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"You can now publish web sites directly to your own personal web address (or domain) with just one click. To do it, youll need a registered domain name that you control, along with iWeb 08 and your .Mac membership.
If you dont already own a domain, you can buy one from the domain registrar of your choice (.Mac doesnt sell domain names). Then log in to www.mac.com, go to Account, select Personal Domain, and follow the instructions.
Its a simple process. Just enter and confirm your domain name, then go to your domain registrars website and change a few settings. Learn more.
It will take your registrar up to 48 hours to update your domain. After that, publish your iWeb 08 site to .Mac with one click, and it will be viewable at your personal address."
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SO, to sum it up, it appears that this is ONLY the case if you're using iWeb to create your sites. Which I do not (anymore) due to inherent limitations (such as submenuing), and have switched to Rapid Weaver.
Sucks too, because I was thinking before today that THAT would be a cool .mac incentive, allow web host to ANY domain like that. But alas, not in the cards for me, apparently
.Mac expands storage, adds personal domains
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Posted 07 August 2007 - 07:21 PM
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From my .Mac info page
Storage
Email Storage:120 MB
iDisk Storage:10120 MB
Total Storage:10240 MB
Data Transfer/month:100 GB Details
From my .Mac info page
Storage
Email Storage:120 MB
iDisk Storage:10120 MB
Total Storage:10240 MB
Data Transfer/month:100 GB Details
Oddly, mine is:
Email Storage:60 MB
iDisk Storage:964 MB
Total Storage:10240 MB
Data Transfer/month:10 GB
The "Total Storage" amount is updated, but the amounts for e-mail and iDisk specific numbers haven't, and the transfer amount also hasn't changed (yet).
I wonder if I have to set the partition sizes in my preferences to have them update at .Mac?
Both the greater storage and transfer limits will really help me as I post videos online, as I have been at risk of passing the transfer limit and be shut down for a while.
Anyone else think it strange that there is a monthly transfer limit, but it is split into half-month increments? /forums/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif
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Posted 07 August 2007 - 07:26 PM
I just registered this with ".Mac Feedback," and I'd say everyone else should, too:
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SUBJECT: Personal Domain Name Hosting
"BOOOO for not allowing non-iWeb users this feature, as well. I think it's a shame to offer that service ONLY to people using iWeb, especially seeing as how most people who would even begin to KNOW about how the web works or desire this feature are probably beyond the capabilities of iWeb and using something else. So you're offering a feature that's too sophisticated for the users your propositioning it to, and specifically denying this service to those of us who would actually use it. Cutting of nose to spite face is what I'm thinking here.
This should be opened up to ALL .Mac subscribers. I mean, integration is one thing, offering services through .Mac that aren't available to ALL .Mac subscribers seems borderline illegal, and at the least very, VERY disingenuous to your installed, more advanced user base."
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It's a travesty that they FINALLY allow something like this, then only allow it through their iWeb program. I'm a paying .Mac member, I want to do it anyway I can, regardless of whether I used iWeb, hard-coded it, or used RW or something else.
This is just pathetic!
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SUBJECT: Personal Domain Name Hosting
"BOOOO for not allowing non-iWeb users this feature, as well. I think it's a shame to offer that service ONLY to people using iWeb, especially seeing as how most people who would even begin to KNOW about how the web works or desire this feature are probably beyond the capabilities of iWeb and using something else. So you're offering a feature that's too sophisticated for the users your propositioning it to, and specifically denying this service to those of us who would actually use it. Cutting of nose to spite face is what I'm thinking here.
This should be opened up to ALL .Mac subscribers. I mean, integration is one thing, offering services through .Mac that aren't available to ALL .Mac subscribers seems borderline illegal, and at the least very, VERY disingenuous to your installed, more advanced user base."
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It's a travesty that they FINALLY allow something like this, then only allow it through their iWeb program. I'm a paying .Mac member, I want to do it anyway I can, regardless of whether I used iWeb, hard-coded it, or used RW or something else.
This is just pathetic!
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Posted 07 August 2007 - 07:40 PM
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Ooh, I'm seeing something I don't think was there before. In the General section of the .Mac mail preferences there's an option to turn on Junk mail filtering. Is this new, or has it been there all along and I never noticed it?? And no, I don't mean with the Mail.app program itself, I mean in the webmail portion.
