Hi, Jennifer,
Thanks very much for your feedback. As to the render settings, I used Final Cut Pro and set them as H.264, 320 x 240, AAC audio. Frame rate was (I think) 24fps; 15fps for the longer clips.
It’s the first website I ever designed and after it was all finished, I contracted with a company called Globat to host it. I won’t make that mistake again. My experience with Globat was the worst! The very same site is now being hosted beautifully by FatCow (which was a suggestion I received on Creative Cow.)
Thanks again!
Tom