[theFIRMbss]

Just go to Blogger.
They'll handle the details and
as you learn more tech

you can always get
more complicated later.
Simple is better.

From looking around,
it looks like many of those
"Alaskan bloggers"

are "just" Blogger sites
and they are influential.
Simple is better.

[Rio]

FTP "file transfer protocol?" is what you'd use to load lots of files to your site all at once. You build the site on your own computer, get it the way you like it, then upload it using FTP.
When you edit a file on your computer, or create a new one, then you use FTP to replace the old file on your server with the new one.

I use CuteFTP and love it.

Have fun!

[antiRepublicrat]

You don't need iWeb at all if you just want to blog and allow comments. Any decent ISP will already have blog sofwtare installed or ready for you to install. Try here, cheap, reliable, good support, but not the fastest.

[lafroste]

Here is my two cents:

1) Use Joomla (it's free)

2) Use a site that offers Apache and MySQL;

3) Use the Joomla plugins that are geared to Blogs.

It's really powerful software, it's free and you can do dang near anything with it, including blogs.

Freepmail me if you want to discuss further.

[Star Traveler]

Check out “Swordmaker” posts to all the Mac users here on Free Republic. On those threads, you’ll see the Macintosh users show up and you can probably ask a few there...

[Liberty Valance]

Make sure to include this file on your new blog. ;o)

[PIF]

InMotion Hosting is where I moved after the Yahoo debacle. GoDaddy sucks.

wordpress.com is also free and far better than blogger - which I tried years ago, same for typepad and some others. Google I would not trust - especially if you have problems you cannot fix yourself.

WordPress is found on most hosting services, is far easier to learn and more flexable than Joomla.

[willyd]

Check out StratoCentric web site hosting. In the interest of full disclosure...I own the company. We target mostly brick and mortar businesses, but I can make an exception for a fellow Freeper. We don't overcrowd our servers and my cell phone is listed on our site, so feel free to call me any time with questions regarding your site...etc. The posts about the blog scripts are correct. You can load them automatically via your cpanel interface. Also, if you need help setting up your domain / email / etc...let me know. WillyD