Ooh, I'm seeing something I don't think was there before. In the General section of the .Mac mail preferences there's an option to turn on Junk mail filtering. Is this new, or has it been there all along and I never noticed it?? And no, I don't mean with the Mail.app program itself, I mean in the webmail portion.
From Apple's mass mailing to .Mac users:
"Improved webmail spam filtering. .Mac Mail also helps you better manage unwanted email with enhanced junk mail identification and sorting in webmail. To activate this new feature, just turn it on in your webmail preferencesgo to www.mac.com, click Mail, and select Preferences in the upper right."
The "improved" part makes it look as if it is not new, just updated, but the "To activate this new feature" sure seems to indicate that it wasn't there before. I'm not sure which it is. Note that they recommend setting the junk mail filter the same in both the .Mac and your Apple Mail programs to insure that they react the same way.
Something else that is new is this (just don't ask me what the previous limit was):
"Larger email attachments. You can now send and receive larger email attachmentsup to 20 MB."
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Posted 07 August 2007 - 07:48 PM
My .mac notice:
Dear .Mac member:
We'd like you to know about some exciting changes to your .Mac service. Read below to see how .Mac gives you new ways to share, more online storage, larger email attachments, and better control over spam in webmail.
You can now easily share photos and movies directly from iPhoto '08 and iMovie '08. Friends and family can see your photo albums in a variety of views. With your permission, they can download photos suitable for 16-by-20-inch prints and contribute photos by browser upload or email. To create a Web Gallery you will need iPhoto '08 version 7.0.1.
10x the storage. To make room for your photos and movies, your .Mac online storage will increase as follows:
Basic memberships will have a total of 10 GB of combined email and file storage.
Family Packs will have a total of 20 GB (10 GB for the master account, 2.5 GB for each sub-account).
If you upgraded to 2 GB, you will have a total of 20 GB of storage; if you upgraded to 4 GB, you will have a total of 30 GB.
You should see the storage increase in your account by August 14th.
Improved iWeb site hosting. Using iWeb '08, you can embed dynamic web widgets like Google Maps, Google AdSense, Web Gallery albums, or HTML snippets in your .Mac site. You'll also find new themes and one-click theme-switching. And if you have your own personal domain, new settings in iWeb '08 let you assign it to your .Mac site.
Larger email attachments. You can now send and receive larger email attachmentsup to 20 MB.
Improved webmail spam filtering. .Mac Mail also helps you better manage unwanted email with enhanced junk mail identification and sorting in webmail. To activate this new feature, just turn it on in your webmail preferencesgo to www.mac.com, click Mail, and select Preferences in the upper right.
We hope these improvements help you get even more from your .Mac membership. And, as always, thank you for being a .Mac member.
Sincerely,
The .Mac Team
Dear .Mac member:
We'd like you to know about some exciting changes to your .Mac service. Read below to see how .Mac gives you new ways to share, more online storage, larger email attachments, and better control over spam in webmail.
You can now easily share photos and movies directly from iPhoto '08 and iMovie '08. Friends and family can see your photo albums in a variety of views. With your permission, they can download photos suitable for 16-by-20-inch prints and contribute photos by browser upload or email. To create a Web Gallery you will need iPhoto '08 version 7.0.1.
10x the storage. To make room for your photos and movies, your .Mac online storage will increase as follows:
Basic memberships will have a total of 10 GB of combined email and file storage.
Family Packs will have a total of 20 GB (10 GB for the master account, 2.5 GB for each sub-account).
If you upgraded to 2 GB, you will have a total of 20 GB of storage; if you upgraded to 4 GB, you will have a total of 30 GB.
You should see the storage increase in your account by August 14th.
Improved iWeb site hosting. Using iWeb '08, you can embed dynamic web widgets like Google Maps, Google AdSense, Web Gallery albums, or HTML snippets in your .Mac site. You'll also find new themes and one-click theme-switching. And if you have your own personal domain, new settings in iWeb '08 let you assign it to your .Mac site.
Larger email attachments. You can now send and receive larger email attachmentsup to 20 MB.
