Gallery Album

Creating an album and adding photos

Once the Gallery script installation is complete, you can start sharing your photos with the world. First you should log in your Gallery2 admin area and navigate to the Add Album section. There you can enter the Album name, a summary and a short description about it, and the keywords, which will be indexed by the search engines in the Internet.

After the Album has been created, you can add photos to it through the Add Items section.

How to change Gallery templates

Gallery themes can be downloaded from here:

http://codex.gallery2.org/index.php/Gallery2:User_Contributions#Themes

Once you've downloaded the theme, you will need to upload it and unpack it under your /gallery2/themes folder. If you have downloaded a .zip file, you would need to unzip(extract) it and upload the unzipped folder that contains the theme to the /gallery2/themes folder. The folder that contains the theme will have the files "theme.inc" and "theme.css" in it.

Follow these steps to modify the theme:

Step 1: Login at your admin area by clicking on the Login button and filling up your admin login details.

Step 2: Click on [Site Admin].

Step 3: Click on [Display - Themes].

Step 4: Click on the [All Themes] tab and install the one you have just uploaded by clicking on the link.

You have successfully installed a new theme in your Gallery! You can set the new theme as default if you would like to use it on your website.

How to add Movie to your Gallery

You can add a movie to your online Gallery in four different ways. First of all you need to login as administrator and to click on Add Item.

From there you have four options:

Option 1: From Web Browser - To upload a movie as an item from a web browser.

Option 2: From Local Server - To use one that you have already uploaded using the File Manager or FTP.

Option 3: From Web Page - To insert a link to an existing movie using its URL.

Option 4: WebCam/Live Image - To insert a link to a video steaming source as a web cam.

Gallery and Joomla CMS

Gallery can be installed separately as a component in Joomla CMS. This is the easiest way to integrate the two applications. The files for the integration can be found here:

http://joomlacode.org/gf/project/gallery2_bridge/frs/

Before proceeding with the Gallery2 component installation, you should install the JoomlaLib component, wich can be downloaded from:

http://joomlacode.org/gf/download/frsrelease/4490/10193/com_joomlalib_1_3_1.zip

Then you will just need to download the Gallery2 component and to install it through Joomla Administration Area. In order to do that, please, choose the Installers -> Components menu.

Please, find more detailed instructions how to install Joomla extensions here.

After installing the component you should navigate to Components -> Galley2 -> Settings and enter the paths to your Gallery2 script. The other option is to use the installation wizard.

Please mind that the component integration can be a difficult and a time consuming procedure. SiteGround.com provides it as a paid service. If you need assistance with the Joomla-Gallery integration, please post a ticket in Exclusive Professional Services -> Application Integration.

Gallery and PHPNuke

The Gallery integration pack for PHP-Nuke can be downloaded here - you need to create a user account before the download:

http://www.nukedgallery.net/downloads-cat11.html

Just add it as a module in your phpNuke, activate it and you are done.

Please mind that the application integration can be a difficult and a time consuming procedure. SiteGround.com provides it as a paid service. If you need assistance with the phpNuke-Gallery integration, please post a ticket in Exclusive Professional Services -> Application Integration.

Gallery and phpBB

The Gallery integration module for phpBB 2 can be downloaded here - you need to create a user account before the download:

http://www.nukedgallery.net/downloads-cat12.html

This module can be easily installed with the Easy MOD installer for phpBB.

Please mind that the application integration can be a difficult and a time consuming procedure. SiteGround.com provides it as a paid service. If you need assistance with the phpBB-Gallery integration, please post a ticket in Exclusive Professional Services -> Application Integration.

Gallery Upgrade

How to upgrade the Gallery 2 application?

Updating Gallery is quick, easy and can be done in a few minutes. Please follow these steps, in order to complete this process properly:

Step 1: Make a backup

The upgrade process should be very safe. But just in case, it's a very good idea for you to make a backup. So before you perform this upgrade you should backup the database and the files of your Gallery application. If something goes wrong, you can always restore the backup and try again. You can check our detailed backup tutorial for more instructions on how to backup your script installation.

Step 2: Identify your Gallery 2 version

In order to know which upgrade package to download, you need to know which version of Gallery you currently run. Browse to your Gallery 2 installation in your web browser, log in as an administrator, click the "Site Admin" link then click the "Maintenance" link. You'll be presented with a list of maintenance tasks. Next to the task marked System Information click the run now link and then look for a line labelled Gallery version.

Step 3: Review the Release Notes and Known Issues

Before starting the upgrade, you should review the release notes of the latest Gallery 2 version and scan through the known issues. (The requirements of Gallery 2 might have changed (e.g. the required PHP version) or there might be a documented upgrade problem for your specific setup.)

Step 4: Upgrade the Application Files

There are three ways to upgrade:

1. Replace all files: Download a complete replacement for your Gallery 2. This is slower, but very reliable.
2. Use an update file: Replace only what's changed since the major release. This option is only available for security & patch releases. If you've modified your Gallery 2 code, this technique can preserve your changes. It's faster than a complete replacement, but takes a little more know-how.
3. Update from Subversion: This is the best approach if you've made changes to your Gallery 2 code. It's relatively fast and won't step on any changes you've made, but it requires a lot of know-how and is not available to most people.

Step 5: Replace all files

Please, Download a complete new copy of Gallery 2 and simply unpack it on top of your existing Gallery 2 installation and then run the upgrader. This is a simple but a slow method. Also, any modifications that you've made to Gallery 2 will be lost when you replace the files, with the exception of template changes made in local directories.

Notes:

• The Pre-Installer can also be used to quickly upload a new version to your website. See: Upgrading with the Pre-Installer
• Gallery 2 packages come in 4 flavors (typical, minimal, full, and developer). You should try to make sure you download the same package as you did before.

Step 6: Run the web based upgrader.

Once your files have been updated, please, open up your Gallery 2 in your web browser and it will take you to the upgrader automatically. Follow the instructions there.

On step 2 of the upgrader, the Gallery file integrity check should show Success.

If there are missing/deleted/modified files listed here, you should make sure that these are files that you have modified in your own copy. If it reports over hundred missing files from the modules/core/test directory then verify that you did not accidentally install the developer zip of changed files over an install that was originally from the minimal, typical or full version. If you did that's ok! Just go back and get the right zip file and try again.

Notes:

• If you use a PHP accelerator / cache (e.g. Turk mmCache, Ioncube PHPA, eaccelerator, Zend Studio, etc.), flush (clear) the cache of the accelerator. Omitting this step can sometimes lead to errors during and after the upgrade process.
• If you have not already, backup your Gallery before upgrading the core module!

Upon successful completion it will drop you back into your Gallery 2 install with the latest version and you're done.

If you do not feel ready to make the Gallery upgrade yourself and you host with SiteGround, you have the alternative to purchase an application upgrade from our script installation specialists, by posting a ticket under: Customer Area -> Get Support Section -> Get Support HelpDesk -> Exclusive Professional Services -> Application upgrade

Please, feel free to contact us if you have any questions or recommendations about this tutorial at: tutorials 'at' siteground.com