Here's a small suggestion:
Save all the images you use as part of the template (like all that metally stuff) as a .png in your image editing software from the *original* copy. .png supports alpha layers, which means that instead of getting those jagged edges a .gif leaves you with, you will get nice smooth transparency around the curves.
Oh yea, Internet Explorer doesn't support alpha layers, so the improvement will only be noticeable in standards compliant browsers like Firefox.
