I have a lot of albums with subalbums and am finding that people are having a hard time seeing the newest albums I have added. Is there a way for me to add a strip of the "5 newest albums" on the top of my gallery index page?

Sure: http://www.zenphoto.org/documentation/plugins/_plugins---image_album_statistics.php.html

OK. I have installed the PLUGIN "image_album_statistics". Now, what must i do to show the "5 newest albums" on my startpage? can anyone help me?

http://www.zenphoto.org/documentation/plugins/_zp-extensions---image_album_statistics.php.html

Hi sbillard, can you please explain to me how that goes. I do not understand the instructions. just want a page on which the e.g. 50 newest albums are displayed. nothing more. Is there not a step by step instructions. sitting now turn already 4 days and no longer white.

thank you

I cite the backend plugins page :

[quote]Note: Support for a particular plugin may be theme dependent! You may need to add the plugin theme functions if the theme does not currently provide support.
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Please take the time to read the theming tutorial to learn the basics.