I found a work around, but would still like to know what went wrong.
So the main problem from above is that the admin.php file isn't pulling the correct paths, thereby messing up all the a hrefs. For axample, the code for the Edit Album link in admin.php (a href="../../zp-core/?page=edit&album=) came out as
a href="www.travelalongwithme.com/zp-core/?page=edit&album=
when it should be a href="http://www.travelalongwithme.com/gallery/zp-core/admin.php?page=edit&album=.
If I hardcode it in each case, it works, but otherwise it leaves out both the zenphoto folder (gallery) and the admin.php in the url. I've defined the web and serverpath in zp-config and all links work fine in the photo galleries, just not in the admin.
Can anyone tell me what went wrong? Thx.