Bells and Whistles

You probably need to give it less!
This page ....

http://hickorylanearabians.com/Half-Arabian%20Sales.html

.. takes a long time to load in Safari with a high speed connection - it will probably lock up poor old Internet Explorer.

You need to reduce the page content and image file sizes and/or optimize your files.

I agree with Roddy. The page is much too busy. It contains 66 individual files and took a long time to load with my very fast cable connection. Ssee if you can separate out some of the content and put on a second page. The page is very long and take a while to scroll. Keep the pages short and use multiple pages if necessary.

OT

Web pages don't cost anything. Just do as Old Toad has suggested and spread your photos out over more pages.
Go to iWeb preferences and uncheck "Optimize images on import. Use something like Imagewell to reduce you photo file sizes. It gives you a good indication of download speed and you can add captions and © notices too....

http://xtralean.com/IWOverview.html

For various ways of adding music files see....

http://roddymckay.com/Satellite/SongFiles.html

I use flash instead of QuickTime....

http://roddymckay.com/Satellite/FlashPlayer.html

On the same site you'll see an example of animation exported from Keynote as flash and a twirly slideshow thingy exported as QT.

Have a look at Old Toad's tutorials....

http://web.mac.com/toad.hall/OldToadsTutorials/Contents.html

and also ....

http://iwebfaq.org/site/iWeb_FAQ.html

Most of your image files, the horses, are pretty small, 4 KB. They are png files. The largest image file on the page seems to be the DSC00344.png file at 92Kb. You can see the list of files and their sizes by bringing up the Activity window for the page in Safari.

One way to downsize the image file sizes is to get them off the website and run them thru a file resizing application like Resize!, iResize or ResizeIt and reduce the image quality level while keeping the pixel dimension the same. You can experiment with quality levels to get the smallest file size that is still acceptable to you. I resized the DSC00344 file with Resize! at 60% (16 KB), 40% (12KB) and 25% (8KB). So there's a lot you can do to lower file sizes.

mredthetalkinghorse wrote:
I wanted to put some music and flash on our home page. ...And want to give it more bells and whistles!

Ed ~ “Do only what is necessary to convey what is essential. Carefully eliminate elements that distract from the essential whole, elements that obstruct and obscure....Clutter, bulk, and erudition confuse perception and stifle comprehension, whereas simplicity allows clear and direct attention." — Richard Powell, in his book +Wabi Sabi Simple+.

"One of the biggest mistakes typical business people make with documents is going out of their way to seemingly use every centimeter of space on a page, filling it up with text, boxes, clip art, charts, footers, etc. Space, often called "white space," is good. Embrace it. Use it. Often, the more space you don't use on a page, the clearer your message becomes.

Empty space is beautiful, yes. But empty space also implies importance, elegance, professionalism. This is true with graphic design, but you can see the importance of space (both visual and physical) in the context of interior design. Think of the retail space, for example. Target is dedicated to design although they are a discounter. They know about space. Target stores are well designed. They have more empty space than other discounters, Walmart, for example."

...Understanding such basic points on graphic design will help set you apart. You can read more design tips in this Presentation Zen article:

I couldn't agree more.
Most iWeb built sites that I see are overdone and cluttered.
I spend a lot more time on the spaces than the content!