Alternatives to using iWeb

I've used iWeb08 for two years now. I like it, but....
my web pages don't load correctly in IE. Formating is off, I have "danglers" etc. Very frustrating.
I have "All web sites best viewed in Safari or FireFox" and links to free downloads on my site. But the fact is most people just use what ever browser came on their PC. Google analytics shows about 24% of our web visits come from users on IE browser.
So I'm thinking about redoing my site in a different software.
Does anyone have any suggestions / recommendations as to what works well, user friendly, learning curve similar to (a bit more difficult is ok) iWeb.
thanks for any input.
JeffN

Jeff ~ Some have happily switched from iWeb to this:
http://www.karelia.com/sandvox/pro_edition
...And their Regular version can be downloaded free to try out for a while.
Also there's Weebly — a free, web-based app which provides some nice features. Even if you don't build your whole site with Weebly, you may want to hyperlink to or embed a Weebly page into your main site:
http://blog.weebly.com/2/post/2009/05/announcing-weebly-e-commerce-features.html
http://blog.weebly.com/2/post/2010/10/photo-slideshows-now-available.html
http://blog.weebly.com/2/post/2009/08/new-improved-photo-gallery-released.html

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I wanted to great a hompage with iWeb during my exchange year.
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so do anyone knows if ther is a way to use iWeb?
would be great!

iWeb has two other publishing options...
http://www.iwebformusicians.com/iWeb/Publish-Website.html
... and there are plenty of choices for hosting...
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Some info about using iWeb with Mountain Lion...
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I'm using a Mac. After swithcing to ICloud will I be able to use IWeb to upload and publish my sites hosted by other servers like Prohosting ?

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http://www.iwebformusicians.com/iWeb/Publish-Website.html
... and the second method allows you a choice of how you upload the files...
http://www.iwebformusicians.com/iWeb/URLs-Favicons.html
Here's a publishing workflow checklist...
http://www.iwebformusicians.com/Search-Engine-Optimization/Website-Publishing-Wo rkflow.html
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http://www.iwebformusicians.com/iWeb/Comments-Password-Protect.html
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Using iweb to create a webpage but wrong fonts are displayed

Hi,
I am trying to create a front page for the followoing site using iweb '09. Whenever i publish the site the font that appears is totally incorrect. However when I view the site on my imac, it looks as it should do.
I've seen numerous threads on this but the fixes haven't seem to work for me. The font I am trying to use is VAG Rounded.
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Your font is most likely not available on any computer :
http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/adobe/vag-rounded/
To display custom fonts on webpages read this :
http://www.wyodor.net/Tutorials/Google/Google_Fonts.html
To use a free VAG rounded alternative, see this :
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Then learn about embedded fonts :
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jburkett wrote:
Is iWeb capable of that...?
Welcome to the discussions. Not natively.
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Multiple questions about using iWeb '09 with my Host Excellence, GoDaddy & Storenvy Accounts. Can you Help?

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I designed, published and am regularly updating a site using iWeb on my iMac at home. A friend is going to help me with the design, and he will be doing the work from his Mac at home.
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