Opening old iWeb site on new computer?

I recently purchased a MacBook Pro and now want to work on my blog with iWeb. I published my site to a folder on my old iBook and then transferred it to the Pro with a usb drive. Now how do I open my site in iWeb on the new computer?
Warren
MacBook Pro Mac OS X (10.4.9)

I published my site to a
folder on my old iBook and then transferred it to the
Pro with a usb drive. Now how do I open my site in
iWeb on the new computer?
Publishing your site to a folder is useless for your purposes. You need to transfer the Domain file which created the site to your new machine.
http://homepage.mac.com/thgewecke/iwebdata.html

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If you still have access to your old computer you need the "domain" file located in your user library/application support/iweb.
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I have exactly the same problem as Chad. However, I had exported my site to a folder and backed it up before I reinstalled.
I can't work out how to do it, but surely there is a way to re-import my site back into iWeb.
I've been trying the iWebSites program but that doesn't seem to be of any help in my situation.
I would find it hard to believe that Apple could have left out what should be the most basic feature of iWeb, leaving me to believe that they have done this on purpose for some stupid reason.
If anyone has a way to get around this please let me know, it would be greatly appreciated.
PowerBook G4 Mac OS X (10.4.7) 1.33Ghz, 1.5Gb RAM, 80Gb 7200RPM HDD

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