Yeah, you can do it all with CSS. Just override the rules with specificity or by using the !important flag.

Uncle Cheese,

Can the following be done in silverstripe for a sophisticated home pager slider. If so which direction do I take this. Thanks in advance!

1) When the page loads, it automatically cycles through 6 or more slides.

2) The default automatic cycle should have a segmented animation IN and OUT.
(I.E background image fades in, then some text fades in, then another piece of text or copy line fades in.) This process will create one slide and pause for a few seconds and then all components will fade out to transition into another slide with the same process.

3) navigational buttons/numbers that correspond to each slide should have the accordian effect as the rotator animates through the cycle.

4) the backend cms should be able to create each slide with the ability to modify all the components of each slide. the components will be the text, fade control of the different texts copy's, and placement, and links to the slide.

Of course it can be done. What you're describing can all be accomplished with javascript plugins. You don't really need Silverstripe for this.

Thank you Uncle Cheese. I feel a bit more confident. I am aiming to use silverstripe so the admin user can modify the components of each slide without too much difficulty.