Something is set wrong as I have cable access to the internet and can not even reach your page to get an error. I would help if I could but can't reach ya. I would suspect your server is having a little problem itself.
examples:
http://www.reeftalk.com/cgi-bin/album.pl here is my config as an example minus any passwords
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# NOTES #
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# You should go through every setting below and make sure that each of these variables are set to suit your site. If you're not sure what the setting does after reading the description, try leaving it alone.
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# PATHS AND FILES #
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# This section sets the paths for various files and directories needed to run the album. This is probably the most critical section, as neglecting to make changes here will prevent your album from running properly. See album.html for more information on the files, correct permissions, and their uses.
# Photo Album Root Directory. This is where you will put your images and sub-directories. These will automatically be viewed as photos and albums by the script.
rootdir=/home/reeftalk/www/gallery
# Photo album web site root. This is the actual URL that goes to your photo album rootdir, as defined above. It's not the URL that will be used be users to invoke the script.
webroot=http://www.reeftalk.com/gallery
# Relative path to album.pl, from "webroot" as defined above. This is appended to webroot to get the path to the album.pl script, as a web URL.
relalbum=../cgi-bin
# Path and filename of the album template file. This file is used as a template to display albums. See album.html for file format information.
album_template=/home/reeftalk/www/images/album.tml
# Path and filename of the photo template file. This file is used as a template to display photos. See album.html for file format information.
photo_template=/home/reeftalk/www/images/photo.tml
# Path and filename of the upload template file. This file is used as a template to display the upload form. See album.html for file format information.
upload_template=/home/reeftalk/www/images/album_upload.tml
# Path and filename of the upload rating file. This file is used as a template to display the rating form. See album.html for file format information.
rating_template=/home/reeftalk/www/images/album_rating.tml
# Path to notify file. Used to store the e-mail addresses of anyone who has chosen to be notified when new photos are added. Only used if you set notify=1 later, otherwise ignore. This file has to be writable to the web server.
notify_file=data/photo_addresses.txt
# Web path to photo icon. Should be a relative path, as it is also appended to webroot to get the URL.
photo_icon=../images/thmb_photo.gif
# Web path to movie icon. Should be a relative path, as it is also appended to webroot to get the URL.
movie_icon=../images/thmb_movie.gif
# Web path to album icon. Should be a relative path, as it is also appended to webroot to get the URL.
album_icon=../images/thmb_album.gif
# File path to photo icon
file_photo_icon=/home/reeftalk/www/images/thmb_photo.gif
# File path to movie icon
file_movie_icon=/home/reeftalk/www/images/thmb_movie.gif
# File path to album icon
file_album_icon=/home/reeftalk/www/images/thmb_album.gif
# Link to style sheet (optional). As you want it to appear in all HTML pages. Should be an absolute path, since each page must call it and they may exist in different locations.
style_sheet=../Photo_Album.css
# Descriptions filename. This is the file used to store all photo and album titles and descriptions. These should all be writable to the web server if you intend to update titles/descriptions from the web. This does not set the path, just the name of the file that will be used in each album.
descname=descriptions.txt
# Valid Image extensions. Only files ending in these extensions will be considered a photo. Anything not in this list will not be displayed as a photo. Only files with this extension will be allowed to be uploaded (assming you allow uploads).
@imgexts=gif,jpg,bmp
# Valid Image extensions. Only files ending in these extensions will be considered a movie. Anything not in this list will not be displayed as a movie. Only files with this extension will be allowed to be uploaded (assming you allow movie uploads).
@movieexts=avi,mpg,mpeg
# Location to log photo uploads. Must be writable to the web server if used.
upload_logfile=album.log
# Location of UBB or YABB "Members" directory. Used for UBB or YABB authentication (upload_authentication_type=2 or upload_authentication_type=3). Should be the absolute filesystem path.
membersdir=/home/reeftalk/www/Members
# Path to the authentication database. Only needed if upload_authentication_type=0. This file is a simple text flatfile, see album.html for the format.
auth_db=/home/reeftalk/auth_db.txt
# The filename to use (per album) to track the number of times a each photo has been viewed. If this is left blank, views are not tracked. This is should not contain a path, it determines only the name of the file to be used in each album to track views.
viewfile=views.txt
# The filename to user (per album) to track user ratings. If this is left blank, ratings are disabled. This is should not contain a path, it determines only the name of the file to be used in each album to track ratings.
