| Whether you're building your own web site with the web-based HomePage tool, there are some things you need to know about where the files are placed on your iDisk. If you plan to use the HomePage tools to build your site, you need to place the files for your site in specific folders on your iDisk. If you recall from Chapter 3, there are nine folders on your iDisk, of which the following five play an important role in how your HomePage comes together: -
- Movies
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Place the movies you create with iMovie or any other digital movie application in this directory. iMovie 4, which is included with iLife '04, makes it incredibly easy for you to publish the iMovies you create directly to your .Mac HomePage. iMovie 4 automatically compresses your movies down to size and takes you to the HomePage tools so you can customize the web page and publish it to your .Mac HomePage. For details on how to use iMovie 4 to publish a movie, see Section 7.9, later in this chapter. -
- Music
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This directory can be used to hold audio files for use with your HomePage. -
- Pictures
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This folder is provided for storing image files you want to use with your HomePage. This folder is also home to any Photo Albums you create with the HomePage tools or iPhoto, as well as any Slide Shows (more commonly known as screensavers) you create with the .Mac Slides Publisher or from iPhoto. -
- Public
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You can create a File Sharing page (described later) to make it easier for people to download files stored in your iDisk's Public folder. Rather than telling a friend to mount your Public folder, you can direct them to the File Sharing page on your .Mac HomePage.  | If your iDisk's Public folder is password-protected, anyone who goes to your File Sharing page will not be challenged for a password before they can download or upload files from your Public folder. Keep this in mind if there is something in your iDisk's Public folder that you don't want the rest of the world to have access to. | |
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- Sites
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The Sites folder is the primary directory for your .Mac HomePage. When someone points a web browser at your .Mac HomePage (http://homepage.mac.com/ membername ), the web browser is really grabbing the page found at http://homepage.mac.com/ membername /Sites/index.html. To upload files to your iDisk, simply drag and drop them from one Finder window to another. Just remember to drop the files in their appropriate folder on your iDisk. Otherwise, you might not be able to add a picture or movie to your site if you've copied them to the incorrect folder.  | If you have a local copy of your iDisk, and you're not using the HomePage tools to build your .Mac site, you can conveniently work offline and store any files for your site in their appropriate folder. Then, when you connect to the Internet again, you can sync your local iDisk with the .Mac servers to update your site. For more information about keeping a local copy of your iDisk, see Chapter 3. | |
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