I took everyones advice and went with gallery2.
It’s slow, it’s bulky, but the features make it pretty hard to resist. I have a semi-custom WP theme (based on ‘back in black’) with gallery using the WPG2 -Clean theme with a few css modifications and the Black color pack. Exactly the results i was looking for. I even went so far as to add google map for my photos to match the google map for my posts. It all works really well together barring a few minor layout/link problems. It’s all online now.
https://BiologyBen.lastpromise.com
It’s good to see the advice about the permalink’s with this set up….i tried just in gallery once, and nothing worked…if i have time i might try again per the above instructions. Meanwhile, i don’t mind the cruft.
