I dont want the news and images on the same page... I figured it would be news on one page and then you click a link to get to the gallery, When I do combi-news it looks kind of random images to me, how are they even sorted or displayed? I dont really get that either...

Okay I found what im looking for...
http://zenpage.maltem.de/zenpage-demo/

It has this on the right side:

Gallery

* album1 (10)

Why dont I have a "Gallery" thing on the right?
http://luckyshotphotos.com/

I believe that all your problems are theme-related. If you want it done right, you have to make it yourself (like I did). Everything you see from others has probably been customized. The zenpage-default theme is just a building point. The sidebar link was added later in the one you posted above, for example.

What you probably want to do is make a copy of index.php, rename the copy to gallery.php, and put the display albums php there.

The combi-news section is probably more for if you upload one picture at a time, so it displays the last few pictures uploaded.

So the zenphoto demo page was modified from the original? That sounds dumb to me to use if its a demo, showing what your not really getting by default?

Well, you would have to create that item in the sidebar. Again, you can build the theme to look however you want. You can't have a gallery link unless you have setup a gallery page. That can easily be done, but it is not done in the theme you have chosen.

You have two examples--the zenphoto-default theme and the Efferevescence+ theme. You can also look at http://photos.albeezie.com/ for a third approach.

Your confusing me even more. Aren't I using the same theme as the zenpage demo?
What do you mean by "You can't have a gallery link unless you have setup a gallery page."

If I manually type the link it works fine:
http://luckyshotphotos.com/landscape

The only thing that is missing is the link itself... Why do I need to create a new "gallery page"?

Okay, so I think all I have to do is modify sidebar.php ...

What is this code? It looks like its already there...

<?php if(function_exists("printAlbumMenu")) { ?>
<div class="menu">
<h3><?php echo gettext("Gallery"); ?></h3>
<?php printAlbumMenu("list","count","","menu-active","submenu","menu-active",""); ?>
</div>
<?php } ?>

Shouldnt it work then? Why doesnt the function exist? Do I need to find it and include it?

Activate it as a plugin. Then, the magic will happen.

That did it! Thanks, I didnt know that was a plugin option. Thanks. I thought it was an option somewhere, but never figured it was a plugin. This is exactly what I wanted. Thanks

Sorry, not to have made clear that the menu items are the print album menu... (but the theme desc says support for ....) Also you can activate the page thumbs nave to have the thumbs on the image.php page.

To the CombiNews: That is not random. These are the latest images you uploaded. These are integrated as if they were news articles.
You have the choice if they should be sorted by id, mtime or date in the options.

"To the CombiNews: That is not random. These are the latest images you uploaded. These are integrated as if they were news articles.
You have the choice if they should be sorted by id, mtime or date in the options. "

Ya I figured that out after i posted the random lol