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I'm using the same Chrome browser on Windows 10 you mention, and I have gone through your stated steps and do not see the problem. 

If I DO click on "Add Session Package Items" and select "Add to Cart" THEN I am locked in to selecting 10 digital, 1 postcard, and 1 postcard image. The options will not revert to a non-package item until you have selected everything that goes into the package. Closing the browser resets everything to the original state when you again reopen the gallery.

Looks to be working as expected. Just tried these same steps with the Edge browser (44.18362.387.0) on Windows 10 with identical results.

Go to your backlight admin page, click on the modules link, and you'll see a link to download the current lightroom publisher plugin near the top of the page.

In your CSS, try this -

vertical-align: middle;

Attempting to use Markdown in an album description field   -   
Publisher => Galleries => (choose album set) => Create Album => Base Settings => Album Description

Using a Pangolin album template..

Markdown works fine in Album => Page Content => Page Copy.  Problem only appears in the description field that is used in an album set (Descriptive) and the Album Description within that set. The copy entered appears, but without any recognition of Markdown formatting - or HTML for that matter.

I set up a test environment here  with bare minimums, and three sample albums with the description entered by using Markdown as well as plain text and HTML mark up.

Again - I only see the problem in the Album => Base Settings => Album Description  field

Backlight => Publisher => Galleries => Add Album Set => Features => Visibility => "Protected - requires access code"

then Features => Access Code => Edit  to enter your desired password.

The way I set up video album thumbnails is to go to Backlight => Publisher => Galleries => Your Album => Edit Album => Cover Image and set this to "Random".

Then Backlight => Publisher => Galleries => Album => Your Album => Add Photos and upload one photo to serve as the thumbnail. That image appears in the Album Set display.

Seems so obvious when you point it out. Thanks Ben!

Pideja - I was referring to Album Sets created online via Backlight rather than through Lightroom. It does still work via LR I believe, but not via BL2 online.

The problem with the ampersand is also present within the LRPublisher plugin in LR CC. If you had previously entered an ampersand in the description area (Base Settings => Album Description), and select "edit album" again for any reason, the ampersand becomes "&" in Lightroom. Select "edit album" again and it immediately becomes "&" - and continues adding an additional "amp;" each time you select 'edit album'. So if you enter an album from within Lightroom to change a setting, say to change the pricing scheme, if you had previously entered an ampersand in the description area - it WILL change, whether you notice it or not.

Additionally, I notice that editing an album (album text at least) in LR is somewhat hit or miss - sometimes the edits will appear online, sometimes they don't. Noticed this when I was testing the ampersand problem. Not sure if it's just my system or not, but it needs to be looked at.

If your album description does in fact change while using LR - and you notice the problem - you can successfully change the text by editing the album copy from within Backlight. But you have to notice the problem first.

Perhaps it's a VERY good thing that LR is no longer a requirement! 

You can install the Okapi modules from the Backlight 2 Modules screen - at the bottom left. That should bring all of your Okapi based templates back into play.