I have attached a couple of pictures, the second one shows what I would like for the menu drop downs, plus one more "tier".

My logo is 160 x 111

Hi,
I have my logo uploaded but it isn't centered with the menu buttons and they don't all fit on one line.
I would also like to have the header bar white so my logo "flows" better.
In style.css find this code:

.logo {
padding: 30px 10px 0 10px;
width: 160px;
height: 60px;
float: left;
}

.logo {
padding: 4px 10px 0 10px;
width: 130px;
height: 60px;
float: left;
}
.logo img {height:85px; width:122px}

.menu-header {
padding-top: 30px;
text-shadow: black 1px 1px 1px;
width: 780px;
height: 60px;
float: left;
position: relative;
z-index: 3000;
}

.menu-header {
padding-top: 30px;
text-shadow: black 1px 1px 1px;
width: 800px;
height: 60px;
float: left;
position: relative;
z-index: 3000;
}

I have updated the menu pages (Appearance setting in WordPress) to have additional "tiers" of pages, however they don't show when I hover over.

The theme support only three menu levels and there is no way to add four. You can add other items in page sidebar as custom menus or selected pages.

I have changed the background color to white, but now the text is to "ghosted" to see clearly.
What do you recommend to make it easier to see?

You can change the color of the menu links from this code in style.css file:

.topmenu li a {
color: white;
display: block;
text-decoration: none;
float: left;
}

Cheers,
Max.

If you use child theme then make the changes in child theme style.css file.

It would work only for files from root theme folder. It would work for js files too (the ones from js folder) but it wouldn't work for featured.php files or other from library folder.

Does it hurt to have them changed in child theme along with envision theme?

No, it wouldn't at all. It would be better for you to make changes in child theme as when you would make an theme update you wouldn't lose the changes you made as you would update just the parent theme.

Create there a js folder and copy the file in that folder.

Hi,
you need to change menu font color as is white and this is the reason why you don't see it in IE. You can change it from this code:

.topmenu li a {
color: white;
display: block;
text-decoration: none;
float: left;
}

My lists are also getting alittle long, is there away to have the menu contract if you are no longer hovering over it? If you hover over it once and continue to move your cursor down the previous sub menu stays open making the list very long.

No, this is not possible. Use sidebars to add more menu items.

Cheers,
Max.

Is there anyway to have it turn back white when you hover over it so you can see it better?

Add this code in style.css

.topmenu li.parent:hover a span {
color: white;
}

Any idea on why the drop down menu shows transparent sometimes?

I think this happens because the height of menu background image is smaller that the submenu you have. To solve it you would need to edit this images height:
- topm_bg_first.png
- topm_bg_last.png
This images are located in images folder of the theme.

Still having a problem with my menu bottom "About Us", it doesn't hover white.

Also, is there away to keep the menu heading text white after I select a submenu? It reverts back to blue which is hard to see in the black.

In style.css file find this code:

.topmenu li:hover a span, .topmenu .current-menu-item a span, .topmenu .current-menu-parent a span, .topmenu .current-menu-ancestor a span {
background: url(images/topm_bg_right.png) top right no-repeat;
}

.topmenu li:hover a span, .topmenu .current-menu-item a span, .topmenu .current-menu-parent a span, .topmenu .current-menu-ancestor a span {
background: url(images/topm_bg_right.png) top right no-repeat;
color: white;
}

What do I need to edit the images to? It is much worse in IE than Firefox. On the home page it is really bad as each one is transparent with the slider behind it. Other no slider pages only seem to have a problem with the Pool Options menu.

What version of IE you have? I've tried on IE9 and didn't had this problem. Did you tried on another computer? What about the image you need to increase image height.

Cheers,
Max.

Hi,
both problems were solved.

Cheers,
Max.