Recovery after a fatal hard disk error!

after my last time machine backup, i updated my website and consequently experienced my hard disk going loopy, nuts and finally dying a sad painful death. ive since had a new hard disk installed, and am about to restore my system from my last back up. if i do that, and open up iweb, is there anyway of recovering my website, the newest version of which was published, but not backed up?
any help would be very much appreciated.

there anyway of recovering my website, the newest version of which was published, but not backed up?
No. You will have to edot the older version in the domain file with iWeb to recreate the latest version of your published site. Paragraph 2.6 of this page will give you some tips on using the published file to update your iWeb domain file: http://iwebfaq.org/site/iWebBackupretrieve.html.
To make backing up of your domain files a little more current you can download and run the Automator workflow application, iWeb Domain File Backup, every time you make any changes to the site. You can download it from Toad's Cellar.
The application can be edited with Automator to change the destination of the backup copies to the location of your choice. It can be run even with iWeb open (but idle).
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