u can do it as did Vienix in his templates
create menu.php in 4images root dir, with all the links in there and then just add in your templates:
<?php
include('menu.php');
?>
that should do the trick.
When you say "just add in your templates", which templates do you mean?
4images is the first application that I see not using include very well, except the header and footer. The left menu is separated into many small parts and each is included in MANY templates.
Ideally, you want the WHOLE left menu as one thing, included in just ANOTHER ONE thing.