Hi trisweb, thank you so much for your help. Here's an update.
A while back, I realized that I needed to install zp in a subdomain so I could use PHP5 (my regular domain uses PHP4). Last night I accidently gave you the older, PHP4 address. So the guaranteed real address to my gallery is this:
http://gallery.purplepapaya.net
So I'm on Dreamhost, PHP5, fresh DB and everything. I dropped all tables and re-uploaded and installed this morning. Here are the installation steps I used:
-re-download the latest version
-upload everything
-edit config.php with this post in mind:
http://www.zenphoto.org/support/topic.php?id=316
-run setup.php
-as before, everything is okay exept no theme/css information is used.
-redefined WEBPATH and made it `/`.
-and sadly the problem remains.
Please let me know if there is any other information I can provide to be helpful. Thank you again, so much. And I am a she (Sara)

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