Thank you very much for your detailed reply. I added the extra bit to the ei7 template, changed it to 13 px because I slightly shrank the logo.
The main body sneaks up on top of the logo? What browser does this? (I tested using ie9, chrome, and firefox).
That looks a lot better. Even in Safari. I was talking about IE7. Yes, it's dated but you'd be surprised how many people still use it. I know that on the four sites I run about 50 to 55 percent of my visitors are still using it.
I added an extra second of transition time to the slideshow. Originally it was much longer but my brother critiqued me telling me that it goes too slow before. So the extra second I think should help, there is a pause button as well on the slideshow. Let me know what you think on that.
As for the logo, I used picasa 3 to round up the corners a bit. B)
As for the speed it all depends what you and your visitors like. Myself, when I see a slide show type of effect I like to take the time to view the images without having to pause the auto show. We each have our own likes and dislikes.
I really like the slide show that Joomla51 uses. I even went so far to as to try and write a
[color=#993300]tutorial[/color] for the fine folks here at Joomla51 for their slide show. I'll be taking it down on Monday. I think they license their slide show from someone else. It is simple to set up which makes it good for some folks, but not others. If a user wants to get a more feature full slide show there are so many out there that at times it gets confusing figuring them out.
Best I can offer is to let you visit my
[color=#993300]Joomla51 themed site[/color] and draw your own conclusions. I used their slideshow and created my own images. The inner shadow technique I used might work on your logo, adding some depth to it. If Picasa 3 won't do it pass the file along and I'll gladly do it for you.
That's one [color=#993300]
awesome[/color] panoramic photograph on your Eldorado Peak page and would make a wonderful print at about four foot long. You might think about implementing this [color=#993300]
technique[/color] on some of your images.
Somewhere on this
[color=#993300]site[/color], I'm giving a link just to one page, I used an interesting concept. Using the method in the previous paragraph I took the center brown image and made a larger image pop up when the image was clicked. If you notice there is some text in the bottom left corner of the pop up. I took that text and turned it into a link to another person's site. As I said, it was some other image on my gaming site. I think it might work well on your site.
Might I suggest adding the following code to some of your paragraphs. Its some simple typography.
<p style="margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 20px; margin-bottom: 5px; text-align: justify;">Eldorado Peak is the "Queen of the Cascade River" according to Fred Beckey. Massively aloof, perched at the edge of the largest contiguous ice-sheet in the lower 48 states not connected to a volcano, the summit has a Himalayan-like splendor owing to its remoteness, position, and knife-edge summit ridge. The total climb encompasses a brutal 6800 vertical feet (before ups and downs) and can be made through one of two interesting approaches. The climb is not technically difficult, and a number of people que up each year to experience the thrill of stamping out a "just-wide-enough" path on the summit ridge and looking into the heart of the Klawatti-Inspiration-McAlister icecap. Views into Marble Creek, Dorado Needle, Forbidden Peak, Mt Buckner, Mt Logan, Johannesburg Mt and the other peaks of the Ptarmigan Traverse... It is an exhilerating summit experience, especially with the extreme alpine exposure.</p>
<p>a href="http://www.panoramio.com/photo/7138145"><img style="width: 100%;" src="http://static.panoramio.com/photos/large/7138145.jpg" alt="Eldorado Peak from Marblemount"></a></p>
I hope that comes thru okay and I'm not trying to be a nosy-body, just trying to help by offering suggestions. I'm no where as accomplished as Ciaran or some others on Joomla51, but at least I'm willing to help where I can. If you want some aesthetics help I'm willing to offer any help you'd be willing to accept. :unsure:
Cordially,
Wayne