i am trying to call $album using <?php echo $album?> with no success. This was working and now has stopped. Is there something that needs to be in .htaccess? Just guessing here...

What are you expecting? You must have defined and initialized $album to use it. What is the rest of your PHP code like? $album is not an integral part of the zenphoto core.

Is there an existing defined and initialized album variable that calls the album directory name? I am trying to insert this on a custom link on the album.php page.

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