The PVII slideshow is perfect with these kinds of things.

http://www.projectseven.com

And it's very developer friendly, if you catch my drift.

Al Sparber wrote:

 

And let me add that if you are a student or just getting started and without a budget, we might be able to help you. Shoot us a mail and tell us about your situation.

Humm...... if you had'nt already guessed that's what most of the regular contributors in this forum do........help out without talk of money changing hands. Grow up.

when I'm on my Home page...I want the text ("Home") in the nav menu to SHOW (by the lighter brown color)

This is called a "Persistent Page Indicator" or "You Are Here" style on site wide CSS menus. 

http://alt-web.com/Articles/Persistent-Page-Indicator.shtml

Nancy O.

Alt-Web Design & Publishing

Web | Graphics | Print | Media  Specialists 

http://alt-web.com/

Better if you upload your page(s) to your remote server and post the URL so I can see everything.

Nancy O.

Al Sparber wrote:

 

Hi Osgood,

 

Sorry you feel that way and that there is nothing I can do to make it

better. But, to Melody - the poster in quest of a gallery or slide show

that would not mangle her images - this is what is possible:

 

http://www.projectseven.com/testing/adobe-forums/siamese/

 

Al

The images as I said in my original post arent ALL the same size in your example. Thats why I said slide shows dont handle different sized image that well, whereas image gallery do. Having enormous areas around the images to 'fake' the size isn't the same as being the same size and looks rather ugly in my opinion.

Al Sparber wrote:

 

I shouldn't need to explain that to you but I'm a

little hurt by the light in which you are attempting to portray me.

 

Nothing could be further from the truth.

 

I'm not trying to attempt to portray you in a bad light, youre doing a good job at that yourself with the underhand remarks that you frequently post in the threads you care to jump in on. You know what you're doing, stop that and no one gets hurt.

Your products are undeniable good  but for some reason over the last couple of years your personal attitude has changed for the worse in my opinion. I can only link that to the changes in developments which potentially affect your business.

Sure everyone hates taking a smaller slice of the pie but as I said, that's life. Move on and be happy.

Al Sparber wrote:

 

Hi Osgood,

 

I'm really not sure what you are trying to explain concerning galleries

versus slide shows. A tool does not a good design make. A good tool,

however, is adaptable and both our gallery and slide show tools are

adaptable. They adapt to the width of their containing elements and they

adapt to the height of their contents. This is usually not the case with

free scripts. Essentially, that was all I was trying to say.

 

In that case we both misunderstood one another but there was no need for the sarcastic 'expert' comment because you assumed that you were correct, as seems to always be the case.

All  I was attempting to explain is different sized images do not adapt well to a slide show because of the very nature some will need ugly spacing around them to allow them to conform to a specific area (as you have proved in your example) where as an image gallery like a 'lighbox' solution handles variable sized images much better in my opionion. Not sure what so difficult to understand about that to be honest Al

Al Sparber wrote:

 

As for design, I would welcome a challenge. Why don't you create a

gorgeous gallery - or slide show - and I'll take your images and do one

with my tools. And let's see which one looks better and works better. It

would be a fun exercise, don't you think?

 

I'm not into the macho approach Al sorry. I'm confident of my own abilty without resorting to childish egotistical challenges. I was'nt implying your tool is not good just the images in my opinion don't adapt well to the solution. Can I not voice an opinion without you seeing it as a direct insult to your abilities?

Al Sparber wrote:

 

I appreciate the fact that you seem to know me so well, but allow me to

be the final arbiter in the case of me I am neither bitter nor

crestfallen about entities you seem to believe have eroded my company.

On the other hand, you seem to be quite upset that I challenged your

statement. I did that only in the interest of accuracy.

 

Most alcholics would deny they were one, so sometimes ones own judgement of character is not best done by themselves

Al Sparber wrote:

 

The original poster was talking about her free script which distorted

her images by stretching them to fit a viewport that must have its

dimensions set for the script to work.

 

Thats why I thought it might be fairly obvious that if the images were formated at the same dimensions the slideshow presentation would be more acceptable. There would be no distortion hence I said maybe a 'lightbox' solution may be a better option UNLESS of course they are happy with the necessary extra spacing around the variable sized images when using a slideshow solution.

My immediate reaction was I wonder if the OP thinks a consitant presentation (same sized images) can be arrived at without distortion using different size images. I know it may seem a ridicuous thought but some people are not that spacially aware.

