LiaRooz

It also depends on how you plan to implement the slideshow, it reads as though you want to use it as part of the theme versus post and/or page content.

It would be a simple page link to a page (not a post) within the theme. I am aiming for what you are showing here: http://www.nextgen-gallery.com/nextgen-pro/#gallery
but with the skin of the theme.

Yes, the images would be optimized 80-100kb and under, could be smaller if needed. Are ALL the images preloaded first or? I can imaging that people will only sit through perhaps the first 30-40 or so images. My client really wants this and she reports that people ‘love’ this feature on her old site.

Can I link to a folder and simply have it run randomly?

Happy to purchase the pro-version. Can you tell me difference between the two for my purpose? Would you be able to provide email support to implement into the theme via short code?

I very much appreciate your speedy replies.

P.S. I confirmed with the theme developer and he thought NextGen would work fine on the theme.