Iweb opening domain.sites2

I transferred my Iweb by copying it from my MacBook Pro to my Mac mini.
I opened domain.sites2 and expected to have all my homemade websites available.
Nope. did not work. only got the blanc page and had to create a fresh start.
I want my old websites back!
Can anyone help me?

To open your domain file in Lion, Mountain Lion, Mavericks or Yosemite or to switch between multiple domain files Cyclosaurus has provided us with the following script that you can make into an Applescript application with Script Editor. Open Script Editor, copy and paste the script below into Script Editor's window and save as an application.
do shell script"/usr/bin/defaults write com.apple.iWeb iWebDefaultsDocumentPath -boolean no"
delay 1
tell application "iWeb" to activate
You can download an already compiled version with this link: iWeb Switch Domain.
Just launch the application, find and select the domain file in your Home/Library/Application Support/iWeb folder that you want to open and it will open with iWeb. It modifies the iWeb preference file each time it's launched so one can switch between domain files.
WARNING: iWeb Switch Domain will overwrite an existing Domain.sites2 file if you select to create a new domain in the same folder. So rename your domain files once they've been created to something other than the default name.
NOTE: In Lion and Mountain Lion the Home/Library folder is now invisible. To make it permanently visible in Lion or Mt. Lion enter the following in the Terminal application window: chflags nohidden ~/Library and press the Return key - 10.7: Un-hide the User Library folder.
For Mavericks, 10.9 , go to your Home folder and use the View ➙ Show View Options menu to bring the this window:

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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/

Iweb not opening domain.sites2 file

Hi
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).
Anyway, what caused this? More importantly, how do I get it to work again? She may have a functional backup (I have to go onto our servers and take a look-the computers back up automatically), but if for some reason it overwrote a previous copy, this may be all I have to work with.
Thanks in advance for any help.

Welcome to the Apple Discussions. Often an interruption of some sort, iWeb crash, computer crash, while iWeb is writing to it's files in the domain package. The best solution is to have a current backup of the domain file. That can be had by using Time Machine (hourly backups) or use a 3rd party backup application like Synk Standard which can do incremental backup, i.e. copy only those recent new or changed files) on a more frequent basis.
There was a new posting today about damaged domain files and the OP narrowed it down to a file in the package. You can read about it here: CRASHED and LOST EVERYTHING due to Library/App Supp/iWeb/index.xml.gz
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Can't Open domain.sites2

I recently aquired a customer who's ex-boyfriend made her website in iWeb. Now that he is the ex, she's asked me to make some updates, however my iWeb won't open her site. I have all of her source files as well as the domain.sites2 file from her. I normally could just update the code in the source files, however, she wants to add new blog entries which I'm not savvy enough to be able to hand code something like that. I need to be able to have iWeb do it for me. I have moved the domain.sites2 folder in the Application Support folder under iWeb, however I get the error that it cannot open it. I have tried what Toad suggests in the many discussions as well as what this https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4121370?start=15&tstart=0 discussion suggests, however, I still cannot open the file.
I am wondering if maybe the site was created with a different version of iLife than I have? How could I check something like that (in the Product I put iWeb '08 however I am not sure if I really have '08 or another year)? Or is there something else someone suspects?

Select the Domain.sites2 file and Get Info - Command I
Check that you have read/write permissions in the info window.
See this page for how to open a Domain file when using Lion/Mountain Lion....
http://www.iwebformusicians.com/iWeb/mountain-lion.html

Recovering iWeb's "Domains.sites2" file

Hi, my situation follows:
two days ago, I had a kernel panic. Fortunately, I had Windows XP installed with Boot Camp. I started it, installed MacDrive 7 and moved the entire HFS+ partition containing my OS X files into an external, FireWire 400, 500 GB drive. The files were moved succesfully, so I was able to initialize the OS X partition, reinstall OS X 10.4.8, update all the programs and began restoring the files.
Now, what's most important to me is my website, which is made with iWeb.
The kernel panic occurred immediately after iLife '08 installation. In fact, the system detected there were updates available, but some running applications (VLC and Messenger) interfered with the update to OS X 10.4.11 . I was asked to reboot the system, but then it was impossible to login, because the rotating palettes would never stop rotating.
I then booted with OS X 10.4.8 install disk. Boot Disk said the OS X partition was containing OS X 10.4.11, but it was not true, because the update to 10.4.11 had failed previously to reboot. So I made my mistake: I tried to restore the boot image from OS X 10.4.8 install disk to OS X false-10.4.11 hard disk partition. The process did not fail; however, when rebooted I had a kernel panic.
As I said, I have not lost even a single file, because MacDrive was able to move all the data to an external disk.
Now I'm restoring it.
The problem comes with iWeb. When the infamous update to OS X 10.4.11 occurred, iWeb was succesfully updated to version 2.0.2 (iLife '08), while my website was last opened with iWeb '08 original (with no updates).
Now, if I try to move the Domains.sites2 file to /Users/mylogin/Library/Application Support/iWeb and start iWeb '08 2.0.2, it recognizes the web pages, but they are all grey, exactly as they do not exist.
Unfortunately, I am beginning to think this is the problem: the last time I had modified my webpages with iWeb was with iWeb 2.0, and during the update it was updated to 2.0.2 . If I would have re-opened them with 2.0.2 version, the Domains.sites2 file would have been updated too.
So, now I have iWeb 2.0.2 and a Domains.sites2 file which was last modified with version 2.0, so I'm thinking: is this the problem? Is iWeb not recognizing the file because it was opened with an older version ?
Or:
*are there any iWeb files other than in /Users/mylogin/Library/Application Support/iWeb ???*
If so, please tell me so I will be able to restore all the files.
Thank you for your support,
Tyrexionibus

