It sounds like you're working from the default template set, any custom displays you may want for the Child Items or Search Results Pane need to be set at the Template level.
Attributes are also Created/Assigned (and default values) at the Template level.
Changes that you make to the Templates will be reflected in New Items.
The methods required for what you want to do are discussed in the docs available in this thread:
http://www.kinook.com/Forum/showthre...&threadid=3732
if those file sizes are a problem, come back and we'll talk some more.