Upload the .pl file in ASCII mode to your webserver and set it mode 755.
After that, edit the configuration section of the file. There are
a number of variables:
$new_dir
- This directory contains all your "new" pictures. Before
running this script for the first time, be sure
to have enough content in there.
$cur_dir
- This directory contains the images needed for todays' gallery.
This directory needs to be web acessible!
$full_url
- This is the URL to $cur_dir.
$html_dir
- This directory will contain all html needed for todays galleryl.
This directory needs to be web accessible!
$html_url
- The URL to the $html_dir directory.
$thumb_dir
- This is the directory where all the thumbnails are created
This directory needs to be web accessible!
$thumb_url
- This is the URL to the $thumb_dir directory.
IF YOU WISH TO USE ARCHIVED GALLERIES
$use_archives="yes";
- Set this to yes to archive all galleries, and no to not archive.
$archive_dir
- This directory is where all archives are stored by date.
This directory must be web viewable.
$archive_url
- This is the URL to the archives directory.
This directory must be web viewable.
$listingpage
- This is a full path AND filename for archives listing html page
$tx
$ty
- The size of thumbnails in pixels. tx = width, ty = height
$gal_cols
$gal_rows
- The number of rows and colums for a gallery.
$cjpeg
$djpeg
$pnmscale
- The path and filename of these programs
*NOTE* ------------------------------------------------------------
Make sure ALL directories listed above are created where you specify
in the config and are chmod so the webserver can write to them.
For ease of use you can chmod all directories to 777.
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To customise your gallery, edit the files in the templates/
directory.
gal_header.tmpl is used as header for the gallery and NEEDS
to have a <table> tag as last line
gal_footer.tmpl is used as footer for the gallery and NEEDS
a </table> tag on the first line
pic.tmpl is used to create separate html files to view
the full images in todays' gallery.
listing.html is only if you are archiving galleries. This will
determine what your listing page will look like.
Crontabbing
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Crontab the script like this to have a new gallery every day:
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