A while back, I set up this RapidWeaver tip category yet didn't really fill it with as much content as I'd like. So, here's my tip. Set the Base URL correctly.

What IS the Base URL?

The Base URL is the web address that you would type to access your RapidWeaver site when online. The Base URL for my site is http://www.nikfletcher.com

Common Mistakes

1. People often forget to start it with http://
2. It's sometimes incorrectly entered.
3. People don't know it exists.
4. It's a little known fact that it auto-fills to your hompage.mac.com/username account in the Base URL box if you've got .Mac set up in System Preferences.
5. People confuse it with the site path in the publishing dialogue.

I'm in the process of scripting and recording a screencast that gives you more information about RapidWeaver's publishing and Base URL than you'd ever want to know, but in the mean time, here is what I enter for my site in the Base URL box:

In short, the Base URL generally refers to the folder you're uploading the site to - be it a domain name, a subdomain or subfolder.