Photo Page Template

Hi,
I am trying to build a new website to show some of my photographs but I am really not liking how iWeb works with photographs. When I place them on the photo page, if a user selects on one it then within the same window shows a larger view with smaller icons for the other images. I turned off the slideshow from the inspector but this window now allows the user to download my image. How do I turn that off?
Does anyone have an experience with 3rd party photo galleries that may allow for more configuration of the navigation and user experience?

Go to the Inspector/Photos pane and set the Photo Download Size to None.
Click to view full size
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