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The PhpWebGallery Development Team (DT) answer is:
Obviously that hasn't resulted in as many new sites rather, some people have downloaded successive new versions of PhpWebGallery and some people, owing to incompatible web-server set ups on some free ISPs, have not been able install PWG correctly.
Preferably an Apache server running on Linux.
IIS on a Windows 2000 sever works fine as well.
Mac OSX works also!
To give an idea of your space requirements:
PhP (the elephant): is “the” language behind PhpWebGallery, don't forget this. MySQL: is the essential database in order to run PhpWebGallery.
If you require more space than is available… less important data can be transfered to a “distant site”, that is to say, a second server containing less frequently accessed data.
If your ISP doesn't appear in the lists below and you know where to add it, please do so.
I have decided to install PWG, but it's the first time I will do that job. Where I'll find the answers to all my questions.
Admin → Configuration → General
Admin + Configuration + Default display
Unfold all categories Yes / No
In the file include/mysql.inc.php
. However, if you are asking this question, you probably have not yet gone through the installation process, and your mysql.inc.php
is most likely an empty file.
On dedicated server (or on your own server), you must test if it supports thumbnail generation, because of its configuration (number of processors and external access).
For detailed instructions, log in to your PWG installation and navigate to
Admin → General → Instructions
Physical categories (analagous to “albums”) must be created directly in the filesystem under the install_dir/galleries
directory. There are a couple of ways to accomplish this:
galleries
directory. The name you give this subdirectory will be the name that is displayed in PWG. On *nix systems, this subdirectory MUST be writable by the user under which the web server is running. While the creation of virtual categories is straightforward, associating elements with categories is somewhat more involved.
Admin → Categories → Manage
Modify /include/config_local.inc.php
as appropriate:
<?php //+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ // | remote loading | //+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ //One speaks here about the remote loading by HTTP //accessible optionnellement to //users. //upload_maxfilesize: maximum weight of the images //to be downloaded, in kilo //bytes. $conf['upload_maxfilesize'] = 400; //upload_maxheight: maximum height of the images //to be downloaded, in pixels. $conf['upload_maxheight'] = 800; //upload_maxwidth: maximum //width of the images to be downloaded, in pixels. $conf['upload_maxwidth'] = 800; //upload_maxheight_thumbnail: maximum height of //the miniatures. $conf['upload_maxheight_thumbnail'] = 128; //upload_maxwidth_thumbnail: //maximum width of the miniatures. $conf['upload_maxwidth_thumbnail'] = 128; ? >
: Link to en:Configuration
Images total size is growing quickly and maybe your server does not support it. PhpWebGallery allows you to manage remote sites.