instead of using template.html could i just grab one of my index.php pages of my site and add {GALLERY} where i need the gallery to show? how could this be accomplished?
You can't use php in the template. Just make a theme that matches the rest of your site.
thanks for the response
is there some PHP function that i could include in one of my .php pages of my site that will simply call the gallery? (like using the word {GALLERY} on the template.html) I won't be needing all of the gallery's functionality anyway
No, you can't include Coppermine into another page. If you want to just display some images from Coppermine, you can use a mod like CPGFetch. Otherwise, you'll have to design a theme to match your site.