Incomplete photobook - Travel Theme

We have just created a travel themed hardcover photo book, but unable to buy book due to
"+Your book seems to have frames on one or more pages that do not contain photos. You must either change the layout of those pages or place photos in those frames before you can buy this book.+"
We have tried to:
read the forums and tried the recommendations - failed
Altered the background - failed
Relaid out - failed
What else can we try
Thanks.

I had that problem, and found that on some layouts (a lot on the 2 photo layouts), one photo is the background, and the second photo is framed and pasted on top of the background photo. Check pages that have a large empty background. Maybe one of your backgrounds needs to have a photo added, (or change that page to a different layout).
Also a little yellow warning triangle appears on any pages that may have errors. So look for the warning sign. As you go along, that warning sign pinpoints an area that the program will not accept upon ordering.
(I had one frame where I wanted no picture, and had to post a picture of a black square in that space)

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Warning: Make a Copy BEFORE doing anything with these files.
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I just tried iMovie 6's themes, and none of them seems to render.
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Quicktime and QuickTime Player versions are 7.1.3.
I know I miss the latest Final Cut Studio updates (haven't used it recently) but I thought that would not change a thing if I disable QuickTime plug-ins anyway.
My serial number is at home and necessary to download the latest Final Cut updates.
If you think that could be important, I will do it tonight.
Here is what happens with themes in iMovie.
- I create a new movie (HDV 720p) in my Movies folder
- I choose the travel theme and the Lower Third template. The template loads and previews in the main window
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If necessary, I can post screen captures of this -iPhoto and iWeb still work
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