I am sort of new to the php/MySQL world and this has been the best and most helpfull website and application I have seen to date! Although the forums are somewhat mismanaged, they are also pretty good. Thanks again, and I look forward to sometime contributing to this project.
I'm completely new to this too. Do you have any advice as to where I can look on the site to get myself started. Is coppermine free?
Yes, coppermine is free. Start reading the documentation (http://coppermine.sourceforge.net/manual.php).
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