Coppermine-gallery Net Tutorial

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Tutorials

We're starting a series of tutorials to help newbie (or potential) users of coppermine get a grip of the basic stepsof coppermine setup and administration.

Available Tutorials

l Down load, unpack, upload Flash tutorial that demonstrates how to download the coppermine package, unpack it and upload to yourwebserver, and how to set permissions appropriately.

l Setting permissions on W indows " Internet Information Server" (I IS)Static page with screenshots to show how to set up permissions (equivalent to CHMODing on Unix/Linux systemfor users running IIS on Windows servers

l Batch-resizing pics with Irfan View

Although Coppermine is capable of batch-resizing pictures on the server it is advisable to resize the pictures onyour client PC before upload.Advantages:

l Smaller file size reduces upload time

l Reduction of webspace usage

l Higher picture quality

l (nearly) no limitation of amount of files that can be processed in one go

l Reduced server load avoids issues with webserver admin (especially on shared/virtual webspace)

l Additional options and features available (e.g. crop, sharpen, rename)

This tutorial will explain how to batch-resize/rename pics on your client, using the widely popular freewareapplication IrfanView - of course there are many other applications available that can do the same; you're

welcome to try other apps as well.Backup:It's advisable to always back up your original pics before applying any resizing (or other manipulations) - in caseanything goes wrong, you can safely go back without your pictures being lost. This tutorial won't go into details

on how to do a backup of your files, do so now if you want to apply each step of this tutorial.

l Trouble-Shooting the upload processWhen you experience issues uploading files on your coppermine install, there are settings that will give you

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Changing file permissions on Microsoft Internet Information Server (IIS)

Pre-requisites: you will need full admin privileges over your server to execute this process. If you do not run the webserver yourself, yourwebhost has probably set up a web-based interface to let you change permissions. If you're not sure, contact your webhost.

l Start Windows Explorer on your

webserver and navigate to your

coppermine folder

l right-click on the folder you

want to change permissions for

l chose "Properties"

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l Highlight the user "Internet

guest account

(hostname\IUSR_hostname)If it's not there already, use the

"Add..." dialog to add thisparticular user



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l Just to make sure the write

access propagates to all foldersand files within the folder

you're currently editing, tick thecheckbox "Reset permissions onall child objects and enable

propagation of inheritablepermissions"

l click "OK"



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l depending on the number of

child objects and your system'sspeed, wait until the

permissions of all objects have

been changed and the status

window goes away.

l Click "OK" to close the

permissions dialog



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Trouble-Shooting the upload process

If you are experiencing issues with coppermine's upload process, temporarily change your coppermine settings as

suggested below to get more detailed error messages:

l Go to your

coppermine page

and log in as

admin

l Go to the config

screen

l scroll to the

bottom of the

page

l Enable debug

mode for

everyone

l leave display of

notices switched

off

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