When you click on a gallery it tries to go to /gallery/*dire

When you click on a gallery it tries to go to /gallery/*directory*
but the location does not really exist.
How does gallery take that url and make it point to the right places?
Where does it point to what file or dat tells it to do so?

Again thanks for your time

Hi,
I will try to answer with what I have learned from my own problems...
The fact that it goes to the /gallery/name of album is pretty neat I admit. and it s all done by the .htaccess file that sits in your gallery folder.
If the server your gallery is hosted on has mod_rewrite enabled, then when you do your configuration, gallery will configure the .htaccess file accordingly so that it works.
To know if you have mod_rewrite working, check with http://www.path.to/your/gallery/setup/phpinfo.php or with your ISP.
If it s enabled, then you saved yourself hours of cursing, if it is disabled, you ll have to nicely ask your ISP to enable it for you... have a look in the FAQ on this site to know how to do it if you host your website yourself on your computer.

Now a typical .htaccess file should look something like:
> Options +FollowSymlinks

This is just nice to have symlinks working properly

Okay... now to mod_rewrite. You might need to fidget with the "/gallery" prefix, but I think this will be correct for your setup. You then need to go into "config.php" and make sure that $gallery->app->feature["rewrite"] is set to 1. (without the > at the begining of the line)

> <IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
> RewriteEngine On
> RewriteBase /gallery/
> RewriteRule ^([^.?/]+)/([0-9]+)$ /gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=$1&amp;index=$2 [QSA]
> RewriteRule ^([^.?/]+)/([A-Za-z_0-9-]+)$ /gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=$1&amp;id=$2 [QSA]
> RewriteRule ^([^.?/]+)/$ /$1 [R]
> RewriteRule ^([^.?/]+)$ /gallery/view_album.php?set_albumName=$1 [QSA]
> </IfModule>

I know all of this cos Beckett helped me a lot a while ago (thanx again btw), here is what he was also explaining to me:
The first Rewrite rule lets you enter something like:
.../gallery/my_album/53
And be transported to that exact photo number (53)
The second RewriteRule lets you enter:
.../gallery/my_album/name_of_photo
And be transported to that exact photo (called "name_of_photo")
The next rule strips a trailing slash and calls one of the other rules
The final rule lets you enter:
.../gallery/my_album
And be transported to that album

Now you can search the forums for additional infos and check the FAQ too.
Please readers, correct me if I am wrong.
Otherwise Jodeyeman, good luck!
:smile:

p

EDITED:
oups, didn t see Beckett answered while I was making up the whole answer...