Module development and code questions

I'm having problems with Blobk visibility being way too limiting. For one I can't limit visibility by user role or taxonomy (if there is a module out there that let's me do that-do tell). I had to create a new page type just so I could get the visibility settings I wanted.

I have several blocks that I've had to create twice just so I could get them on the pages I wanted. I was thinking ab making a Block flexinode type to help me a little bit.

I havea click-able link generated by this code in fckeditor_textarea in my version of fckeditor.module

is it possible to change user roles for each point interval automatically. i'm using "user points" module. if possible, how can i do that?

I just got Drupal Setup at www.glumlord.com

Everything appears fine except I cannot get my gallery to display imageblock anywhere on screen. I have tried to set this to left, right, footer, and content.

I hear people talking about an embedded gallery and mine links to the gallery but it just opens like it did before I had drupal, so I think perhaps I haven't enabled the embedded part of this process.

I have tried 6 different templates to verify it wasn't a problem with that.

Any ideas, on what I can try?

Is there a simpler module than weblinks for adding links as nodes? I just want something simple.

I'm just getting started developing modules, and I have a question about a good one to use as an example.

I want to build a document repository, where admin users can upload documents, categorize them, etc.

The mod-development handbook is great to gain an understanding of hooks, but I'd like to see a good example of a module that already has a complex edit state for its administration.

Can someone point me to a well-coded example that perhaps they used when writing their first comnplex module?

Thanks!