WP Integration w/WPG2

Gallery version (not just "2"): 2.3
PHP version (e.g. 5.1.6): 5.2.8
PHPInfo Link (see FAQ): http://bonnietarses.com/gallery2/phpinfo.php
Webserver (e.g. Apache 1.3.33): 2.0.63
Database (e.g. MySql 5.0.32): 5.0.81-community
Activated toolkits (e.g. NetPbm, GD): (not sure)
Operating system (e.g. Linux): Linux
Browser (e.g. Firefox 2.0): Firefox 3

WP embedded page link: http://bonnietarses.com/blog/?page_id=52

I've successfully setup several Galleries over the years. For the first time I'm trying to embed it into a WordPress site. Currently WP is installed in a folder called "blog". Gallery is installed at the root in "gallery2". I have WPG2 installed and it validates correctly. The only error I see is Warning: Using the Simple Header.

The direct install of Gallery is not displaying thumbnails but other than that it is working. I think I just need to get the correct paths to activate a graphics tool. Although when I compare this setup to a working one they look the same. Not sure what else might be wrong there. The full size images do display it's just the thumbnails. When I try to test the settings for ImageMagick and netPBM they fail using the same paths as on a working install for another client. Any ideas there?

When I try to go to the page using the gallery link in Wordpress I get a white page. I know the FAQ says that's likely a memory issue. I tried upping the memory with htaccess and got "access forbidden" errors so removed what I did and have a ticket in for my host to up the memory limit for me. Maybe that'll take care of it all. If not, anything else it could be?

What I'm wondering is if the paths in WPG2 all show correctly is it viable for Gallery to be in the root and NOT in the WP directory?

Thanks,
Sheila