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Video fitting within Showkase is performed by the '/_themes/kosel/js/jquery.fitvids.js' file (to give a uniform presentation of videos on the page). If you do not want the auto-fitting of videos, try manually editing your Showkase page in a plain text editor and remove the following code from near the bottom of the page:

<script>
  $("section.content").fitVids();
</script>

Also, I notice that only one of your videos is available in HD.
If you have access to the original videos (and they are available in a higher resolution), you could perhaps re-upload them to YouTube so that they are available in a higher resolution (and appear less blurred in a large viewport).

If you are looking to create the equivalent of a Gallery Index Page for videos, then there will likely be a lot of work involved.
There is no automated way within Showkase of creating thumbnail images for videos and listing them as links to open the videos fullscreen. This would all need to be done manually with knowledge of HTML, JavaScript and CSS (and an imaging program to create the thumbnail images).
As you are aware, such a solution would not be unique to Showkase so try a web search with terms such as 'video thumbnails click play fullscreen' and see what comes up. If you find a solution you'd like to try, you should be able to copy and paste the code directly into the body of a Showkase page.

Whether you use YouTube or Vimeo (or some other video host) is really up to you. If you are familiar with or already use a certain video host, then it might be wise to continue using it (for ease of use).
An alternative option would be to host your videos on your own web server and play them in an embedded video player such as JWPlayer.

I realise that this is not a direct solution to your query but it might point you in the right direction or at the very least offer some food for thought.

Perhaps other users reading this thread will have some other suggestions...

Configuration options for a Juicebox gallery within Showkase are stored in the gallery folder's 'page.xml' file (used by Showkase to populate the gallery settings page) as well as the 'config.xml' (used by Juicebox when displaying the gallery).
If you want to manually edit a Juicebox gallery's settings (rather than use the Showkase interface), then you will need to edit both the 'page.xml' and 'config.xml' files to keep them synchronized. Please note that each XML file has its own format. In the 'config.xml' file, configuration options are set as attributes to the opening <juiceboxgallery> tag whereas in the 'page.xml' file, each configuration option has its own tag (alongside other tags which refer to non-gallery-related Showkase page settings).
If you do not want to edit galleries within the Showkase interface, then it might be easier to just delete and re-import the gallery.

Unfortunately, there really is no way to automate the indexing of multiple Gallery Index pages (for example on a Basic page).
You would need to manually list and link to your Gallery Index pages using HTML code in the text editor of a Basic page (although once you have listed the Gallery Index pages on a Basic page of your own, you could choose not to have the Gallery Index pages displayed in the main navigation, by deselecting the 'Show in Nav' checkbox, as they would ordinarily appear on the top level of the menu).

Juicebox and SimpleViewer are both image galleries.
For more information on the differences between Juicebox and SimpleViewer, please see this SimpleViewer Blog Article: http://www.simpleviewer.net/news/?p=488

If you have Juicebox-Pro or SimpleViewer-Pro, then you could create a Juicebox or SimpleViewer gallery on your computer using JuiceboxBuilder-Pro or svBuilder-Pro (the desktop applications which come with Juicebox-Pro or SimpleViewer-Pro respectively).
You would add images to your gallery by dragging and dropping images into the application.
You would then upload the gallery to your web space using an FTP program such as Filezilla. (Web space is required if you want your galleries to able to be viewed by others on the internet.)

There are other methods of creating Juicebox and SimpleViewer galleries which can be found here:
Juicebox: http://www.juicebox.net/support/creation/
SimpleViewer: http://www.simpleviewer.net/simpleviewe … #templates

With Juicebox-Pro or SimpleViewer-Pro, you can create as many individual galleries as you like but if you want to link them all together, then you would need to do so manually following the instructions and examples in the 'Embedding Multiple Galleries' support sections.
Juicebox: https://www.juicebox.net/support/embedd … -galleries
SimpleViewer: https://simpleviewer.net/simpleviewer/s … l#multiple

Showkase is a PHP web design application (installed on a web server rather than on your computer) designed to create a complete portfolio website (incorporating Juicebox and/or SimpleViewer galleries) online in a web browser interface. Showkase is also able to create non-gallery pages such as 'About', 'Basic', or 'Contact' pages where you can add information about yourself (or any other content you like).

If you are using Showkase to design a web site, then you could either:
(1) Create Juicebox or SimpleViewer galleries within the Showkase interface itself (and add images to the galleries using the upload module within Showkase)
... or:
(2) Create Juicebox or SimpleViewer galleries with JuiceboxBuilder-Pro or SimpleViewer-Pro (on your computer), upload the complete gallery folders to your web server and import them into your Showkase site using the 'Site -> Import' functionality.

Log into the Showkase Live Demo Admin here: http://www.showkase.net/livedemo/admin/
... and you can see the upload module in the 'Library -> Upload' section. The import functionality can be found in the 'Site -> Import' section.

