Thanks to amcnea for taking the initiative in design. Attached is a screen grab for the design.
This is a modification of the nexus template by RocketTheme for Joomla. Visit the site and click in the drop down template menu on top. http://demo.rockettheme.com/
This is a good route to go. We get a spiffy template with all the cool javascript dropdown menus and such already designed, modify it to insert the expression engine tages for dynamic content. I believe these templates have been designed with w3 validation css and xhtml in mind, so it shouldn’t be too tricky to incorporate.
Well, it probably is a bit tricky. But the result may well be worth it.
Anyway, check out this draft. Great job! I like the copy on the text and the images as well. The design was in motion with the top bar changing ever few seconds.