Improved webmail spam filtering. .Mac Mail also helps you better manage unwanted email with enhanced junk mail identification and sorting in webmail. To activate this new feature, just turn it on in your webmail preferencesgo to www.mac.com, click Mail, and select Preferences in the upper right.
We hope these improvements help you get even more from your .Mac membership. And, as always, thank you for being a .Mac member.
Sincerely,
The .Mac Team
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Posted 07 August 2007 - 08:05 PM
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I just registered this with ".Mac Feedback," ...
It's a travesty that they FINALLY allow something like this, then only allow it through their iWeb program. I'm a paying .Mac member, I want to do it anyway I can, regardless of whether I used iWeb, hard-coded it, or used RW or something else.
This is just pathetic!
I just registered this with ".Mac Feedback," ...
It's a travesty that they FINALLY allow something like this, then only allow it through their iWeb program. I'm a paying .Mac member, I want to do it anyway I can, regardless of whether I used iWeb, hard-coded it, or used RW or something else.
This is just pathetic!
I'm sure there is a workaround.
I don't see why you couldn't upload a non- iWeb created site via the .Mac My Pages/Homepage/Advanced link.
It's a couple of extra steps but I've been doing it that way for years.
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Posted 07 August 2007 - 08:29 PM
Nice improvements but in whole or in part it still isn't competitive with other similar services. Do they not increase the disk/email storage quota because we would actually use it (services like Dreamhost count on the fact that most of there customers will never fully utilize their accounts)?
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Posted 07 August 2007 - 09:14 PM
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I'm sure there is a workaround.
I don't see why you couldn't upload a non- iWeb created site via the .Mac My Pages/Homepage/Advanced link.
It's a couple of extra steps but I've been doing it that way for years.
I'm sure there is a workaround.
I don't see why you couldn't upload a non- iWeb created site via the .Mac My Pages/Homepage/Advanced link.
It's a couple of extra steps but I've been doing it that way for years.
Well, it's the same as you can't load a non-iWeb-created site to show up on a web.mac.com address. It's to me sort of the same thing, except this time there's nothing real about the delineation, it's an artificial construct at least the web.mac.com could say they had to specially support Apple-provided extras, such as hit counters & site search.
I don't want to have to jump through hoops & and finagle it, I want it to be just plain allowed. I've been waiting for this, and it's just upsetting that it's so limited (to just iWeb publishers). It should be open to ALL users, not just iWeb, and NATIVELY SO.
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Posted 08 August 2007 - 05:10 AM
I could be wrong, but I suspect the point that limits site building on .Mac to iWeb is the "with just one click" part. Given the proper information, can you not upload a site to .Mac with any FTP client, BBEdit or Dreamweaver? After all, .Mac was hosting web sites long before iWeb came along.
The part about using your own domain is appealing, as are the storage and bandwidth improvements. The latter two were essential, not alone because of the new web gallery features, but because .Mac was already well behind the competition in space and bandwidth allowances and far more expensive.
The most appealing part of the whole deal, in my opinion, is the web gallery feature in the new versions of iPhoto and iMovie. As demonstrated by Steve Jobs in his presentation, they add real value to .Mac and make it truly compelling for the first time. And they make Web 2.0 a reality and render conventional Flash gallery sites positively antique by comparison. Steve didn't say what technologies underlie the galleries, but the results are spectacular in any web browser - even on Vista. Indeed, the brief view of a .Mac web gallery in Internet Explorer in Vista was perhaps the most shocking part of his presentation.
And, for non web designers, apparently you can upload galleries from iPhoto and iMovie directly to your .Mac space, without using iWeb at all. If this is in fact as easy as he made it appear, it will boost sales of iLife (and new Macs) and certainly increase .Mac subscriptions significantly.
I am now seriously considering a .Mac account for the first time, if for no other reason than that my clients are going to be asking me how to use it.
The part about using your own domain is appealing, as are the storage and bandwidth improvements. The latter two were essential, not alone because of the new web gallery features, but because .Mac was already well behind the competition in space and bandwidth allowances and far more expensive.
