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| This page will explain how to install emAlbum Standard v2.0 on
Unix and Windows systems. If you are upgrading your version of emAlbum, please see the Upgrading page. |
- Unzip the contents of emAlbum-v*.zip to a folder on your computer.
You should see two folders:
- cgi-bin: Contains the emAlbum scripts and configuration files.
- public_html: Contains your template images and album folders.
- Use a text editor to open your
emAlbum.cfg file which is located in your cgi-bin/emAlbum folder. This is the main configuration file and will determine the features and function of emAlbum. A detailed explanation of each setting can be found in the Configuration page.
Troubleshooting:
- If you are having trouble determining your server path settings, download and install this script.
- If you need help configuring your emAlbum.cfg file, visit our support forum, we'd be glad to help.
- FTP into your web server/host and upload your files.
Upload the contents of the cgi-bin folder into a folder that can execute CGI scripts - usually called cgi-bin. Make sure to transfer all of these files in ASCII mode.
Linux/Unix Servers
- Set the permissions (chmod) on emAlbum.cgi and emAlbum_setup.cgi to 755 (rwxr-xr-x).
- If the path to Perl is anything other than #!/usr/bin/perl, edit the first line in both emAlbum.cgi and emAlbum_setup.cgi with the correct path.
Windows Servers
- The permissions are usually already set on the server side, so you should not need to worry permissions.
- Environmental variables are usually already set up for Perl, so you probably would not need to worry about changing the path to Perl, but it might be a good to edit the first line in both emAlbum.cgi and emAlbum_setup.cgi with the correct path, just in case.
Upload the contents of the public_html folder anywhere on your web server, but not under the cgi-bin folder. Make sure to transfer all these files (images) in BINARY mode.
Note: You can change names of the albums, images, or thumbnails folders but you cannot change the name of the emAlbum folder that goes under your cgi-bin folder.
- Open your web browser and enter the URL to your
emAlbum_setup.cgi file. The setup file will test your settings and inform you if something is not working correctly. If all of the setup tests pass, you will see a link to view your album. Click that link and if everything was setup correctly you should see a Test album. Verify that everything works in the test album.
- Now you can begin uploading all of your images to your web server.
Delete the Test folder and add as many top-level folders as you like. *emAlbum will not recognize folder's with a period (.) in the folder name* Each top-level folder can have one level of sub-folders. You can have as many sub-folders as you like, but emAlbum does not support sub-sub-folders.
- Your emAlbum installation is now complete.
emAlbum.cgi can be executed directly, through Server Side Includes (SSI), or by using a DirectoryIndex - visit our Support Forum for more details. See the Template Guide page for information on how to customize your template.
Thumbnails: I recommend using XnView to create your thumbnails. It is a free program that works on Linux and Windows. Read about thumbnails in the User's Guide (coming soon) for more details on how to use XnView.
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