I have removed these instructions. It really was a ridiculous process, plus I don’t have an example anymore since I don’t publish to .Mac anymore.
Here is my recommendation if you want a different slideshow than the standard .Mac one:
PUBLISH TO A FOLDER on your iDisk rather than just hitting the .Mac “Publish” button.
I know what you’re thinking - you’ll lose .Mac only features! Here are my solutions for you:
1. Enhanced Slideshow:
Use one of these Slideshow_assets alternatives:
2. Comments:
3. Password protection:
Unfortunately, I don’t have a solution for this one at the moment, not if you are publishing to your iDisk anyway. If you are publishing to another server via ftp, that host may have options for you.
4. Counter:
http://www.statcounter.com - much more informative than the .Mac counter anyway!
5. Incremental Publishing:
While I can’t fix the fact that you will have to republish the whole site to the folder each time, if you are uploading to a 3rd party host (not your iDisk), you can use Transmit and it is smart enough to compare file sizes, etc and only upload things that are truly different than the last time. Images, etc are often skipped. http://www.panic.com
Please, leave a comment in my GuestBook if you are confused and need clarification, or just to let me know this has been helpful!
Or, maybe you are feeling really grateful and generous... care to buy me something off my Amazon Wishlist? Just about everything on there is intended for my classroom, so you would be making a great donation!