Will G2 do what i want?

blueprint

Joined: 2006-02-17
Posts: 2

Posted: Fri, 2006-02-17 12:25

I have spent the last two and a half days trying to install Gallery2. I am trying to set g2 up locally to see if what i want but i am newish to all this. I am using Windows Server 2003, iis6 and mysql5. I believe myssl5 is set up ok.

How can i test in isolation whether PHP is installed and set up correctly.

I have downloaded graphics magic but i dont have a clue what to do with it, the installation instructions totally confuse me.

Before anyone answers these points would you please confirm i can do the following once it is installed. i have a website www.blue-print-studios.co.uk that i display photos for sale. I currently have stored on my website index pages with 18 thumbnails and large image pages with a larger images and ordering information. My website is full of files but only half full by memory. Can i use g2 to have one copy of the images, one index page and one large image page and as customers browse the site the index pages, and large image pages are populated from the database. I have 84000 photos from 2004 and 62000 from 2005 i have had to delete all the 2004 to get the 2005 on and i am being asked for 2004 as well! I anticipate adding the same this year.

I would also like a shopping basket.

can it do all this once i get it installed. I can buy a package like lightbox but it not quite right.

Thank you from a weary beginner. Graham

valiant

Joined: 2003-01-04
Posts: 32509

Posted: Fri, 2006-02-17 12:51

first and foremost, iis is not the recommended webserver for g2. we recommend apache2 and linux as the os. g2 works with iis, but the configuration of permissions etc is more involving.

- get the precompiled imagemagick binaries for windows from: http://www.imagemagick.org/
- for non tech-savvy users, we recommend a shared webhosting plan where everything is handled for you or a all-in-one package like XAMPP. see:
http://codex.gallery2.org/index.php/Gallery2:How_do_I_Install_Gallery2
- g2 can handle your 100k+ images
- what g2 can do etc is described at http://codex.gallery2.org/index.php/G1-G2_Comparison#Feature_Chart
- there's a demos topic in the Gallery 2.x forum
- there's a user-contributed checkout module as well as a digibug pro module as commercial solutions for your g2

blueprint

Joined: 2006-02-17
Posts: 2

Posted: Fri, 2006-02-17 14:21

thank you for answering so quickly,

does g2 work by populating a single index page and large image page with images on the fly as they are browsed or does it create static pages when installed or updated.

If so i will use my isp as the test platform

Many thanks

Graham

valiant

Joined: 2003-01-04
Posts: 32509

Posted: Fri, 2006-02-17 15:05

g2 generates all pages on-the-fly.
thumbnails and resized versions are generated on-the-fly when they are first needed, then stored on disk for subsequent requests.
g2.1 has a page-cache, such that generated pages can be fetched from the database instead of generating the whole content for each request.
see the demos topic etc to get an impression of how g2 looks and feels like.

blueprint Joined: 2006-02-17 Posts: 2	Posted: Fri, 2006-02-17 12:25
	I have spent the last two and a half days trying to install Gallery2. I am trying to set g2 up locally to see if what i want but i am newish to all this. I am using Windows Server 2003, iis6 and mysql5. I believe myssl5 is set up ok. How can i test in isolation whether PHP is installed and set up correctly. I have downloaded graphics magic but i dont have a clue what to do with it, the installation instructions totally confuse me. Before anyone answers these points would you please confirm i can do the following once it is installed. i have a website www.blue-print-studios.co.uk that i display photos for sale. I currently have stored on my website index pages with 18 thumbnails and large image pages with a larger images and ordering information. My website is full of files but only half full by memory. Can i use g2 to have one copy of the images, one index page and one large image page and as customers browse the site the index pages, and large image pages are populated from the database. I have 84000 photos from 2004 and 62000 from 2005 i have had to delete all the 2004 to get the 2005 on and i am being asked for 2004 as well! I anticipate adding the same this year. I would also like a shopping basket. can it do all this once i get it installed. I can buy a package like lightbox but it not quite right. Thank you from a weary beginner. Graham
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valiant Joined: 2003-01-04 Posts: 32509	Posted: Fri, 2006-02-17 12:51
	first and foremost, iis is not the recommended webserver for g2. we recommend apache2 and linux as the os. g2 works with iis, but the configuration of permissions etc is more involving. - get the precompiled imagemagick binaries for windows from: http://www.imagemagick.org/ - for non tech-savvy users, we recommend a shared webhosting plan where everything is handled for you or a all-in-one package like XAMPP. see: http://codex.gallery2.org/index.php/Gallery2:How_do_I_Install_Gallery2 - g2 can handle your 100k+ images - what g2 can do etc is described at http://codex.gallery2.org/index.php/G1-G2_Comparison#Feature_Chart - there's a demos topic in the Gallery 2.x forum - there's a user-contributed checkout module as well as a digibug pro module as commercial solutions for your g2

blueprint Joined: 2006-02-17 Posts: 2	Posted: Fri, 2006-02-17 14:21
	thank you for answering so quickly, does g2 work by populating a single index page and large image page with images on the fly as they are browsed or does it create static pages when installed or updated. If so i will use my isp as the test platform Many thanks Graham

valiant Joined: 2003-01-04 Posts: 32509	Posted: Fri, 2006-02-17 15:05
	g2 generates all pages on-the-fly. thumbnails and resized versions are generated on-the-fly when they are first needed, then stored on disk for subsequent requests. g2.1 has a page-cache, such that generated pages can be fetched from the database instead of generating the whole content for each request. see the demos topic etc to get an impression of how g2 looks and feels like.

Will G2 do what i want?

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