How to save an iDVD 08 Project in progress?

Once I get my iDVD 08 project all set with theme, music, movie, buttons etc and I do a save so I don't lose what I already have. When I reopen the saved project by double clicking the iDVD icon, items are not the way they were when I saved them. Some are missing, moved from their location, theme missing, buttons missing. But if I open the iDVD application first, everything is the way I saved it. Could this be a bug?

It is probably not a bug, but a preference file that has become corrupted. Whenever an app doesn't perform the way it is supposed to, the first thing to suspect is a corrupted preference file. You are probably not old enough to remember this maxim, but trashing the preference file can fix many problems of performance.
So, with iDVD closed, go to your Home folder (YourUserName)/Library/Preferences/com.apple.idvd.plist
Drag this plist file to the trash. Don't worry; iDVD will create a new fresh one when you relaunch it.
Reopen iDVD and see if it is ok now.

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