Sign In
Register
Help
php is for serving up dynamic web pages and it is unreasonable to expect an end user web system (entry level to expert) to provide that. This is for people who want a simple solution. More advanced users can figure out how to manipulate the system and html.
I have been flattening my site for a while after using iWeb so that I could tweak the html. I have also been forwarding my domain to my homepage address for years.
Maybe complain that it doesn't cure cancer.
BTW. My 10 Gigs is online now, so I guess I was at the front of line. Been a dotmac customer since free itools
.Mac expands storage, adds personal domains
MultiQuote
#17
fribhey 
- Member
-
- Group: Members
- Posts: 821
- Joined: 21-May 04
Posted 07 August 2007 - 04:00 PM
Quote:
There's definitely some confusion around this. When I open up the .Mac preference pane on my Mac, which has my .Mac credentials in it, it tells me I have a total of 984 MBs of space when I select the iDisk tab, so it appears it's there already for me.
There's definitely some confusion around this. When I open up the .Mac preference pane on my Mac, which has my .Mac credentials in it, it tells me I have a total of 984 MBs of space when I select the iDisk tab, so it appears it's there already for me.
uhhh, no it doesn't. 984MBs doesn't even equal 1GB let alone 10GBs.
#19
Walt_Basil
- Member
-
- Group: Members
- Posts: 363
- Joined: 26-September 04
Posted 07 August 2007 - 04:13 PM
This just seems to be a rather fancy version of redirection. Currently, my own domain is redirected to my .Mac address. I enjoy the hassle free publishing. What I once used Frontpage, Dreamweaver, ecto, mysql, Wordpress, and several ftp programs for, I now only use iWeb. I care not for php or anything. What I care about is posting my content as brainlessly as possible. iWeb made .Mac worth something to me.
This new personal domain compatability seems to me to be nothing different than what I am now doing, except making redirection a little easier? Instead of redirecting to web.mac.com/fullusername/folder/subfolder/, I'm redirecting only to web.mac.com. Someone correct me if I'm wrong here.
You register your domain with .Mac, so that you can then redirect your domain to web.mac.com, and .Mac will handle the exact locations for redirections. That's how I'm reading this. You are not really publishing your iWeb material to a TLD.
This new personal domain compatability seems to me to be nothing different than what I am now doing, except making redirection a little easier? Instead of redirecting to web.mac.com/fullusername/folder/subfolder/, I'm redirecting only to web.mac.com. Someone correct me if I'm wrong here.
You register your domain with .Mac, so that you can then redirect your domain to web.mac.com, and .Mac will handle the exact locations for redirections. That's how I'm reading this. You are not really publishing your iWeb material to a TLD.
#21
bastion
- Veteran
-
- Group: Members
- Posts: 1,854
- Joined: 14-October 04
Posted 07 August 2007 - 04:26 PM
according to the .mac page it says that the new storage will increase on the 14th
Maybe it's supposed to say "by" the 14th. I've got 2 .Mac accounts and have reallocated the space on both of them in the last hour. And set up a personal domain on one.
Maybe it's supposed to say "by" the 14th. I've got 2 .Mac accounts and have reallocated the space on both of them in the last hour. And set up a personal domain on one.
#22
nriley
- Member
-
- Group: Members
- Posts: 20
- Joined: 14-October 06
Posted 07 August 2007 - 04:50 PM
Quote:
This new personal domain compatability seems to me to be nothing different than what I am now doing, except making redirection a little easier? Instead of redirecting to web.mac.com/fullusername/folder/subfolder/, I'm redirecting only to web.mac.com. Someone correct me if I'm wrong here.
This new personal domain compatability seems to me to be nothing different than what I am now doing, except making redirection a little easier? Instead of redirecting to web.mac.com/fullusername/folder/subfolder/, I'm redirecting only to web.mac.com. Someone correct me if I'm wrong here.
It's not a HTTP redirection; web.mac.com actually will serve content for your domain now. You create a CNAME (canonical name) in DNS for your domain pointing to web.mac.com. I'm definitely thinking about replacing my family's moribund Web site with a .Mac one now it'll be so easy to update.
#23
knarley
- Member
-
- Group: Members
- Posts: 177
- Joined: 04-February 03
Posted 07 August 2007 - 04:53 PM
Quote:
And, regardless, can you now password-protect only part of a .Mac website, leaving the rest open?
And, regardless, can you now password-protect only part of a .Mac website, leaving the rest open?
I have had password protected subsets on my .mac since Summer of 2004. They may have been there earlier, but that's when I first implemented it.
Each time you create a new subset you are given the option of password protecting it. Whatever you choose you can go back later and add it or remove it at your own whims.
#24
flybynight
- Member
-
- Group: Members
- Posts: 889
- Joined: 21-July 06
Posted 07 August 2007 - 05:26 PM
Quote:
... And, regardless, can you now password-protect only part of a .Mac website, leaving the rest open?
... And, regardless, can you now password-protect only part of a .Mac website, leaving the rest open?
