Restoring/Loading iWeb sites to a new MacBook

My iMac G5 died and I've replaced it with a MacBook Pro.
I had saved my iWeb 08 sites to an external hard drive.
Is there any way to "reload"or "restore" those sites to the iWeb 08 application inside my new Macbook Pro?

3AMSOUND wrote:
I had saved my iWeb 08 sites to an external hard drive.
iWeb stores everything in a Domain file, normally located in the ~/Library/Application Support/iWeb folder — that's the file you should have saved:
_iWeb ’08: Backing up your Domain file_
Since you have an external hard drive, hopefully you're using it within a wider backup strategy — Time Machine perhaps or a bootable clone via one of these apps...
http://www.shirt-pocket.com/SuperDuper
http://www.bombich.com/software/ccc.html
If so, search for:
.sites2
...which is the iWeb Domain file's hidden extension. If you can find it, double-clicking it should open it in iWeb. Although you still may have problems as NOTE 1 here suggests:
http://iwebfaq.org/site/iWebTwocomputers.html

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