Uploading a finished website to iWeb on another mac

I finished a website on my macbook pro using iWeb. I now need to transfer the files and website to iWeb on a different macbook pro. OS and iWeb versions are identical. Is there a function in iWeb where I can upload an existing iWeb site to another macbook pro? I saved the files to a USB Drive using the publish function, but I do not know how to upload this site (and files) to iWeb on a different macbook pro.
Thanks for your help!

Go to the Home/Library/Application Support/iWeb folder on your MBP and copy the Domain.sites file to the same folder on the other MBP.
NOTE: In Lion and Mountain Lion the Home/Library folder is now invisible. To make it permanently visible enter the following in the Terminal application window: chflags nohidden ~/Library and press the Return key - 10.7: Un-hide the User Library folder.
For Mavericks, 10.9, go to your Home folder and use the View ➙ Show View Options menu to bring the this window:
If there's no iWeb folder on the other MBP create one and put the domain file in it. Launch iWeb and it should located the domain file and open it. If there's alread a domain file on the other Mac rename it to Domain2.sites before adding the domain file.
Now you'll have to do the following to open the domain file with iWeb:
To open your domain file in Lion or Mountain Lion or to switch between multiple domain files Cyclosaurus has provided us with the following script that you can make into an Applescript application with Script Editor. Open Script Editor, copy and paste the script below into Script Editor's window and save as an application.
do shell script "/usr/bin/defaults write com.apple.iWeb iWebDefaultsDocumentPath -boolean no"delay 1
tell application "iWeb" to activate
You can download an already compiled version with this link: iWeb Switch Domain.
Just launch the application, find and select the domain file in your Home/Library/Application Support/iWeb folder that you want to open and it will open with iWeb. It modifies the iWeb preference file each time it's launched so one can switch between domain files.
WARNING: iWeb Switch Domain will overwrite an existing Domain.sites2 file if you select to create a new domain in the same folder. So rename your domain files once they've been created to something other than the default name.
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