Once again thank you both for your assistance, I really appreciate it.
I apologise for the link not working, I actually had a server problem and my nameservers decided to fall over and die.
The site is now back online and the gallery is visible (unfortunately the plugin is still not working but I haven't given up yet... hence I am back again
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I have replaced all the files with originals and then installed the plugin package, I then edited the \include\functions.inc.php to incorporate the code change in you (i-imagine) post and replaced
line 1229:
$query = "SELECT $select_columns FROM {$CONFIG['TABLE_PICTURES']} WHERE approved = 'YES' $META_ALBUM_SET ORDER BY RAND() $limit_random";with
$query = "SELECT $select_columns FROM {$CONFIG['TABLE_PICTURES']} WHERE approved = 'YES' $META_ALBUM_SET ORDER BY RAND() $limit";
My random images now work as normal but even though the lightbox slideshow plugin is installed (and shows as installed in the pluginmgr.php as follows)
Installed Plugins Operation
Name Light Box v1.1 Plugin announcement thread
Author Sander Weyens, pluginized by jeepguy_1980
Description This plugin will override the default popup that embeds the fullsize picture and it will show a nice Lightbox popup instead. It features a slideshow as well, you can navigate through the images in the selected album with the arrow keys or with your mouse. Expect a configuration menu in future versions. For now, edit the files as described in the support thread.
In case there was an issue with the theme I was using I also tried running coppermine in both classic and my altered copy of extremered theme (currently back on extremered)
Link:
http://www.rebelslair.co.uk/pic_gallery