Hello,
1) I am seeing the image on your other site just fine at the top. Not sure if you fixed this already.
Yes, it worked after I set the default Main Menu-Item to "featured artcles"
2) There is an overlay here:
Template.CSS - Line 350
.s5_header_overlay_yes #s5_header_overlay_inner1 {
background: url("../images/s5_media_overlay.png") repeat scroll 0 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);
height: 100%;
}
Oops sorry now I found the overlaysetting in the "theme-specific-settings thats fine right now for the unchanged Siteshaper-testsite
3) I am not 100% sure on this but you should be able to add a full URL path to a video on a different server in the input box in the Template Manager. I will double check to make sure its possible but also be sure that the video is in .mp4 format
OK it works pretty well now great Template !!!!
best
fahl5