New Workaround for .Mac domain publishing

I just figured out maybe the most easy way to get Rapidweaver to work with the new .Mac user domain feature.

Simply activate FTP in System Preferences -> Sharing. This allows to use Rapidweaver's publishing to FTP using the path "/Volumes//Web/Sites" (see screenshot below). Your iDisk has to be mounted for this to work - if the /Volumes/ folder does not contain any folder named like your .Mac account, try to access your iDisk through finder once - this should do the job.
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Rapidweaver will maybe warn you that you try to access a .Mac Account using FTP ... simply confirm to publish anyway. Works without any problems including smart updates.
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Be aware that you expose the FTP ports to the Internet by activating FTP-Sharing. OS X however requires login with your user account and password, so that arbitrary access is not possible.

If the /Web/ folder on your iDisk is not yet existing, you have to use iWeb once to publish an arbitrary page - the necessary folders will then be created and subsequently will stay available even when you delete the content published with iWeb.
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