Sorry for the re-posting of this post. I don't read Italian well.
I'm posting an update to my dilemma. I have discovered, that if I use the module without pointing the menu to the component, then the module acts properly, but, without the photos loaded into the folder. When I use the component with the menu assigned to it, and not use the module, then I lose control of my page layout.
Still trying to figure this component out.
Thanks again.