For example the demo sites shown such as the Sarah Lee site on ShowKase seem to be all made using Juicebox-pro and created from a browser linking to the website.
The Sarah Lee demo site was created with Showkase. The Juicebox galleries within the site were all created within the Showkase interface. Juicebox accounts for just the galleries within the site, nothing more, nothing less. The rest of the web site (the header, footer, navigation menu, About page and Contact page) are all unique to Showkase and cannot be created with Juicebox (Lite or Pro).
Can Sarah lee template be created on local PC for upload using Juicebox-pro.
No. Showkase is a PHP web application and can be installed and used only on a web server. It cannot be used locally on a computer to create a web site (to be uploaded to a web server at a later date).
Does using Juicebox-pro give more flexibilty in designing a website than ShowKase which is limited to 3 themes.
The Showkase themes are completely independent of Juicebox-Pro. They set the look and feel of the web pages.
If you create a Juicebox-Pro gallery within Showkase, then you have access to all the Juicebox-Pro configuration options within the Showkase interface.
The Juicebox-Pro configuration options are the same whether the Juicebox-Pro gallery is part of a Showkase site or not.
On the Paul Bica template the listing of links to galleries etc. is on the left.
Yes. The Paul Bica demo uses the Boma theme (which uses a side menu).
It shows four. I assume the list could contain more, is the number limited to what would look okay on the page?
There is no limit to the number of galleries that you can list on each Gallery Index Page. If you have many, you might just need to scroll down the page to see them all listed in the menu, although you can choose to have the top-level menu entries collapsible (for example gallery pages names only visible when a Gallery Index Page is selected) if you like. (The menu in the Paul Bica demo just happens to not be collapsible.)
Are the fonts that are used on the Showkase theme builds interchangeable? Can you upload special fonts that the program will use?
Each theme has its own selection of fonts which you can choose from ('Site -> Custom Theme -> Fonts') but you can use a custom font by following the Adding Custom Styles and Fonts instructions.
If I decide to completely change the theme from say Kosel to Boma can that be done.
Yes. You can change your site's theme in just a couple of clicks ('Site -> Change Theme -> Select (link) -> Publish (button)').
You can swap themes quickly and easily (as many times as you like) to see how your site looks under each theme.
Is there any ability using Showkase to alter the visual theme.
Yes. Please see the Basic Customization and Creating Themes support sections for further details.
For example on the index home page and other pages can the name be placed by an image or is the Sarah lee only changeable by font?
All three themes support using an image logo as an addition to (or an alternative to) a text heading.
You can upload an image to the Showkase Library and then select the image in the 'Site -> Customize Theme -> Logo' section.
Will the Showkase program work on any hosted site?
Please see the Showkase System Requirements for details. There is a Showkase Server Compatibility Test that you can download and run on your web server to check that it has all the features Showkase needs.
Lastly if I started by purchasing Juicebox-pro and then decided I wanted the simplicity of Showkase do I just pay for the standard license and use my Juicebox-pro license with it?
Yes. If you were an existing Juicebox-Pro user, then you could purchase Showkase-Standard and use your Juicebox-Pro files by following the Installing a Pro Viewer instructions.
The only difference between Showkase-Standard and Showkase-Pro is that Showkase-Standard comes bundled with Juicebox-Lite and SimpleViewer-Standard (the free versions of the image viewers) whereas Showkase-Pro comes bundled with Juicebox-Pro and SimpleViewer-Pro.