How do i install a gallery site?

Posted on 28 June 2007

First of all, you can make your own galley and share the images with your friends and family. It is not hard.
There are plenty gallery available like Gallery2, Copermine, 4images, etc. And off course are a lot more gallery that you have to pay to use them.

In this tutorial i will show you how to install 4images gallery system and how to setup it. Let start by downloading the 4images gallery from the http://www.4homepages.de/4images/download.php .

Next, open the archive and save it under a name. I will install the 4images system as a subdirector of the domain. I named the folder images. Upload the folder images to the host.
Set permissions for the following directories:

chmod 777 (drwxrwxrwx) : data
chmod 777 (drwxrwxrwx) : data/database
chmod 777 (drwxrwxrwx) : data/media
chmod 777 (drwxrwxrwx) : data/thumbnails
chmod 777 (drwxrwxrwx) : data/tmp_media
chmod 777 (drwxrwxrwx) : data/tmp_thumbnails
chmod 777 (drwxrwxrwx) : templates
chmod 777 (drwxrwxrwx) : templates/default
chmod 777 (drwxrwxrwx) : templates/default/media

Then, write in an browser: www.yourdomain.com/4images(or your folder )/install.php.

In the first windows you have to setup the database. Lets start: “Database server type” use usually mysql , but you can choose another. “Database server hostname” the address of your database, usually is localhost but you need to check the host settings. IF you don’t have a database created for the 4images system, create one in phpadmin. Then, write the “Database name” and the username for the database and the password. It is recommended that you don’t touch “Prefix for tables in database”. Next, select the username and password of the admin.

In the next window you receive a success message and also you have
to download to your pc the configuration file : config.php. Upload the downloaded config.php to the installation folder of your 4images gallery system. Next , access your galley at the address www.yourdomain.com/4images(or your folder )

And this is it.. you have your own gallery. Don’t forget, 4images is free for use in non commercial applications.

Please read the license

“[..]4images can be used free of charge for private and noncommercial purposes.
Commercial utilization is fundamentally said to exist whenever the operator of 4images is not a private person, a nonprofit organization or an academic institution.

Any commercial utilization requires the purchase of a license[..]“

In the next tutorial i will show you the best configuration options and how to install mods.