Publish site / FTP issues arggg

Long time fan of Apple. Purchased iweb09 last week and built a site for my small business. <Edited by Host>
Well I have tried but I can’t resolve the following issues:
(1) FTP Server Test Connection returns OK. But when I try to load the site I always get the following error message “*There was an error communicating with the FTP Server. Try again or check with your service provider”* How can I resolve?
Regardless of this the site actually loads – but IWeb does not recognize this as a successful upload so all the left-hand page titles stay red...
(2) The site that has loaded on this basis - has some problems when viewed in Microsoft Explorer
- some of the Stroke / Lines are not appearing
- some of text overlaps – I realize that you can’t control other internet browsers – but would like to optimse for Explorer
Thanks for any help - cheers

Welcome to the Apple Discussions. Roddy has posted tips for optimizing for IE in several threads:
http://www.iwebformusicians.com/WebMusic/iWebandInternetExplorer.html
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=9375447#9375447
http://www.iwebformusicians.com/WebMusic/iWebTips.html
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1837981&tstart=0
If you're using the built in ftp client of iWeb you might try using the free CyberDuck after publishing to a folder on the desktop first. Many have had better luck with it.
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