Found a trial version of CS3 and am making some headway.

Okay, NOW I see the benefits of loading separate SWFs and how it seems to work! So, does merely having everything in the same folder enable this sort of organization to work such that any updates/edits take immediate effect?

Two small things:

1)There's a preloader error output that comes up when I test the .fla :


PHP Code:
>> contentListener.onLoadStart()
>> 
contentListener.onLoadProgress()
PERCENTAGE0
>> contentListener.onLoadProgress()
PERCENTAGE0
>> contentListener.onLoadProgress()
PERCENTAGE0
>> contentListener.onLoadProgress()
PERCENTAGE100
>> contentListener.onLoadProgress()
PERCENTAGE100
>> contentListener.onLoadProgress()
PERCENTAGE100
>> contentListener.onLoadProgress()
PERCENTAGE100
>> contentListener.onLoadProgress()
PERCENTAGE100
>> contentListener.onLoadComplete()
>> 
contentListener.onLoadInit() 
2) Suddenly, my next/prev buttons for the gallery are no longer working, and I can't find any possible errors in the script.


I can't express my thanks enough for all of your help.
You've saved my sanity in a very didactic way!