Iweb recovery files

Hello everyone, have trouble with my imac intel and i lost all my data so i had to erase and install tiger, the point is that i have posted webpages using iweb, is there anyway to recover those pages from .mac like if go to my idisk can drag some specific files or folders to my computer in order to been able to see the sites and edit them again or i lost all the work?
thank you

Hi
I am sorry to say, that you cannot recovered you work from the iDisk published sites.
The file that contains you site is called domain.sites, and it lives here:
User / Library / Application Support / iWeb / domain.sites
If you have a back up of this file then you can recover you work, if not then I am afraid that it is a case of starting again. Maybe copy and paste from the existing site.
If you have a backup of your home folder then you will have this file saved.
Will

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And I dont see the library/application support/iweb folder anywhere.
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And the page explains how to open the hidden library folder in Lion. Which is also discussed in the Lion forum and extensively in this one.

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hm, i tried Cmd-Shift-C and typing "sites2" in the search field.
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I want to move my iweb domain files to another computer, I read the directions in help but the file isn't where it says it is, can anyone direct me?

Where are you looking?
Here:
User>Library>Application Support>iWeb
Keep in mind that your Library folder is hidden by default in Mountain Lion.
To find it, hold down the option key and choose the Go menu in the Finder.
You might also want to try posting your question over in the iWeb area.
https://discussions.apple.com/community/ilife/iweb
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