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How do I create a gallery page using this plugin?

This is a simple process.

1. Create a template file within your current theme directory (I used gallery.php)

To create the layout as shown in screenshot 1 the template that was used is as follows:

<?php
/*
Template Name: Gallery
*/

/**
 * @package WordPress
 * @subpackage Default_Theme
 */

get_header(); ?>

<div id="gallery" role="main"> 

<?php 
    id_coppermine_render_album_list();
    id_coppermine_render_gallery(); 
    id_coppermine_render_page_nav();
?>
</div>

<?php get_footer(); ?>

1. Create a new page using the WordPress Pages option.

I created a page called Gallery with no content and selected 'Gallery' as the template option. When published, that's it. A fully working gallery.

How can I control the appearance of the plugin CSS?

The included file id-coppermine.css contains the styles that are used by the plugin. You have the option of modifying them here or making this file empty and adding the required information to your themes CSS file. All the selectors are prefixed 'id_' so the chances of conflict with selectors used in your selected theme are low.

Why do you not include the Lightbox2 files with your plugin?

Lightbox2 was not created by me and is unsupported by me. Although this plugin was built using v2.04 of Lightbox2 it is very likely that newer versions of Lightbox2 will be backwards compatible and so this will make it easier for you to maintain Lightbox2 seperately.