lionel - made mention of this a few posts back. Dont worry about the packages for right now - it is for a portion of the system that isnt complete in this version. The phrase issue was mentioned too.
The js does seem to blank admincp's in rare instances - this is fixed in the next release.
Have you run a test? Does it produce anything.
If you guys really having problems with $GAB_ad1 showing would like to send me admincp/ftp details - I will figure out what is happening. It seems to be working on most systems.
Cyberdream - go into admincp, expand the languages & phrases, click phrase manager, change Phrase Type to Control Panel Global, click Add new phrase, enter GAB_add_ad in the varname and 'New Ad' in the text. Then save.
I think I would delete your global.php copy and paste. I think you may get chomped for pasting vb code publicly