I'm guessing you have answered this by now, but no there are no other files

Iweb installed on a new computer but i have this error message: Can't open file "~/Library/Application Support/iWeb/Domain.sites2."

I have just installed ilife on my new computer from my disk. I have several backups of my webpage from my old computer. Everything would be great if I could just run the program. When I click the icon for iWeb I get the following message: Can’t open file “~/Library/Application Support/iWeb/Domain.sites2.”
Somebody please help! I desperately need to update my website.

In Lion the Library folder is now invisible. To make it permanently visible enter the following in the Terminal application window: chflags nohidden ~/Library and hit the Enter button - 10.7: Un-hide the User Library folder.
To open your domain file in Lion or to switch between multiple domain files Cyclosaurus has provided us with the following script that you can make into an Applescript application with Script Editor. Open Script Editor, copy and paste the script below into Script Editor's window and save as an application.
do shell script "/usr/bin/defaults write com.apple.iWeb iWebDefaultsDocumentPath -boolean no"delay 1
tell application "iWeb" to activate
Just launch the application, find and select the domain file you want to open and it will open with iWeb. It modifies the iWeb preference file each time it's launched so one can switch between domain files.
You can download an already compiled version with this link: iWeb Switch Domain.
WARNING: iWeb Switch Domain will overwrite an existing Domain.sites2 file if you select to create a new domain in the same folder. So rename your domain files once they've been created to something other than the default name.
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Can't open file "~/Library/Application Support/iWeb/Domain.sites2."

Hello,
I have been using iWeb for over a year and I have a lot of my work on it. But for some reason, when I went to open iWeb, I get the error message:
+Can’t open file “~/Library/Application Support/iWeb/Domain.sites2.”+
Does anyone know how I can fix this and make sure my content doesn't get deleted?
Thank You!

Deleting the preference file does not affect the domain.sites2 file. If it's not in the default folder or has a name other than domain.sites2 then that's why iWeb couldn't find and open it. Find it and double-click on it to open it with iWeb 2. You do have a backup copy the domain file, right? If not download and use frequently the Automator application that Varkgirl created. You can get it at Varkgirl's iWeb Tips and Tricks site.

Can't open iWeb after upgrading to iLife 11 (Domain.sites2.)

I just upgraded my iLife package from 09' to 11' just a few days ago. Since then I haven't been able to open up iWeb (09'). I realize that the iLife 11 upgrade shouldn't have harmed iWeb 09', but it's the only change/add that I have done to my machine in the past week. Every time I try to launch iWeb either from the dock or from the domain file itself, I receive the following iWeb error:
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Has anyone seen this problem?

MACTr@KkeR wrote:
Can't open file "/Volumes/Macintosh HD/iWeb/Domain.sites2."
Did you move the Domain.sites2 file to that location? ...It can be moved, but most peopIe leave it where it usually resides and would see an error msg saying:
"Can’t open file “~/Library/Application Support/iWeb/Domain.sites2.”
You could try moving your Domain file to the above location and double-click it there. And remember to always backup all your Domain files before messing with them.
By the way, rather than posting a P.S. in your Public Profile:
"i've tried repairing permissions on the domain file with Batchmod as well."
...you can edit a post within 15 minutes of posting — just click on the pencil icon in the post or reply you want to edit. Then make your changes and click on the Edit Message button to post those changes. Each edit re-starts your 15 minute window for re-editing. (If you're outside the 15-min. window, simply post again.)

IWeb domain.sites2 does not open after transferring to another computer

I perused other posts, but still could not get a resolution to my problem....
I followed online instructions to transfer an iWeb file to another Mac computer using Dropbox. The file is Domain.sites2 and seems to be intact on my alternate computer. However, when I attempt to open the file (by clicking on the file name), it opens iWeb, but the site is not there. I don't see how to open an iWeb file after opening the program either. Can anyone help? Thanks.

See this page for how to open a Domain.sites2 file when using Lion or Mountain Lion...
http://www.iwebformusicians.com/iWeb/mountain-lion.html

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Getting error Can't open file "~/Library/Application Support/iWeb/Domain.sites2." when trying to open iWeb?

I recently had to replace my harddrive a few months back and tried to open my iWeb to update my website. When I click to open it, I get "Can’t open file “~/Library/Application Support/iWeb/Domain.sites2.” I uploaded iLife again but that didn't seem to help.

