IWeb '09 weirdness

I'm having two issue with the new iWeb:
1) My pages are utilizing a bold font (usually for just one sentence) but when I publish, all the text is bold. It worked correctly/as it should before in the '06 version previously.
2) I'm getting this odd 'contact' looking icon everywhere that's a link (see image attached) and I can't turn it off; it's not controlled in the View menu. Also, when I hit save... these icons double (see attached image 2), further obscuring the text/links!
image 1: http://i42.tinypic.com/zx3al4.png
image 2: http://i41.tinypic.com/o08mxx.png
Any suggestions? Thanks in advance...

Those icons in iWeb indicate that those text boxes will be converted to a png file when published:
Regarding the bold text: what is the font you're using? Can you provide the URL to the site so we can examine first hand?
OT

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