OakGallery 2.0 Released ! [Great image gallery]

?ke is finally done with version 2.0 of the OakGallery.

OakGallery home:
http://www.ake.nu/gallery/

Some live galleries:
- http://blixten.ake.nu/gallery/ (Ver 2.0)
- http://pictures.potatoesmc.com/ (Ver 2.0)
- http://websociety.wm.net/~wmanbem/fi...k/fotogalleri/ (Ver 2.0)

Please post a link to your installed gallery.

Info:
- Integrated with your existing forum software
- Easy to integrate with other methods of user authentication
- IP-based authentication included for users without forum software
- Does not need 'register_globals' to be switched on
- It's FREE of charge ;-)

- Organize images into categories and subcategories
- Lets users rate and comment on the images
- Sort the images by date, rating, views, etc.
- Languages available: English and Swedish. Easy to translate to your own language!
- Most features are configurable in some way
- The design is very configurable
- Define your own data fields
- Built with speed and security in mind
- Automatic generation of thumbnails and display images
- Can add your logo to uploaded images automatically
- Uses ImageMagick for high quality thumbnail resizing
- Ban IP's from commenting
- Show random images from the gallery on any page on your site!
(This is done simply by including random.php in your own PHP page)

...and more!

Requriments:
Database Server
- MySQL or MS SQL Server (experimental support for ODBC)
- Administration tool for the database server (e.g. phpMyAdmin)
- Support for MySQL has been tested thouroughly.
- Support for MS SQL has been tested and seems to work fine.
- Support for ODBC is currently untested.
- PhpMyAdmin to import database structure http://www.phpmyadmin.net/
- ImageMagick installed on server http://imagemagick.sourceforge.net/
- The variable include_path = "." in php.ini

- PHP 4 (PHP 3 untested, but should work)
- Tested with PHP 4.2.2
- Forum Software
- Tested with phpBB 2.0.4
- Tested with vBulletin 2.2.x
- With vBulletin 2.3.x, and error message is produced by vBulletin, but still works.
- Forum software is not really needed (but highly recommended), you can use ip-based authentication too.

Web Server
-OakGallery currently requires a web server that allows you to run shell commands from php-scripts (for ImageMagick).

Installation:
1. Create a database for the gallery (using e.g. phpMyAdmin)
(You can use the same database for OakGallery as for other things, as long as the table names don't collide)
2. Execute the complete database script found in InstallDB/<server-type>-OakGallery.sql
3. UnZip the gallery to a local folder
Edit the Upload/config/galleryconfig.php to suit your needs. The configuration options should be self-explanatory. To find where ImageMagick's convert and composite are located. Try running this from your shell (unix):

which convert or
whereis convert

4. Upload all files in the 'Upload' subdirectory to your webserver.

5. Make the directories 'thumbnails' and 'images' writeable by the webserver.

E.g:
chown nobody thumbnails
chmod 770 thumbnails
(In this example, the webserver is run as user nobody.)

7. Also, you need to make the PHP temporary upload directory writable by the webserver.

(Contact your system administrator if you need help with step 6-7)
Now, try loading the gallery page in your webbrowser and start creating categories for your pictures!

8. Dont you get it working ? Please post your problem here ... include the following:

- Path to the gallery
- Path to the forum
- Path to phpinfo.php
- Path?s in the galleryconfig.php

Then it will be much easier to help you out.

Modification:
If you want to modify OakGallery to better suit your needs, the following rules must be obeyed:

- The 'PayPal-donate' link and text must be CLEARLY visible. Preferrably near the top of the page.
- The original copyright message must be CLEARLY visible near the top of ALL pages.
- Add a message saying 'Modified by xxxx' or similar near the copyright message.
- Have fun! (and yes, that is a rule!)).

[Oak]

Today at 09:53 PM Yaxio said this in Post #80
will the prog work with GD instead of ImageMagick?

Sorry, not in this version. It might be done in a future version, but i think you should try getting ImageMagick installed on the server...

[winky6]

ricoche & Kurayami,

You need to add the full server path in all the files in the include folder for the included files.

include('sql-' . $cfgDataBaseType . '.php');

should be

include('/your/server/path/forums/gallery/include/sql-' . $cfgDataBaseType . '.php');

I did this to all the files in the include folder that had the include statement & it fixed all my errors.
:banana:

[ricoche]

Excellent Winky6! That fixed the problem perfectly. Thank you.

So far in addition to the instructions I had to do the following to get the gallery to work.

1. As Winky6 mentioned above, you have to go into the php files in your include folder and manually modify the include paths. ( Details in post above ).

2. My server paths for ImageMagick's convert and composite are as follows. You might want to try dropping the "X11" if having troubles.

$cfgConvert = '/usr/bin/convert';
$cfgComposite = '/usr/bin/composite';

3. I CHMOD'd my image and thumbnail folders to 777.

4. Used an iframe to integrate this with vbportal. If anyone has any other idea that works please let me know if possible. Thanks.

I'm still testing this, but everything seems to now work. Again thanks to winky6 for the kickstart and I hope my settings above will provide other users with some additional ideas for tweaking if needed.

Thanks again. Nice script so far.

Ricoche :bunny:

[Kurayami]

Ah, thank you very, very much winky6!
You've saved me a great deal of trouble... the gallery's working great now.
Just one question, though: Is there anyway to stop the vB database error from appearing...? I really don't want to have to go through the trouble of downgrading to 2.2.9, but I'm loving the script.

[kuska]

This is a great hack. Is there a possibility for the next upgrade to have a search included, and Nicknames in comments would be links to the comentee picture???? Or can you write a addon? With a large database of pictures people are getting ++++ed looking for their pictures, and looking for pictures on the people who posted a comment on them.

[grace819]

Wow! Finally an alternative to Photopost! Gotta give it a try!

[kuska]

Mabye a PM notification on a new comment? Or am i asking 4 too much

[Bergman]

Great that you get it working guys ! But you should not need the full path?s in the include?s. Have you checked that you have this line in php.ini on your server ?

include_path = "."

Kurayami, a solution for 2.3.0 should be fixed.

Kuska, there is a hack for PM on Comment for ver 1.0. Maybe that work ? Now we have the "Comments on your pictures"-function instead. Any tips of improvements is apreciated !

[Bergman]

Have everyone got it working ? Otherwise please post your problem again ... include the following:

- Path to the gallery
- Path to the forum
- Path to phpinfo.php
- Path?s in the galleryconfig.php

Then it will be much easier to help you out.

[Oak]

Today at 02:06 AM winky6 said this in Post #82
ricoche & Kurayami,

You need to add the full server path in all the files in the include folder for the included files.

include('sql-' . $cfgDataBaseType . '.php');

should be

include('/your/server/path/forums/gallery/include/sql-' . $cfgDataBaseType . '.php');


I did this to all the files in the include folder that had the include statement & it fixed all my errors.
:banana:

As Bergman said, this is not the way to go. Fix the include_path in your php.ini instead!

include_path = "."