Import older sites to iweb 8

i have a folder with a bunch of iweb sites I think I created in iweb 7...recently I've build some sites in iweb 8...how do I import these 7 sites into iweb8?

Open the domain file that iWeb 07 used to create the sites with iWeb 08 and continue from there.  But you need the domain.sites file that was used.  If you don't have it or have a backup copy you'll have to rebuild the sites from scratch. Chapter 2.3 on the iWeb FAQ.org site has tips on using some of the existing files, image, audio, video, etc., from the published site in the recreation of the site.
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