[Gallery] shortcode column problem…

Right, I’m at my wits end ??

I’ve been trying to post images using the new [gallery] shortcode into my blog. When I first tried this I noticed all the images appeared in 1 column… so I read up on some docs, and added the columns=”3″ parameter to the shortcode. Bad news is, it didn’t do anything.

Regardless of what I try I can’t get 3 columns to appear, I’ve saved, re-sorted, edited, re-saved, read every doc, and even checked the code in media.php for errors. They won’t appear in 3 columns.

I can’t find anyone with a similar problem, and don’t have sufficient kmowledge of WP to figure this one out.

Can anyone tell me;

Does your template have any bearing on how a [gallery] is displayed? (I’m using Decayed).

Is there any way to override the default columns of 1, with 3? (I’ve seen the code snippet in media.php on line 384)

Any other idea what could be doing it?

Thanks in advance,
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