downloaded,installed, uploaded photos into album, published, now what. I can't find any documentation on how to actually use zenphoto on my page. my page is all html. So I am looking for some php to through on the gallery page. is there a user guide and I just missed it?

There is a User Guide section of the site in the header.

Are you looking to include your Zenphoto images into a pre-existing page? If so, you could use the "Zenphoto as a plugin" way: http://www.zenphoto.org/2009/12/zenphoto-as-a-plug-in-using-zenphoto-functions-from-outside-zenphoto/