The confusion here is that within iWeb, you can have different "Sites" - all under your username. Each "Site" can have password protection turned on or off, but you can link to pages from one site to another, so it's not really much of a limitation. Just that the URL gets pretty long-winded.
Example:
http://web.mac.com/u...e/pagename.html
Just putting in http://web.mac.com/username gets people to your "main" site, where they can get to the others if you provide links for them. That's what I give out to people. It's not as short as my own domain name, but not that terribly long either.
#25
Cloudmover
- Member
-
- Group: Members
- Posts: 61
- Joined: 09-January 07
Posted 07 August 2007 - 05:50 PM
Quote:
I have had password protected subsets on my .mac since Summer of 2004. They may have been there earlier, but that's when I first implemented it.
Each time you create a new subset you are given the option of password protecting it. Whatever you choose you can go back later and add it or remove it at your own whims.
Quote:
And, regardless, can you now password-protect only part of a .Mac website, leaving the rest open?
And, regardless, can you now password-protect only part of a .Mac website, leaving the rest open?
I have had password protected subsets on my .mac since Summer of 2004. They may have been there earlier, but that's when I first implemented it.
Each time you create a new subset you are given the option of password protecting it. Whatever you choose you can go back later and add it or remove it at your own whims.
I've been doing this as well.
In fact, I have many password protected sub-levels that I direct to different clients. The clients are given a specific webaddress where they can download files and images. At the eleventh hour, staring at a deadline, it's sooo much easier to do these sub-levels through .mac than it is through my own website and hosting company. Click-click and I'm done.
I'd love to host my site on apple's servers and if this new "Personal Domain" button can do it than Steve just saved me $200.00 a year!
#26
looper
- Newbie
-
- Group: Members
- Posts: 7
- Joined: 12-January 05
Posted 07 August 2007 - 06:10 PM
Quote:
The confusion here is that within iWeb, you can have different "Sites" - all under your username. Each "Site" can have password protection turned on or off, but you can link to pages from one site to another, so it's not really much of a limitation. Just that the URL gets pretty long-winded.
Quote:
... And, regardless, can you now password-protect only part of a .Mac website, leaving the rest open?
... And, regardless, can you now password-protect only part of a .Mac website, leaving the rest open?
The confusion here is that within iWeb, you can have different "Sites" - all under your username. Each "Site" can have password protection turned on or off, but you can link to pages from one site to another, so it's not really much of a limitation. Just that the URL gets pretty long-winded.
Not confusion, just ignorance on my part -- I have yet to use iWeb, or indeed anything from iLife past the '04 or '05 versions. You have just confirmed my hopes, namely that I can password-protect http://homepage.mac....ltfuels/family/ without hiding http://homepage.mac.com/altfuels/ ; now if I can only forward loopers.org to the former and altfuels.org to the latter, I'm golden! Can anybody confirm that this is doable?
Oh, and does anybody have any insight into how easy/fast/reliable it is to let .Mac enable the domain forwarding, after I am set up and ready to ditch my current register.com forwarding for loopers.org and my Earthlink hosting for altfuels.org? Presumably there's some red tape and handshaking going on -- otherwise I could drive traffic to my .Mac website simply by telling Apple to forward www.playboy.com to it...
#27
macnews
- Member
-
- Group: Members
- Posts: 285
- Joined: 11-January 05
Posted 07 August 2007 - 06:41 PM
The new storage space wasn't showing up for me a few hours ago but it is now. I still don't get the new storage settings in the .mac preference pane but if I log in online that amount is correct. I think what is slipping most people up is seeing the data transfer limit (mine is still at 10GB) and the fact your storage space is listed in MB, not GB.
#28
macnews
- Member
-
- Group: Members
- Posts: 285
- Joined: 11-January 05
Posted 07 August 2007 - 06:45 PM
Quote:
The confusion here is that within iWeb, you can have different "Sites" - all under your username. Each "Site" can have password protection turned on or off, but you can link to pages from one site to another, so it's not really much of a limitation. Just that the URL gets pretty long-winded.
Example:
http://web.mac.com/u...e/pagename.html
Just putting in http://web.mac.com/username gets people to your "main" site, where they can get to the others if you provide links for them. That's what I give out to people. It's not as short as my own domain name, but not that terribly long either.
Quote:
... And, regardless, can you now password-protect only part of a .Mac website, leaving the rest open?
... And, regardless, can you now password-protect only part of a .Mac website, leaving the rest open?
The confusion here is that within iWeb, you can have different "Sites" - all under your username. Each "Site" can have password protection turned on or off, but you can link to pages from one site to another, so it's not really much of a limitation. Just that the URL gets pretty long-winded.
Example:
http://web.mac.com/u...e/pagename.html
Just putting in http://web.mac.com/username gets people to your "main" site, where they can get to the others if you provide links for them. That's what I give out to people. It's not as short as my own domain name, but not that terribly long either.
I'm a bit confused by this personal domain thing. I am correct in understanding if I have registered a domain name of www.macdaddyfanboy.com (or .biz,.org, etc) I can have that site hosted on .mac? So all someone would need to do is type in www.macdaddyfanboy.com and they would go to the .mac servers?