The most appealing part of the whole deal, in my opinion, is the web gallery feature in the new versions of iPhoto and iMovie. As demonstrated by Steve Jobs in his presentation, they add real value to .Mac and make it truly compelling for the first time. And they make Web 2.0 a reality and render conventional Flash gallery sites positively antique by comparison. Steve didn't say what technologies underlie the galleries, but the results are spectacular in any web browser - even on Vista. Indeed, the brief view of a .Mac web gallery in Internet Explorer in Vista was perhaps the most shocking part of his presentation.
And, for non web designers, apparently you can upload galleries from iPhoto and iMovie directly to your .Mac space, without using iWeb at all. If this is in fact as easy as he made it appear, it will boost sales of iLife (and new Macs) and certainly increase .Mac subscriptions significantly.
I am now seriously considering a .Mac account for the first time, if for no other reason than that my clients are going to be asking me how to use it.
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Posted 08 August 2007 - 08:11 AM
That is a very good point. I am using Dreamweaver and I went through a world of grief trying to get that thing to work with iweb. Uploading was a major hassle. But I eventually worked it out somewhat.
Now if I get into to more web designing I may just go to .mac. As I get older,I am more interested in finding an easier solution instead of constantly beating my head against the wall sort of speak.
But I am not a pro (getting paid) web designer. I don't know all the code etc.
Now if I get into to more web designing I may just go to .mac. As I get older,I am more interested in finding an easier solution instead of constantly beating my head against the wall sort of speak.
But I am not a pro (getting paid) web designer. I don't know all the code etc.
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Posted 08 August 2007 - 08:32 AM
mac.com is currently down /forums/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif
[8/8/07 9:15 - 9:30 EST]
No status page. Nothing:
" .Mac service is temporarily unavailable. We apologize for any inconvenience. Please check back shortly. " In different languages.
I hoped the personal domains would have been of the http://username.mac.com and support for a custom 404 page (so that you can have your own or reroute to the index page while something is still uploading (blog refresh, ...) or you changed site structure and there might be old links floating around the web.)
Sadly is a poorly chosen wording for the fact that you tie in your existing domain you purchase separately. Domains pretty much always have had domain or URL forwarding, so, that your www.domainname.com could point to homepage.mac.com/username/ which people have been doing for years. So?
The new gallery does look & work pretty slick: http://gallery.mac.c..._parker#gallery
[8/8/07 9:15 - 9:30 EST]
No status page. Nothing:
" .Mac service is temporarily unavailable. We apologize for any inconvenience. Please check back shortly. " In different languages.
I hoped the personal domains would have been of the http://username.mac.com and support for a custom 404 page (so that you can have your own or reroute to the index page while something is still uploading (blog refresh, ...) or you changed site structure and there might be old links floating around the web.)
Sadly is a poorly chosen wording for the fact that you tie in your existing domain you purchase separately. Domains pretty much always have had domain or URL forwarding, so, that your www.domainname.com could point to homepage.mac.com/username/ which people have been doing for years. So?
The new gallery does look & work pretty slick: http://gallery.mac.c..._parker#gallery
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Posted 08 August 2007 - 08:48 AM
Hi
I'm not having any problems with logging in .Mac ( www.mac.com ), accessing my .Mac page from Safari, or with webmail but the status area ( when you are logged in ) is saying that "Mail" and "Web Pages" status are yellow ( problems ) instead of green.
I'm not having any problems with logging in .Mac ( www.mac.com ), accessing my .Mac page from Safari, or with webmail but the status area ( when you are logged in ) is saying that "Mail" and "Web Pages" status are yellow ( problems ) instead of green.
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Members cannot access the www.mac.com website. It will be restored ASAP.
Members cannot log in to iChat. Login will be restored ASAP. Chats in progress can continue unless you log out.
Members cannot access the www.mac.com website. It will be restored ASAP.
Members cannot log in to iChat. Login will be restored ASAP. Chats in progress can continue unless you log out.
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Posted 08 August 2007 - 09:39 AM
It is back up /forums/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif
From the .mac status page:
08/08/2007
.Mac members were unable to access some web based services, and could not log into iChat, from 5:20 AM to 6:30 AM PDT. Normal Service has been restored.
From the .mac status page:
08/08/2007
.Mac members were unable to access some web based services, and could not log into iChat, from 5:20 AM to 6:30 AM PDT. Normal Service has been restored.
