Hi,
My assisting in the Forum provides ideas for launch of my own Design Studio and I find the challenges a relaxing diversion. It also helps me think through what I can commerically offer.
I did some touch-up this morning over coffee. The large gap you see under the images is caused by Auctiva's code for the paired images. I can reduce (almost eliminate) that bottom gap and reduce the gap between rows (achieve a more montage look) by applying some code tricks to override Auctiva's code. Here's what 4 test images with those code tricks does for a test of the white template.
http://practicewriter.com/vu/?5F69F
And, this is without the change.
http://practicewriter.com/vu/?5F6A3
Let me know if you like the change.
I noticed your coder's template had some signs you may have been using Word to create text for paste to the listing editor. Word is a problem for paste if you don't use the paste from Word icon on the toolbar. Same for paste from plain text, like Notepad; use the Paste from Plain Text icon.
Templates, in general, should be static code that does all or most of the work for you by predefining the structure, text family font size and color, etc. That's how Auctiva's stock templates work, i.e. they operate with prechosen font family, size, color, etc. to go with the "design". The description box on the one-page and the profiles should be simple, plain-text fill-in with only bold or minor color adds and paragraphing to enhance the text. That makes them generic to operate with any template; the template does it all for you.
Danno