Saving or backing up iweb work

Looking for some help on saving/backing up iweb work. I understand the all information is saved to the domain file under user/library/application support/iweb and that altering that file is not good. But I would like to know a few things that I can't seem to find answers to
1) if I save my web page to a folder will it be automatically erased from iweb
a) if not can I save individual sites (within iweb) to folders
b) then how do a post from those folders
c) if I then want to change the site do I need to delete that folder and
create a new one
d) my whole objective here is to try and play around with the html
language without harming the website I have already created
e) dont know what i am doing and thus would like to be able to revert
back to what is currently saved on iweb
2) confused on how to back up my domain file
a) if I accidentally delete my page from iweb is there a way that I can put
the domain file back from a backup CD or .mac.
b) I see people say make a back up to .mac but how does one go about
doing that and then how do you retrieve the domain file back to your
computer
Thanks for any help you may be able to provide.
Jeremy

Jeremy,
1) if I save my web page to a folder will it be automatically erased from iweb
I assume you mean Publish to a folder. If so, then no, your saved iWeb work (your "domain" file) will not be erased when you publish to a folder or publish to the web. If you delete the domain file your unpublished work will be erased (but not your published site). If while working with the iWeb application you delete pages then those pages will be deleted from your domain file and if you publish to the web, those deleted pages will be deleted from your server.
If you publish to folders on your hard drive, those sites in those folders are completely seperate from iWeb. You could publish 20 different sites to 20 different folders on your computer and they would all be seperate from each other as well as seperate from iWeb. So you could go in and play around with the html and have no effect on your unpublished work in your "domain" file.
2. confused on how to back up my domain file
Your domain file is just like any other file on your mac. To back it up just duplicate it from the finder file menu and move the duplicate to safe keeping (on a CD, flash drive, external hard drive, etc.) If you accidentally deleted the domain file all you have to do is move your back up copy on to the computer and double click on it to start iWeb. After that initial procedure iWeb will remember that that is the domain file to work from.
ps: back up your domain file frequently and keep it safe.
Good luck,
Sincerely, David Phelps <URL deleted from sig by host>
"I may receive some form of compensation, financial or otherwise, from my recommendation or link."
ibook & imac Mac OS X (10.4.9)

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