I used the function and $album_desc definition described at: http://forum.coppermine-gallery.net/index.php?topic=40315.0
However, the problem is in that when {$album_desc} is rendered in the album thumbnails, it prints as plain text and the bbcode url is not interpreted.
Did I miss something in the translation?
Wouldn't you know it... just as I sent the post I had a flash go off in my brain...
I remembered seeing something like bb_decode in the files, so I looked for that...
Turns out all I needed to do was change:
$album_desc = get_album_desc($_GET[album]);
to
$album_desc = bb_decode(get_album_desc($_GET[album]));
It is working fine, now....
Hope this helps someone else out there...
Thank you for resolving