Joomla

First off, I'm a real newbie to Joomla. I asked this question in their forums, but noone has replied to me, and it keeps getting kocked further and further back. I've found these forums far more helpful, so was hoping some Joomla users would be able to send me in the right direction.

Basically I'm looking to impliment a featured news image spotlight scroller much like on http://uk.gamespot.com/ and http://wiinetwork.net/, but haven't got a clue what words to search, or what to do really, *shrugs* Can anyone give me any advice? =)

I have a javascript image scroller like I want it in my html template, but I want to make sure I can impliment it first before I do anything.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Matt~

p.s meant to edit the title, but have found I cant now I've posted it. sorry =(