The first time I tried to import files it seemed to work, but it hasn't worked since. I place a few jpgs in the uploads dir (no weird names, just 'somename.jpg') and go to the import tab. It asks me which dir to import from. I click 'uploads' and the bowser goes to a blank page witha url like: http://photos.scherker.com/admin/plog-import.php?directory=b2445e42da6ef8c3bd732829270cbf21 and never recovers.
I'm not sure if this relevant but my webhost keeps me away from most of the gory details of PHP, however my CGI error logs show: 'PHP Warning: Zend Optimizer does not support this version of PHP - please upgrade to the latest version of Zend Optimizer in Unknown on line 0'