The reason for the boxes is because your developer broke the word-graphic up into pieces, they are loading sequentially--you could convert them back to one image, slightly lower quality to gain performance, and that should handle that; the line causing your IE security inquiry (the "script" call on line 21), and for performance, it's not too to bad based on the page length (7 pages high running 1600x1200, but you really should break the page up a few times). As for the rest, I can look at it for you immediately for $250 (The interface only allows me to bid max). Oh, and as for your meta, you are using too many in your list; focus and you'll do better.