Import existing site to iweb?

I'm switching from pc to mac, and having some web publishing issues.
I've got a couple existing published websites that I'd like to import onto my mac and edit. I opened iweb to try it out, and I can't seem to simply open the existing site within iweb. Is that possible?
If that's not possible, can someone recommend an HTML editor? I use Dreamweaver on my PC, but don't want to shell out an additional $399 for the mac version.
thanks.
macbook pro Mac OS X (10.4.6)

I use BBEdit for all of my web development. It is very good but is geared towards advanced users.
http://www.barebones.com/products/bbedit/index.shtml

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