User permissions and categories

[dr-tourist.tv]

I am totally new to Coppermine and am playing around with it and another gallery app to see which I prefer or what the strengths and weaknesses are etc. I am totally ignorant when it comes to programming and PHP etc.
One feature I can not seem to find in the control panel for Coppermine:

I do not want a giant user galleries category. I want registered users to be able to UL pics to any category but only admin can create new categories. Is that possible? Am I an idiot and just not seeing it?
On that same site I want to restrict viewing the pics and galleries to registered users as well. . . . .is that also possible?

For a different site, is it possible to not allow any users to post pics at all? Basically just a gallery to show pics by one photographer.

If these things are possible but require hiring freelance people to make the mods, I am certainly open to that and will post in the correct forum.
I may also be interested at tying coppermine in with phpbb forums on one site.

I apreciate any and all info. . . .thanks!

[kegobeer]

Have you reviewed the documentation that comes with Coppermine?

[dr-tourist.tv]

My install was done via cpanel on my webhost with fantastico. Are the docs online here? I will look.  I am very new to this stuff so I will always wind up with the app that is most user friendly. I am guessing coppermine isn't?

[Nibbler]

Most things are user friendly if you read the instructions. They are online via the link at the top of all pages on this site and in the /docs folder on your site.