I'm trying to figure out how to add an item to the Zenpage menu that links directly to a specific album. Ideally, the structure would be something like this:

Graphic Design (link to an information page)
--Poster Samples (sub item that links to gallery)
--Brochure Samples (sub item that links to gallery)
Photography (link to information page)
--Portrait samples (sub item link to gallery)
--Event samples (sub item link to gallery)
Contact me (contact form)

Is this possible? I know I can hard code it in sidebar.php, but I would like to be able to add and edit pages and gallery links, grouping them as needed.

Can I easily create a "page" that redirects to a specific gallery page?
If so, that would be a very simple solution

Sorry, there is no way to do this except building your own hardcoded menu or function for this.

We have already a feature request ticket on this but I can assure that this is not any easy task to do.

how about going the cheap way and just using redirection...

Redirection will require extra code on the page to redirect, too (if speaking of a header() redirect)

If we ever do such a feature we would do it right, with real links...;-)

UPDATE: I have got an idea how to do this. Will not get into 1.2.6 as we are in feature freeze right now.

Thanks acrylian. I look forward to a solution. In the mean time, I will make do with the seperate gallery and page menus.

By the way, I love Zenphoto and Zenpage. I was running on Drupal, but didn't need all the functionality for this site. There is no image gallery plugin for Drupal that comes close to ZP. I suppose this is a new topic....but is there any chance of bridging that gap?

Well, we consider Zenphoto a standalone application so we do not have any intention for a real bridge to Drupal (I am not familiar with it anyway). But of course if you want to try a bridge, right on. Take a look at our class object model. Alternatively you might use this standard way: http://www.zenphoto.org/2008/01/hacks/#zenphoto-as-plugin

Acrylian, I think we just hit upon a snag keeping a Drupal / Zenphoto bridge from happening. You aren't familiar with Drupal, and Drupal developers aren't familiar with Zenphoto. And both offer only partial substitutes for the other's features. Don't get me wrong, I love Zenpage, but it's fairly limited as a CMS. And I love Drupal, but creating image galleries in it is cumbersome at best.

Currently the best gallery support for Drupal is either Gallery, which is far too complex, or Drupal's own image solution which requires individual uploads of every image.

The amazing simplicity of Zenphoto would be a powerful complement to Drupal's powerful content management system.

I will look into the Zenphoto as plugin solution.

[i]Don't get me wrong, I love Zenpage, but it's fairly limited as a CMS. [/i]
No offense taken..:-) Although you can do a lot more with Zenpage if you do some custom theme coding, is is meant for gallery focussed sites like portfolio sites artists, designers need. These mostly do not need complex site structures that for example big company sites with hundreds of pages require. Surely it can't compete with more complex CMS like Drupal and others featurewise. For every task there is the right tool..:-)

Regarding a bridge, well, again if you want to try some integration feel free to ask about the object model if you need help. But we can't actively help coding.

The Zenphoto as a plugin solution is not really a plugin its just a way to include Zenphoto into existings sites. But using this way you might even be able to build a bridge.

Acrylian,
I have actually done a little theme customizing on my zenpage site - www.kenholmes.com.

Again, it's an excellent solution for galleries and don't understand why the same simple "drop images in a folder and you're done" idea isn't being used by other gallery developers.

My dream of integrating Zen into Drupal is for another site I have. I run a theater company in Seattle that has need for more complex CMS, but also needs to show off pictures of productions. I'm having to either deal with Gallery, or create galleries manually. Both of those solutions are on the sucky side. that site is www.greenstage.org.

There are middle grounds between complex "big company" sites that need hundreds of pages and portfolio sites. My little non-profit site is one of them. We dont' have the money to spend on a developer, but need simpler control over content than static html pages.

Again... going to look into the zenpage as plugin thing... just haven't had time. thanks!

Nice customizing. You could submit it to the showcase.

And please keep us posted about the Drupal/Zenphoto things in case you do any further work in that area.