Did you confirm that you have a Domain.sites2 file in your Users/Home/Library/Application Support/iWeb folder? If so double click on it to try to open with iWeb. If that doesn't work try the following:
delete the iWeb preference file, com.apple.iWeb.plist, that resides in your Home()/Library/Preferences folder.
go to your Home()/Library/Caches/com.apple.iWeb folder and delete its contents.
launch iWeb and try again.
If that doesn't help continue with:
move the domain file from your Home/Library/Application Support/iWeb folder to the Desktop.
launch iWeb, create a new test site, save the new domain file and close iWeb.
go to the your Home/Library/Application Support/iWeb folder and delete the new domain file.
move your original domain file from the Desktop to the iWeb folder.
launch iWeb and try again.
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Can't open file Domain.sites2 - OS 10.5.8 iWeb won't open.

hi, can anyone help?
I haven't installed Lion. i'm still using 10.5.8
I last edited my website on December 5,2011 and today it won't open at all.
Geting an error message Can't open file Domain.sites2
I've tried copying the file to a new location - but it won't open there either.
i've tried restoring a version from December 10th using Time Machine but it won't open that file either...
any ideas, anyone?
thanks
Kat

In Lion the Library folder is now invisible. To make it permanently visible enter the following in the Terminal application window: chflags nohidden ~/Library and hit the Enter button - 10.7: Un-hide the User Library folder.
To open your domain file in Lion or to switch between multiple domain files Cyclosaurus has provided us with the following script that you can make into an Applescript application with Script Editor. Open Script Editor, copy and paste the script below into Script Editor's window and save as an application.
do shell script "/usr/bin/defaults write com.apple.iWeb iWebDefaultsDocumentPath -boolean no"delay 1
tell application "iWeb" to activate
You can download an already compiled version with this link: iWeb Switch Domain.
Just launch the application, find and select the domain file you want to open and it will open with iWeb. It modifies the iWeb preference file each time it's launched so one can switch between domain files.
WARNING: iWeb Switch Domain will overwrite an existing Domain.sites2 file if you select to create a new domain in the same folder. So rename your domain files once they've been created to something other than the default name.

My iWeb can't open. A sign comes up and says:"Can't open file "~/Library/Application Support/iWeb/Domain.sites2." Help?

I love iWeb. It has many advantages over on-line web-builders, but finding help is not easy.
My iWeb just stopped working. When I try to open it, a sign comes up "Can’t open file “~/Library/Application Support/iWeb/Domain.sites2.”
Can anyone help we fix this error and get back to work?
David aT [email protected]

Happens a lot :
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Since I signed up for icloud, I can't get into my iweb application. I get the following message Can't open file "/Volumes/pnoon1/Band Stufff/Domain.sites2."

Since I signed up for icloud, I can't get into my iweb application. I get the following message
Can’t open file “/Volumes/pnoon1/Band Stufff/Domain.sites2.”
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Hi!
I encountered a problem a few weeks ago which is a bit like yours. In my case my Apple ID stopped working after I upgraded to Mountain Lion. I finally found out it was because of the fact that my Apple ID has in fact been an alias within my much older MobileMe/iCloud account. And they weren't able to merge or reset the account at first. It took me a lot of mails and a few calls to get them to resetting the account and changing my Apple ID (for the Apple Store, iTunes, etc.) to a different, non-iCloud related email adress.
Anyway, maybe you can call the Apple Support and kindly ask them to reset the password for this ominous @me.com account so you can finally start using it.
Did you try logging into iCloud using your adress with the appendix @me.com because not everybody has got the @icloud.com ending yet. Technically it's no problem to create a new iCloud account. I can understand though that you'd like to get "your name" back .

Can't open file "~Library/Application Support/iWeb/Domain.sites2" from a backup

I've done my home work on this one. I'm trying to recover the Domain.sites2 files from a backup on to an OS 10.6.8 with iWeb 3.0.4. It allows me to create a new site perfectly but I followed these instructions at iwebformusicians including deleting the .plist preferences file, restarting and running DU/Fix Permissions, running BatChmod based on this suggestion, and even deleting the .plist files from the Domain.sites2 package based on this suggestion. I also tried DomainCracker based on the tips at iwebformusicians since there are 2 domains in the sites2 file.
At a loss here. I still have all the web pages in the Sites folder. What are my options? Is the file really corrupt?

Try the following:
delete the iWeb preference files, com.apple.iWeb.plist and com.apple.iWeb.plist.lockfile, that resides in your Home() /Library/Preferences folder.
go to your Home()/Library/Caches/com.apple.iWeb folder and delete its contents.
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launch iWeb and try again.
If that doesn't help continue with:
move the domain file from your Home/Library/Application Support/iWeb folder to the Desktop.
launch iWeb, create a new test site, save the new domain file and close iWeb.
go to the your Home/Library/Application Support/iWeb folder and delete the new domain file.
move your original domain file from the Desktop to the iWeb folder.
launch iWeb and try again.
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