Viewing iWeb site in different browsers

I have created a site using iWeb (v. 2.0.3) and am ready to publish. When I preview the index page in Firefox (my default browser) and in Safari, the site looks great and the navigation bar at the top of the welcome page is operable so I can see how each page looks in each of those browsers.
When I open the index page in Internet Explorer (using my Macs or a Windows PC) two things happen:
1. the site is not centered on the page (but pushed to the left)
2. there is no navigation bar available on the welcome page, only a black dot/period where the navigation bar should be.
Any ideas for ways to make the site look like it should in IE?
I can't publish until I can be sure the site loads as it should in the primary browsers.
Thanks.

Here's some pointers on getting your site to load in IE.
Use web safe fonts.
Don't convert text to graphics.
Optimize all your images.
Don't use drop shadows, reflections etc. ( You can add these in iWeb, take a snapshot, crop it and load the resulting JPEG to replace the original.}
Keep your page file sizes down to a minimum.
Run your files through an optimizing application before uploading.
Don't use the standard iWeb navigation.
For an example on image file sizes see....
http://roddymckay.com/PhotoStuff/PhotoFile.html
Optimizing...
http://www.tonbrand.nl/
Photo file size reduction with visual indicator...
http://xtralean.com/IWOverview.html

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