Lost iWeb

Hi
I have completely lost iWeb from my Mac for some reason. Is there anyway that i can re-install iWeb either from the OS Installation disc or, from a separate iWeb i had purchased previously without causing damage or grief to all other programs?

The last Full back up the time machine did was a couple months ago. I have been having trouble with it. I did manage to find an older version of a "Domain.sites2" and that did open an iweb from that time so not all is lost. Thank you. One more question thou, I have all the backed up files (except the .site file because while in iWeb I not only published to .mac but published to a folder on the external hard drive. I brought those files over and when click on each index page it works great. Can't I write a .site to connect those pages to iweb if not how do I cut and paste the many pages as you suggest?
Why does iWeb give you the option to publish to a folder? What other things would you use this for?
Thanks again for the help

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