P" in Public
Try it out. I think this might work out the best for you.

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