ratingfile=ratings
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# DISPLAY #
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# This section contains settings to determine how information is displayed to the user
# Number of columns used to display photos/albums.
columns=6
# Space between columns of photos/albums.
column_spacing=20
# Description location - 0=Right, 1=Below
descloc=1
# Use buttons or text for "next" and "previous" links? (Shown when viewing photos.) 1=use buttons; 0=use text links. Not used for static HTML.
usebuttons=1
# If this is set to 1, a "jump to" box is shown when in an album, which allows the user to jump to any peer album.
jump_to=1
# Show number of photos in each album.
# Note: can seriously slow down viewing of large albums!
showcount=1
# Show number of movies in each album.
# Note: can seriously slow down viewing of large albums!
showmoviecount=0
# Use icons for albums/photos that do not have thumbnails?
icons=1
# Show a legend (for the icons, only on the first page)
legend=0
# Use "Update Notifier"?
#
# NOTE: This only keeps a list of e-mail addresses, it does not send any info out. It's up to you to send out the e-mail to everyone in the notify file once you've added pictures.
# 1=use notifier, 0=no notifier
notify=0
# The width of the border to put on album icons, to distinguish them from photo thumbnails
album_border=2
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# UPLOADS #
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# Allow uploads? If this is 1, people can upload to your photo album by using the function=$upload flag. See below for authentication information. Setting this option to 0 disallows uploads.
allow_uploads=1
# Allow movies to be uploaded too?
movie_upload=1
# Can users overwrite photos when they upload? (I.E. upload photos with filenames that already exist?) 1=overwrite, 0=don't allow overwrite
upload_overwrite=0
# Size limit (in kilobytes) on uploaded photos
upload_size_limit=256
# Sets the type of authentication to use:
#
# 0 = Anonymous (user can enter their name, no password required)
# 1 = Use flatfile DB authenticaiton. Must set auth_db parameter for this to work.
# 2 = Use UBB authentication. Must set membersdir parameter for this to work.
# 3 = YABB authentication. Must set membersdir parameter for this to work.
upload_authentication_type=2
# For UBB authentication: Turning this option on will force users to upload photos into their own directory. They will not be allowed to pick a category, and will not be allowed to upload into any other directory. If a directory for that user does not already exist, one will be created when that user uploads their first photo. They will no longer be presented with a "category" list, any photos they upload will automatically be saved into their personal directory.
ubb_member_upload=0
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# THUMBNAILS #
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# Thumbnail prefix - prepend this to any thumbnail file. For example, "thmb_anypic.jpg" would be used as the thumbnail for "anypic.jpg" if $thumbprefix="thmb_". If it's null, no thumbnails are used.
thumbprefix=thmb_
# If set to 0, generic thumbnails are used if a custom thumbnail can't be found. If set to 1, it will use a height/width tag to constrain the actual image for a thumbnail, if a custom thumbnail can't be found. For photos only. Be aware that turning this on means that every photo will load every time your album is viewed, which will incur a lot of extra network traffic.
constrain_thumbs=0
# Height to make constrained thumbnails
thumb_height=60
# Width to make constrained thumbnails
thumb_width=80
# Show thumbnails for next and previous photos?
nextprevthumb=1
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# STATIC #
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# This section contains settings for creating static HTML files.
# Turn this flag on to create static HTML for every album and every photo. (Great for viewing offline, saving to a CD, etc.) When this is turned on, it may seem like your system is hung for a bit. Just let it run, and it will come back with a status display eventually. The bigger the photo album, the longer it will take... You'll probably only want to set this flag, run the script, and then clear the flag again. Otherwise, you just keep re-creating all thos files.
create_html_flag=0
# Filename to use for static HTML files (should be the default file read by your web server to work properly). This should not include path info, as it's only the name of the file that will be created in each album directory.
static_html_filename=index.html
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# MISC #
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# Settings that don't fit under any other category.
# Slide Show timer. Set to number of seconds to wait before autmatically displaying next photo (0=don't run as a slide show)
slide_timer=0
# Name for the root album in the descriptions file. This allows the "root" album to be given a title and description.
rootalbumname=Root
# Descriptions file delimiter. Used to separate description entries in $descname.
desc_delim=~
# Password protect album? If so, set this to the password you want to use. This one password will be used for all access to the album. Leave it blank for an unprotected album. (password=)
album_password=
