Programs do not open in assignes spaces (Snow Leopard)

Question

I upgraded to Snow Leopard about a month ago and ever since then I've had an ongoing issue with spaces. I have assigned different programs to different spaces (ie: Firefox and Microsoft Word are in 1, InDesign and Photoshop are in 2) just like I had in Leopard. However, when I open different files, they open in the active space rather than the assigned space. Sometimes, I have one word file open in space 1 and another in space 2, it drives me crazy!
I've tried removing all my assignments and then re-assigning. I've tried the tick box both on and off for "When switching to an application, switch to a space with open windows for the application" and neither does the trick.
I was really used to my workflow in Leopard and I hate that I cannot replicate it in Snow Leopard. I've searched multiple forums and no one seems to have an answer to this. Has there been any development on this front or has anyone found a solution?

Answer 1

In Lion, Mt. Lion and Mavericks the Library folder is now invisible. To make it permanently visible in Lion or Mt. Lion enter the following in the Terminal application window: chflags nohidden ~/Library and press the Return key - 10.7: Un-hide the User Library folder.
For Mavericks, 10.9,  go to your Home folder and use the View ➙ Show View Options menu to bring the this window:
where you can check the Show Library Folder checkbox.
To open your domain file in Lion, Mountain Lion or Mavericks 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 in your Home/Library/Application Support/iWeb folder that 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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