IWeb Blog Error: "blog.webtemplate" couldn't be opened

So my iweb crashed as I was writing a new blog entry and when I reopened it all the pages were ok with the exception of the blog "entries" page which just show up as a blank white page in iweb. I tried adding another "blog page" and I got the error "The template 'blog.webtemplate' couldn't be opened. I've restarted the comp, run a permissions repair, but with no luck.
Suggestions?

First thing to do: make at least one backup or copy of your sites folder but don't replace the one your had made earlier. Give it an other name or so. I suppose or hope it's only the app that has gone bad, not your site files.
There is an update of iLife and I hope they fixed some bugs in iWeb too.
I'll have a look at it today and see whether my problem have disappeared.
You can go back with Time Machine to the time when the app was working (even with bugs). Then try the iLife update.

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