Installation went well, but when I got to the manage page I created a collection and it was added.
Then I clicked on the upload tab and I got the message:
"Before you can begin uploading photos to your gallery, you must create at least one collection AND one album within that collection. Move over to the "Manage" tab to begin creating your organizational structure"
So I successfully added another collection, clicked on the upload tab and I got the sane message.
I have tried reinstalling, set CHMODs, new servers, MySql, set permissions, php code altering and every thing else I could find in this forum to solve the problem.
Any ideas or should I just find another open source gallery?
You need to create an ALBUM inside the Collection... not another collection.
Choose the Manage tab, and at the bottom, click the Collection you created. This will take you effectively inside the collection, where you will now see "Create an album".
Once you have created an album inside this collection, you will be able to upload photos to the said album.