Can't open domain.sites2 in iWeb

Hi,
Can anyone help? My laptop crashed a the same time as my TM backups. I have managed to salvage my domain.sites2 file, but when I rebuilt the laptop and upgraded to ML, any time I try to open iWeb it says it cannot open file ~/domain.sites2.
Things I have tried:
Copy/restart/replace the file.
I have followed Pondinis suggestion about putting the file in a disc image to wipe the rights, then copy it back again.
I have tried resetting the home directory rights but to know avail.
Any and all help is greatfully appreciated.
Allan.

Something does not seem complete in your path name.
~/Library/Application Support/iWeb/domain.sites
or better yet
~/Library/Application Support/iWeb/Domain.sites2
Use the drop down menu in Finder>Go>Go to Folder copy and paste:
~/Library/Application Support/iWeb/

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One of the people I support is having a problem with iweb. She went and updated her site the other day. The next day, when she opened iweb to work on it some more, it didn't recognize her domain.sites2 file. It actually opened as if the site never existed. After I pulled the domain.sites2 icon to my desktop, I dragged it directly onto iweb. No good, is still opened up as if it were creating a new site. So, I opened up the sites icon so I could see everything in it, and all of the persons data is in there (pictures, forms, etc). When I copy the data out of that domain.sites2 folder and put it in another and rename it, it does the same thing (tries to open as if the data doesn't exist).
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