[pmwiki-users] Thumblist and image galleries.

[Petko Yotov]

On Wednesday 17 January 2007 11:18, Mark Trumpold wrote:
> HI All
>
> I am trying out the different galleries so I am not sure which one to use.
> Any advice ro examples would be appreciated.
>
> Meanwhile, I get the 'PHP-GD image library'
>
Thanks for trying the ThumbList recipe. 

There is a ThumbList warning "PHP-GD image library not found. Exiting." If you 
have it, then your PHP installation cannot access the image functions and you 
cannot use ThumbList.

If your server is on Windows, you can modify your php.ini file to include this 
library.

* read your server documentation (where are your PHP DLLs?)
* if incorrect, change "extension_dir" from its default value to the directory 
where your extensions actually are (files like php_gd2.dll, iconv.dll and 
other DLLs)
* set extension=php_gd2.dll (if there is a semicolon ";" in front of it, 
remove it)
* restart Apache 

On GNU/Linux or *BSD you will need to install a bundled version of PHP with 
GD. On Debian the packages are called "php5-gd" or "php4-gd".


> I have a directory called 'gallery' where all my images are held. How do I
> point the thumblist recipe to that directory.

ThumbList uses only standard PmWiki uploads directory structure, no external 
directories, and no unlimited subdirectories. These are files that can be 
listed with (:attachlist:). You need to upload / move the pictures in 
directories PmWiki expects to find them.

Normally you will want to have a wiki Group called "Gallery" or "Photos". In 
that case, the default upload directories are 
/uploads/Gallery   or
/uploads/Photos
etc.

Easiest is to upload a test file from the "attach" link on a wiki page and 
then you will find it in the correct upload directory. Then move the other 
files there.

Note that the default PmWiki setting is "per-group upload directories", while 
some users of ThumbList prefer "per-page upload directories" for the 
galleries' groups (every page has its own sub-directory). This is done by 
creating a file "local/Gallery.php" (if Gallery is the name of the wiki 
Group) and putting inside 

<?php if (!defined('PmWiki')) exit();
$UploadPrefixFmt = '/$Group/$Name'; 

See the documentation at http://pmwiki.org/wiki/PmWiki/UploadsAdmin for more 
information.

You can also read these pages for additional tips and questions/answers:
http://pmwiki.org/wiki/Cookbook/ThumbList
http://pmwiki.org/wiki/Cookbook/ThumbList-Talk

If you really need to have files in directories outside of the PmWiki 
directory structure, ThumbList cannot do this, but other recipes can, i.e. 
WikiGallery, PhpQuickGallery, and TinyWebGallery I believe (see in the 
Cookbook).

Good luck,
Petko