Archive an existing iWeb website?

What's the best way to take an existing iWeb-created website & save *the entire thing* for offline viewing?
Background: I'm about to restructure my family website, but my wife wants me to save "a copy" of the current website for posterity. I've tried some of the downloadable site extractors (Site Sucker, Web Devil, CocoaWget) but haven't had luck yet. It seems there's something about the iWeb-generated site that doesn't allow them to work right.
Thanks in advance!

If you want to archive/save the file that iWeb uses to create the site you must backup/archive the Domain.sites2 file that resides in your User/Library/Application Support/iWeb folder. That package is the key item if you want to edit/publish at a later date.
If you only want to save the published files the while in iWeb click on the site icon at the top of the left hand pane. In the window select Publish to a Folder.
Click to view full size
Publish the site to a folder and burn the contents of that folder to a CD. However, there are some features of the site that will not work. They are:
Features Unavailable When Publishing to a Non-Mac Server:
◼ Password protection
◼ Blog and photo comments
◼ Blog search
◼ Hit counter
◼ Enhanced slideshows
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