Opening an iWeb working file on a second computer

I am trying to figure out how to open the working file of a site I created on one computer, on a different computer to make changes. I copied all the files over, but when i launch iWeb on the second computer to make changes, all I get is options to start a new site, but I can't figure out how to open the existing site I already created. Any answers? Thanks

If you are using .Mac, which you obviously are, then you DO NOT NEED to publish to a folder. This option is only relevant if you are uploading the files directly to your domain hosting company and need to use these and upload via an ftp program.
When you publish to a folder all the files are turned into html files and are live - unfortunately, you cannot update these with iWeb as iWeb cannot import.
The only way that you can alter your site is through the domain.sites file in the iWeb folder.
If you have created a site in iWeb and published this to .Mac, then you do have a domain.sites file that has to be somewhere and as I have told you before iWeb stores is files under User/Library/Application Support/iWeb and then the domain.sites file.
If you have created and published the site, then it must be somewhere on your computer. You need to be logged in under your Username first and it will be Library under User rather than the system Library that you want. It will also be the Application Support under your User that iWeb is stored in and not the system Application Support.
You are looking in the wrong place.
If you want to use the files on another computer then you need to copy the domain.sites file to be able to alter iWeb. Using the publish to a folder option will not work as iWeb cannot import anything as it is not an html editor.

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