In the [b]./zp-data/zenphoto.cfg.php[/b] file
. . .this may be specified in some "setup" scenario, but I can't find it, other than by editing the file. On the Upload/Images page, there is a drop-down menu from which one should be able to select an "upload to" directory. Unfortunately, I only see an option for the root directory, i.e., "/". I've tried changing the following code to the second construct (now commented out), but if I do, then setup complains that "MySQLi reported: Unknown database '/var/db/mysql/ZenPhoto'".

$conf['mysql_database'] = 'ZenPhoto'; // Supply the name of Zenphoto's database //$conf['mysql_database'] = '/var/db/mysql/ZenPhoto';
Is simply 'ZenPhoto' rather than the absolute path correct? . . .apparently so?

Also, I have the following specified:

$conf['album_folder'] = '/www/zenphoto/albums/'; $conf['album_folder_class'] = 'std';
./albums would be targets for uploads, but I can point to them.

Yes, just the name of the database, not the path. It gets the path via the server name by itself.

Also no path for the album folder. You don't need to set that at all unless you want it outside the root. Then us relative ../albums. That would be a level above the web root of your server. Note that this can cause issues with multimedia items if visitors have browsers that require the flash fallback.