This is an aside - please don't let it take you off course as I am still VERY interested in what we've been trying to accomplish....
But.....
I've just had a thought. I have a bunch of individual php pages that I have made up so I have some static content. I can alter the header in each of these separately and use a different slideshow in each one of them, even if I end up not being able to do it in each product long description. so this will still be very worthwhile. Will it be possible (even for me) to add the slideshow to a php page with dreamweaver?
thanks so very much,
Nancy