IPhoto thumbnail problem

I'm running iPhoto 08. Normally, when I'm in "Photos" under "Library" I see a page of thumbnails of my photos. Something has happened so that now I just see a single photo. If I click 'edit' then I get the thumbnails in a bar up top - but I can get them back tiled as they used to be. I've looked at other answers to similar problems and have tried holding down command/option and using the rebuild thumbnails options (there are two - one for 'small thumbnails, one for 'all thumbnails') - neither one has worked. Any other ideas? I'm not very saavy, so pls provide as much info as possible! Thank you so much. I'm running OS X (version 10.8.2).

Try rebuilding the database file as follows:
Make a temporary, backup copy of your library if you don't already have one (Control-click on the library and select Duplicate from the contextual menu) and apply the two fixes below in order as needed:
Fix #1
Launch iPhoto with the Command+Option keys held down and rebuild the library.
Select the options identified in the screenshot.
Fix #2
Using iPhoto Library Manager to Rebuild Your iPhoto Library
Download iPhoto Library Manager and launch.
Click on the Add Library button, navigate to your Home/Pictures folder and select your iPhoto Library folder.
Now that the library is listed in the left hand pane of iPLM, click on your library and go to the File ➙ Rebuild Library menu option
In the next window name the new library and select the location you want it to be placed.
Click on the Create button.
Note: This creates a new library based on the LIbraryData.xml file in the library and will recover Events, Albums, keywords, titles and comments but not books, calendars or slideshows. The original library will be left untouched for further attempts at fixing the problem or in case the rebuilt library is not satisfactory.
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