And the certificate isn't exactly cheap either :). I think I found the load time problem - a link to file:// buried in the index.jsp. Any chance you could see if my page load time has improved?

What do folks do regarding the w3c errors? Most of them are a lack of alt tag on the spacer gif's in the page. Seems like a waste of bandwidth to add something. Also, other w3c errors are for things Dreamweaver is quite happy with so I assume these are just guidelines.