Copy & Paste this code into a new, blank page.  I removed the <strong> tags, ul class attribute and re-organized nav CSS for you.  Now it works!!

<!doctype html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>Geishagoll Siamese</title>
<style type="text/css">
html {
overflow-y: scroll;
background-image: url(_img/geishagoll.jpg);
background-attachment: fixed;
background-position: center;
background-size: cover;
-webkit-background-size: cover;
-moz-background-size: cover;
-o-background-size: cover;
}

body {
font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;
width: 980px;
margin: 35px auto;
}
header, nav, section {
background-color: #FFE9C0;
border: 2px solid #371E0F
}
nav, section {
float: left;
}

header {
height: 80px;
line-height: 85px;
font-size: 25px;
color: #371E0F;
font-family: "Chinese Takeaway", "Comic Sans", Cursive;
text-align: center;
margin-bottom: 10px;
}
header h1 {
margin: 0;
}

/**Nav Menu**/
nav {
width: 150px;
margin-right: 10px;
text-align: center;
font-size:18px; 
font-family: "Chinese Takeaway", "Comic Sans", Cursive;       
}
nav ul {
list-style-type:none;
margin:2px;
padding:2px;
}
nav li {margin: 25px;}        

nav li a {
color: #371E0F;
text-decoration: none;
font-weight:bold;
}
nav li a:visited {color:#371E0F}
nav li a:hover,
nav li a:active,
nav li a:focus {color: #D7955A;text-decoration: underline;}

/**persistent menu highlighting**/
body.home nav li a.home,
body.policy nav li a.policy,
body.males nav li a.males,
body.females nav li a.females,
body.kittens nav li a.kittens,
body.showing nav li a.showing,
body.retired nav li a.retired,
body.contact nav li a.contact,
body.scrapbook nav li a.scrapbook,
body.links nav li a.links {
color: #D7955A;
text-decoration: underline;
font-size: 33px;
}

section {
width: 762px;
padding: 0 25px;
font-weight: bold;
font-size:18px;
}

#cfa {margin:0 85px 20px 35px;}
</style>
</head>

<body class="home">

<header>
<h1>Geishagoll Siamese</h1>
</header>

<nav>
<ul>
<li><a class="home" href="http://pointheavenwardsiamese.com/GeishagollSiamese/home.php">Home</a></li>
<li><a class="policy" href="http://pointheavenwardsiamese.com/GeishagollSiamese/policy.php">Cattery Policy</a></li>
<li><a class="males" href="http://pointheavenwardsiamese.com/GeishagollSiamese/males.php">Males</a></li>
<li><a class="females" href="http://pointheavenwardsiamese.com/GeishagollSiamese/females.php">Females</a></li>
<li><a class="kittens" href="http://pointheavenwardsiamese.com/GeishagollSiamese/kittens.php">Kittens</a></li>
<li><a class="showing" href="http://pointheavenwardsiamese.com/GeishagollSiamese/showing.php">Showing</a></li>
<li><a class="retired" href="http://pointheavenwardsiamese.com/GeishagollSiamese/retired.php">Retired Adults</a></li>
<li><a class="contact" href="http://pointheavenwardsiamese.com/GeishagollSiamese/contact.php">Contact</a></li>
<li><a class="scrapbook" href="http://pointheavenwardsiamese.com/GeishagollSiamese/scrapbook.php">Scrapbook</a></li>
<li><a class="links" href="http://pointheavenwardsiamese.com/GeishagollSiamese/links.php">Links</a></li>
</ul>
</nav>

<section>
<p>Welcome to Geishagoll Siamese, established in 1987 and located on the East Bench of the beautiful Wasatch Mountains south of Salt Lake City, Utah.</p>
<p>Siamese cats have been part of our lives for many years and are treated as family members.</p>
<p>Our hobby is breeding and showing Siamese in the four CFA accepted colors of seal point, lilac point, chocolate point, and blue point.  Pet, Breeder, and Show cats are occasionally offered to select homes.</p>
<p>Enjoy your visit and please contact us if you have any questions or would like to reserve the Siamese of your dreams.</p>
<p><img src="_img/CFA09.gif" width="400" height="75" alt="CFA Approved Cattery 2009" id="cfa"> <img src="_img/Geisha-face.jpg" width="224" height="224" alt="Geisha face"></p>
</section>
</body>
</html>

Good luck with your project!

Nancy O.