Wulf, thankls for the constructive feedback.. much appreciated.
Re your question, "raat" is actually a hindi term for night.. its a domain I have had lying around that Im just using to get the gallery script up and running... I also have "ratz"
as for the thumbnails, Ive been playing around with the gallery script permissions so non registered members only see the thumbs, and when people login they see the fullsize pictures...
yeah I completely see your point about the ads... I have to clean the template up, Im reusing the template from another gallery site...
My thinking behind the thumb permissions was if people actually register and look for full sized images, that will make it easier in the long run if I want to switch over to a paid membership model, with some sort of discount thing for existing members etc...