Two iWeb vs. ~/Sites/ questions

Hi,
I gather from other posts that iWeb stores:
• its local copy of a site in ~/Library/Application Support/iWeb/,
• the (.Mac) published copy in iDisk/Web/Sites/,
and this site would become available at <http://web.mac.com/thubsch>. (Nothing there, yet.)
I have an extensive web-site in my iDisk/Sites/ folder (locally stored in ~/Sites/), and as long in the tooth as it is, I'd like to keep it. This site is accessible at <http://homepage.mac.com/thubsch/>.
Q.1:
The different storage and access patterns let me believe that one can have both, with no interference. Is that true?
Q.2:
If iWeb's web pages are modified externally (with another HTML or TEXT editor), can iWeb accept those edits and carry on, or are they no longer iWeb-editable?
Thanks, Tristan

1. Yes, homepage stuff and iweb stuff is independent and in totally different places.
2. Any edits you make to an iWeb site after publishing have to be made again after any republishing from iWeb. iWeb only works with its own data in the Domain file and has no way to open a published site or .html files or any way to know what you have added to one.
http://homepage.mac.com/thgewecke/iwebdata.html

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