1. Deactivated Hover and everything works fine now. Might make a note that Hover and WP-StarRatings do not mix. I didn't really need Hover anymore anyway.
2. This makes me sad. Okay, I did some more experimenting, and including the line <?php if(function_exists('the_ratings')) { the_ratings(); } ?> in the Gallery theme's .php file DOES cause it to display the stars. I have stars all over the place, and even clickable stars, but I think I am putting the line of code in the wrong place. Here's the text of the php file, including the <?php if(function_exists('the_ratings')) { the_ratings(); } ?> line where I have it now. Could you look at my current In-stock page and tell me where I should move that line to, to make it work? I think I'm close. Maybe not, but I think I am.
<?php
/**
Template Page for the gallery overview
Follow variables are useable :
$gallery : Contain all about the gallery
$images : Contain all images, path, title
$pagination : Contain the pagination content
You can check the content when you insert the tag <?php var_dump($variable) ?>
If you would like to show the timestamp of the image ,you can use <?php echo $exif['created_timestamp'] ?>
**/
?>
<?php if (!defined ('ABSPATH')) die ('No direct access allowed'); ?><?php if (!empty ($gallery)) : ?>
<div class="ngg-galleryoverview" id="ngg-gallery-<?php echo $gallery->ID ?>">
<?php if ($gallery->show_slideshow) { ?>
<!-- Slideshow link -->
<div class="slideshowlink">
<a class="slideshowlink" href="<?php echo $gallery->slideshow_link ?>">
<?php echo $gallery->slideshow_link_text ?>
</a>
</div>
<?php } ?>
<?php if ($gallery->show_piclens) { ?>
<!-- Piclense link -->
<div class="piclenselink">
<a class="piclenselink" href="<?php echo $gallery->piclens_link ?>">
<?php _e('[View with PicLens]','nggallery'); ?>
</a>
</div>
<?php } ?>
<!-- Thumbnails -->
<?php foreach ($images as $image) : ?>
<div id="ngg-image-<?php echo $image->pid ?>" class="ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box" <?php echo $gallery->imagewidth ?> >
<div class="ngg-gallery-thumbnail" style="width: 80px;" >
<a href="<?php echo $image->imageURL ?>" title="" <?php echo $image->thumbcode ?> >
<img title="<?php echo $image->alttext ?>" alt="<?php echo $image->alttext ?>" src="<?php echo $image->thumbnailURL ?>" <?php echo $image->size ?> />
</a>
<span><?php if(function_exists('the_ratings')) { the_ratings(); } ?> <?php echo $image->caption ?></span>
</div>
</div>
<?php if ( $gallery->columns > 0 && ++$i % $gallery->columns == 0 ) { ?>
<br style="clear: both" />
<?php } ?>
<?php endforeach; ?>
<!-- Pagination -->
<?php echo $pagination ?>
</div>
<?php endif; ?>
