Lost files..can't edit old site!

I created a website a about a year ago and I need to update it. I created it on my girlfriends account and went to open iWEB on her computer and my site is no longer there. My site loads fine and the web address is still working. However I cannot find the files in iWEB to edit the site. Please help!
I went to the index file and found most of the stuff there. How to I open all my previous work back in iWEB so I can edit the site???

petesteck wrote:
I created a website a about a year ago and I need to update it. I created it on my girlfriends account and went to open iWEB on her computer and my site is no longer there. My site loads fine and the web address is still working. However I cannot find the files in iWEB to edit the site. Please help!
I went to the index file and found most of the stuff there. How to I open all my previous work back in iWEB so I can edit the site???
iWeb stores its files in a "domain" file. The file is located in your user Library -> Application Support -> iWeb Folder.
Unless it has been moved or deleted, it should still be there. Double click it and see if it launches with your data.
If it's been moved somewhere, you'd need to find it.
However, if the domain file you were using has been deleted and not backed up somewhere, you would need to start from scratch.
Good luck!
(I see Old Toad posted his response while I was still writing mine!
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old site (over
> 150
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petesteck wrote:
I created a website a about a year ago and I need to update it. I created it on my girlfriends account and went to open iWEB on her computer and my site is no longer there. My site loads fine and the web address is still working. However I cannot find the files in iWEB to edit the site. Please help!
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