[Plugin: NextGEN Custom Fields] c. fields don't display in nextgen admin

First of all I love the idea behind the plug in and it sounds in all theory like exactly what I need for the site I’m developing. However unfortunately I just can’t get the custom fields to show up 🙁

What I mean is I’ve installed the plugin (ver 1.1.2) along side my nextgen gallery plugin (1.7.4) no trouble. Activated it, and used the upgrade link getting the following message “Database upgrade done” which I assume is the right response. I created a new custom image field, it’s linked to every gallery and it’s a text input field.

So far so good, but unfortunately when I go to the manage galleries page, no custom fields are available. The same problem occurs with custom gallery fields.

Nothing else along the way gives me the hint of their being a problem, but there’s really just nothing new on the page. I can even provide a screenshot if that helps. What am I doing wrong?

Is it at all relevant that this is being done on a test server with no external internet access? I wondered if the database upgrade required a connection or something. Thanks heaps in advanced, so very keen to get this off the ground.

http://ww.wp.xz.cn/extend/plugins/nextgen-gallery-custom-fields/