I tried to both the correct coding and the first coding still left a different error:

1. This is the new error I get for the admin display
1146 Table 'divabou_zc2.contest' doesn't exist
in:
[SELECT zen_contest .`date_entered`, COUNT(*) contestant_count FROM `contest` `contest` GROUP BY `contest`.`date_entered` ORDER BY `contest`.`date_entered` DESC limit 10]
If you were entering information, press the BACK button in your browser and re-check the information you had entered to be sure you left no blank fields.


2. This is what I did for my photo to show with the code you left

Link to contest Page
$content .='<a href="'.zen_href_link("contest").'">Enter Our Contest</a><br />';
// Uncomment the below line and change image name and location to meet your needs.
// $content .='<a href="http://divaboutiques.com/store/index.php?main_page=contest'.zen_href_link("contest").'"><img src="images/FN90302RD.jpg" alt="Our Contest" border="0" title="ENTER TO WIN - Our contest gives away one prize to the winning contestent."/></a>';
$content .= '</div>';

I don't know if I added the image photo in the wrong area, but when I uploaded the file I received this error on my front page.

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING in /home/divabou/public_html/store/includes/templates/diva/sideboxes/tpl_contest_sidebox.php on line 16