Do I have to do anything after I get the gallery up and running and integrated with my gallery for the users to upload pictures? I just want to be sure that I am ready. Thank you for any help you can offer.
Meant integrated the gallery with my forums Simple Machines.
By integrating do you mean visually or bridging so both share the same logins?
I bridged now I would like to make sure members can upload pictures do I have to create a category they can use or anything?
Depending where your members should upload pictures, you either need to enable "Public albums upload" and/or "Personal gallery" in the group manager (http://documentation.coppermine-gallery.net/en/groups.htm). Additionally, you can allow certain groups to create albums in public categories in the category manager (http://documentation.coppermine-gallery.net/en/categories.htm).