Restoring an iWeb site to my Mac

Hello all,
I have just had to re-install OSX to my iMac. Bare metal restore.
In the process, I did not have a proper backup of my website created with iWeb. The site was published to both .MAC and to my proper domain name site.
I need to be able to use iWeb to edit and add to the site - however, I can find no way to get it back 'in' to the iWeb app, as the program always wants me to create a new site - or it quits.
How can I do this??
Thanks in advance,
Stu

You must the Domain.sites file which was used to create the sites originally. Otherwise you must recreate them.
http://homepage.mac.com/thgewecke/iwebdata.html

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