Mouse-over menu problem in iWeb, 2nd try

This is a 2nd attempt to ask for help: I want post one more time 'cause I realized – due to the useful feedback of one member of this forum (Cyclosaurus) - I can now explain my mouse-over problem a lot better:
I’ve got mouse-over menus that mess up in this weird way - but only when the browser is refreshed. And then they work fine again when browser is refreshed yet again. (?!) And it only happens in iWeb.
I worked with a programmer who wrote html code for me, creating a mouse-over menu system for my (iweb-generated) site: www.petersolon.com As a stand-alone thing (as stand-alone code) the menu system works great-there's nothing wrong with it-as you can see:
www.petersolon.com/default.html
But when the code is introduced into iWeb and uploaded, this weird refresh problem occurs. (I didn't do a very good job of describing the problem in my recent post: “MOUSE-OVER MENUS….etc”)
Anyway, the mouse-over system starts out working fine but then, after refreshing the page (the problem occurs more freq. on some pages vs others), the string of menus jump to a spot they shouldn’t move to. They do this:
http://www.petersolon.com/MenuProblem.html
And it only happens in iWeb.
The whole navigation system then gets totally messed up. I can’t tell you how many hours we spent fiddling with the code, trying to pinpoint the problem.
What I know for sure is, the problem is related to:
1. browser refresh
2. iWeb generated code (mixing with "outside code")
3. position of my primary navigation menus vis-a-vis a graphic they sit on top of.
Any help would really be appreciated, thank you much Peter
MacBook Pro Mac OS X (10.4.9)
MacBook Pro Mac OS X (10.4.9)
MacBook Pro Mac OS X (10.4.9)
MacBook Pro Mac OS X (10.4.9)

Problem solved...using a very short time-out value in a event structure and a bug solved in my main program.
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