Showkase also allows you to list multiple galleries on a Gallery Index Page. You can have as many galleries listed on each Gallery Index page as you wish.
Each gallery is represented by a thumbnail image with the gallery title displayed below and the gallery is opened when the user clicks on the image.
Demo Sites created with Showkase can be found here: http://www.showkase.net/demos/
A sample Gallery Index Page can be found here: http://www.showkase.net/demos/sarahlee/galleries/

Showkase is installed and used on a web server (rather than on your own computer) through a web browser interface.
Without web space and an internet connection, you will not be able to use Showkase at all.
You can create Juicebox and SimpleViewer galleries on your computer using JuiceboxBuilder-Pro and SimpleViewer-Pro but you will likely want to upload them to a web server at some stage (as they are essentially designed as web galleries).
Although web space is required, there are many hosts which offer free web space which may be enough to get you started (although you tend to get what you pay for with free web space and a paid account would likely offer better features, stability and support).
As Showkase is installed and run on a web server, there is a Server Compatibility Test which you can use to check that your web server has all the features that Showkase needs: http://www.showkase.net/support/sktest/

There is no need to use blogging software (or anything similar) but if you are already a WordPress user, there are WordPress plugins which would allow you to create Juicebox and SimpleViewer galleries from within the WordPress Dashboard (without having to create the galleries on your computer and upload/embed them separately).
WP-Juicebox: http://www.juicebox.net/support/wp-juicebox/
WP-SimpleViewer: http://www.simpleviewer.net/simpleviewe … pleviewer/
These WordPress plugins are free and come with Juicebox-Lite and SimpleViewer-Standard (the free versions) so you could try them out if you like.

You could use your Flickr account details (User Name or ID) and have your Juicebox or SimpleViewer gallery populated by images from your Flickr account. You could enter any Flickr User Name or ID and as long as the images are public (and not private), they will be displayed in the gallery.
It is also possible to select specific images within a Flickr account by using Flickr Tags or Flickr Sets.
A complete list of Flickr Options for Juicebox and SimpleViewer can be found here:
Juicebox-Pro: http://www.juicebox.net/support/config_ … kr-options
SimpleViewer-Pro: http://simpleviewer.net/simpleviewer/pr … tml#flickr
Existing Flickr users would likely find this useful in that they could create Juicebox or SimpleViewer galleries without the need to find or re-upload images.

You're welcome.
I'm glad you are getting on well with Showkase!

If your gallery is a Juicebox-Pro gallery, then please ensure that you are using the most recent version (v1.3.3).
It sounds like you might be using an older version of Juicebox-Pro.
There was a bug in a previous version of Juicebox-Pro whereby captions disappeared when the Image Scale Mode was CROSS_FADE the Caption Position was either BOTTOM or BELOW_THUMBS.
This bug was fixed in Juicebox-Pro v1.3.2. Please see the Juicebox Version History for details.

If necessary, instructions for getting the latest version of Juicebox-Pro can be found here.
Instructions for 'Installing a Pro Viewer' within Showkase can be found here.

It this does not help, then please post the URL to your gallery so that I can investigate further.

That's great!
I'm glad you have been able to resolve your problem.
Thank you for posting back to let me know.

Showkase was designed to be installed and run on a web server through a browser interface.
It is not a desktop application and cannot be used as such.

Even though Showkase creates static pages, it would not be possible to copy a Showkase site from a web server onto a CD or DVD due to the paths that Showkase uses to refer to resource files.

@cvleest

Thank you for the suggestions!

I understand your request to be able to do this within the Showkase interface but, currently, you might be able to do this as follows:
(1) Upload the image you want to use as your gallery thumbnail along with all the other images in the gallery.
(2) Go to the 'Images' tab and select the image as the 'Index' image for the gallery.
(3) Edit the gallery's XML file in a plain text editor to remove this image from the gallery itself by deleting the corresponding <image> entry.
(The gallery's XML file can be found inside the gallery page's folder in the root Showkase directory.)

This should work OK but please bear in mind that if the gallery is edited/updated within Showkase, the XML file will be rebuilt and you will need to do Step #3 above again.

For each and every page in a site, Showkase creates a folder in the root Showkase directory (with the same name as the page itself) and inside each page's folder is a file named 'index.html'.

If you wanted to change the on-screen text in the menu for a certain page name, then you would need to edit all the 'index.html' pages in all the page folders (as the menu is included in every page).

Again, please note that as soon as you update a page within the Showkase interface, the edit will be lost.

It might be easier just to try to give each Showkase page a unique name.

I was composing my response to your first post as you posted your second one (hence no reference to your &nbps; suggestion).
This will not work.

As you have discovered, Showkase strips out non-alpha-numerical characters when using the name for the folder on your web server but escapes XML entites in the name so that it is displayed exactly as you see it in the input text field.
What you were seeing when you thought it was working was likely to be either a page which had not yet been updated and published or a older version of your page cached by your browser.

My suggestion to manually edit the HTML page created by Showkase after it has been published still stands as a possible workaround.

Please see 'Editing Individual Captions' in the Pages section of the Showkase User Guide for details on how to extract the image's IPTC title and description.

If entering IPTC data via Adobe Photoshop, {iptctitle} corresponds to the IPTC 'Document Title' field and {iptcdescription} corresponds to the IPTC 'Description' field.