Ok, I went through the forums resolving all other issues I had but, this one is just not here so I'm the only dense one here.
I finally got the default.aspx to show something but, it's not what is supposed to happen. It's pointed to the samplefolder right now but, all that is showing is an empty black page with 'DotNetGallery Online Demonstration' no thumbnails no nothing. I can't find anything in the documentation that might help. It only says to make sure the path is correct and it is. So I am at a loss now.