Stay with iweb? or not

I have a video based web site that I am creating. using iweb 11 and am having much trouble getting video to run for windows users. I know much of this is the user, however it needs to work for the novice. (of course it looks great on my mac) I am using the quicktime encoding and am optimizing for streaming, from imovie. here is my question, since I am just getting started, and iweb will soon be dated, should I abandon iweb and go to some other software? In your opinions of course. Thanks for the help.
scott.

RapidWeaver can become very expensive, because of the hidden costs of purchasing the add ons that you need to do simple things and you also cannot start with a blank canvas, you need to use one of the templates.
Take a look at Sandvox, Freeway Pro/Express 6, Flux 4 and WebAcappella 4.  These are all good alternatives.
I would avoid Adobe Muse, as you can't purchase it straight off and need to be tied to monthy payments which work out very costly and by the time you have made all these payments, you could have purchased Muse several times over.  I would suggest that you look at the other alternatives out there which are many and varied.
Also take a look at the Content Management Systems that are easy to use, such as Joomla and WordPress. You can also create a free site by using WordPress.com, but can add your personal domain at a later date.

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