Well, I still have a little tweaking to do, but would appreciate any feedback. After having to go through several permutations of the htaccess file, putting in the code fix for the directory file, and struggling through the various tweaks and adds, I am almost ready.
http://links.stampdetective.com

I inserted some adsense code and some footer garbage directly in the directory file (just after body and before /body tags), which seems to work, but has it running a little slow? I am a cut and paste guy, so I'm not sure how to do it correctly. If anyone has an easy solution, let me know.

Thanks,
Rick

Nice work, I really like the theme you have put together. As for being slow, runs smoothly enough for my tastes. Possibly, since you have thumbshots enabled you may want to reduce the number of entries shown per page. Fetching each website preview image can give the impression the script is running slowly.

Thanks Dewed, appreciate it.

This unique topic of stamp collecting is a good one for links, nice looking site, keep up the participation in the forum and see if you can help any other forum users out here too! Again nice look and feel to your customized install!