Open iWeb on another mac using Dropbox or a flash drive?

I am having a hard time transfering the iWeb file that I created from one mac to another.  I have it saved in Dropbox and have tried to open it from another mac through Dropbox and initailly it wouldn't open it at all.  Then I tried the iWeb Switch Domain and now iWeb will open an extremely out dated version of my site.  And I only have 1 site file.  I have tried transfering it to a flash drive and I get the same result.  Any ideas?
Thanks in advance for the help!
C

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.
Use the app below to open the domain file in your dropbox folder on each mac:
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.

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