Animated .gif in HTML article won't upload

Hello!
I have an article built with HTML; although largeish and complicated (js, video, blah blah blah), it imports from the Folio panel just fine.....until I put the animated .gifs back into the layout.
With animated .gifs, the folio panel spins (slowly) at the "building" bar, runs the CPU load up to 50%, and never ever does anything else. (I've left it overnight even.) The web Folio Producer will show an article with an alert: "Corrupt layout. Delete and try adding article again."
I've made a stripped-down HTML page with a single .gif and it fails just as hard.
Anyone else noticing this? How do we get this to work? Expensive project is on deadline...
Thanks!!
-Miriam

Please share the folio with [email protected] and let me know what page within what article is causing the crash. I also need to know what version of InDesign is being used, OS and version, what version of the FOlio Builder panel and if you are on CS5 or CS5.5 what version of the digital publishing plug in.

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