Upgrade to iWeb 09 before pub to new web host?

I never bought iLife 09 because in the last year I've almost exclusively used aperture and Photoshop for my photo management and post processing. I have a fairly simple website for our local community clubhouse and recreation area whose rentals I handle. I do have a few photos on it, but the only "complicated" feature I need is for it to be password protected in some fashion. Nothing on it is sensitive or the like; it serves primarily to provide information to homeowners and an attractive place to park much used pdf files for downloading (a rental application, map and directions, a calendar link, etc.).
I had put it together and published it about 8-10 months ago, well before the dumfounding announcement regarding iCloud. Since it has not yet been advertised or quite ready for use by our homeowners, I will be finding another web hosting site before doing so.
One problem I was having recently, when testing to see how a password worked, was... whoooops! It didn't. A few other things were weirdly buggy.
I will go ahead and buy iLife 09, just for the upgraded iWeb if you guys have good arguments for doing so!
Please forward any thoughts or recommendations (including best web hosts). I already have a registered domain name.
Thanks!
Sal
PS-I guess I might also finally have to upgrade to SL, which I resisted due to reported conflicts w/Photoshop CS3. I just don't quite know how I will work it all out. Oh, yeah, I really didn't need this kind of "creativity" from Apple right now, and I suspect I am not alone. I'm caught berween a rock and a hard place.

The latest version of iWeb has the advantage of giving you two other options to publish apart from MobileMe.
If you don't need to optimize your website files and add SEO tags, the built in iWeb FTP is just as easy and convenient for one click publishing.
When you migrate to a "real" server, you can password protect individual folders if you wish rather than having to protect the whole site.
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