Posting to FTP Site - Root Directory

My first time publishing to a hosted site but I can not seem to overwrite the old site data. My iWeb created site does not post to the root www.xxxx.ca but to www.xxx.ca/2010/Home.html.
2010 is the name of my site in iWeb and Home is the first page.
I would like this page (home) to go right to www.xxx.ca? Is there something I am missing?
Can anyone shed some light?
Thanks in advance!

The OP can upgrade the hosting account to accommodate more than one IP address.
For example, I use the Host Excellence Ultimate Business plan which costs about $8 per month and allows for 15 dedicated IP Addresses.
The advantage of Host Excellence is that you don't have to upload to a folder with a predetermined name. Once the domain name is registered, a couple of clicks in the control panel will create a folder of that name as the root folder for that site.
All these root folders can be viewed side by side with any decent FTP application in any one account.

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