Gallery 3.0 is ready!

Well done guys,

RE: In the 3.1 release, we're looking forward to getting Gallery embedded into popular content management systems like Drupal, Joomla, etc.

I'm keen for the new vsn to work with Joomla. when would you expect 3.1 with Jooma compatability to be release?

cheers

Lots of requirements? No more so than G2. Also G3 has much more functionality than G2 did when it was initially released. That functionality takes time to write. It will all mature and come around.
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I use NGINX.

I don't have ffmpeg. I have lots of different types of video files at my site. It is not problem for G2.

Nginx isn't a supported platform for G3.

G3 (and G2) use FFMPEG to grab a frame from the video to use as the thumb and get the dimensions of the video. In G2, you're probably manually setting the dimensions and using the custom thumbnail module.

In G3, you'll need to manually replace the thumbnail under /var/thumbs if you want a custom thumb. You'll also need to manually set dimensions using the Video Dimensions module:

Since you don't have ffmpeg you'll need to probably use the noffmpeg module

http://codex.gallery2.org/Category:Gallery_3:Modules
www.gallerymodules.com

Though since you're using Nginx, I assume you're root on the server, why not install ffmpeg?

G3's core also only supports FLV and MP4.

There is probably nothing that's going to change in the core product to make your life easier for your setup. You'll need to use 3rd party modules and work arounds to get video on your site.

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To the gallery team:

You all deserve congratulations on a job well done!

Ok, stupid question probably, but I don't have a /var/ within my gallery2 folder. Is this possibly because I installed it from CPanel? With no /var/ directory, how do I upgrade my 2 to 3?

I saw that around 2 minutes after I made the stupid post! Got it figured out now, and my G2 content is currently being imported into my new G3 install. Thanks!

Thanks for the feedback and we are glad it all worked well for you.

Dave
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Ok, I've got a question. I'm running with a resized image size of 800px (same as my old Gallery2 install). Unfortunately, this seems to cause the sidebar to obscure the corner of the image. Is there any way around this, or do I need to have my resized image size set to 640 from now on?

Some themes have different widths. Try the wide_wind theme.

Dave
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Yes, but I had some items (albums, ...) with description in Czech as well as English. The translation You mention translates only user interface, but there is currently no way how to have translations for items...

cydewaze
please start a new thread for your width issue.

Dave

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+1 on the Wordpress Integration. Is this possible? IF so how? IF not will this be something we can look for in the future?

Start a new thread in the forums. Don't use a news story. When you create you new thread post logs as a txt attachment.

Dave
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Is there an embed API in the current 3.0 release, like there was in Gallery2? Or is this going to come in 3.1?

Seems to work for me. Start a new thread in the forums if you can't sort it out.

Dave
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Sorry but because there is no compatibility to Apache 1.3 (1+1 Ready to run Server) I am very disappointed of this new Gallery 3. I have tried to install it 4 times.

I always get a 500 Error. (also with the method described here: http://gallery.menalto.com/node/95460 )

I am waiting so long for this new version and in my opinion this new thing is rather uncool.

If you want to increase the number of users you have to go the way of Wordpress (s. the comment above) and not the way of a 'perfect' modern piece of software, which doesn't run on the servers of the biggest hosters worldwide.

Please don't misunderstand my statement: I am very grateful for your huge work on the real stable Gallery 2: Gallery 2 has given me the possibility to build up a fotocommunity with 150 photographers, thousands of visitors a day. But now I need a better user-interface and Gallery 3 doesn't run... A change of the hoster 1+1 is impossible for various reasons.

Ralf

Please visit my gallery if you are interested in good B/W-photos:
http://www.fotogemeinschaft.de

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You are comparing a gallery to a blog. You understand this right? I can't fathom to see the relevance in your point here. Stop paying $4/month for some crappy host and you'd not have SHARED hosting issues. HostGator hosts my 36,000+ image site fine and the one locally I host myself and that's 5x as large.

Instead of bashing something and showing NO evidence why not start a troubleshooting thread and provide logs etc. Considering this was made for *ix systems I doubt your issue is "typical" and it's either USER ERROR or HOSTING ERROR. K thanks K. ;)

I stick by my previous reply..... ;)

1+1 is not 'any hoster': 1+1 ist the biggest Hoster in Europe (in Germany and France with 3 Mio customers THE biggest) and one of the 6 biggest in the USA)

It is your decision but it is bad for the spreading of Gallery 3 in Germany and France (;-)

As you said: I try to get help fom the other community member. Changing the GAllery Software is rather difficult, because up to now GAllery 2 seems to be the best open source solution for me. I have tried Coppermine and I don't like it... (;-)

Thanks for this discussion.

Ralf

Please visit my gallery if you are interested in good B/W-photos:
http://www.fotogemeinschaft.de

@Ranger187 - same here, still testing G3 (learning as much as possible) like I did when G2 first came out and was still using 1.4.x

@Ralf-Schlieper - hosting providers like 1&1 are a dime-a-dozen - whichever you pick, don't go with the cheapest that offers the most xxxxxxxx-amount features you don't need to get a working/functional Gallery 1/2/3 site. Do some research (try forums on WebHostingTalk), ask the host, and take action. A dedicated server like you mentioned with all bells & whistles and still can't manage to run a Gallery 3 instance - your hosting provider have serious issues they need to resolve, and you need to let them know. They need to adapt soon, or loose potential/current customers who want Gallery 3 hosting that works in the long run. How about you lobby for all of us - let them know the situation and/or give them hints that you might consider moving somewhere else, and I'm sure they will sure take action. You have a community of 150 photographers and 10000s of photos - reconsider your future goals with 1&1 - in your mind, do you REALLY think you have no other option but them? try Hostgator or a VPS somewhere - think long term.
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what is your trick to get it run?

Ralf

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http://www.fotogemeinschaft.de

Yes, I will speak with 1+1 Support about an apache-modernization...;

Ralf

Please visit my gallery if you are interested in good B/W-photos:
http://www.fotogemeinschaft.de

Ralf - As a novice/noob I shudder to offer my recipe but here is what I did:

I first created a database on 1and1 panel.
Then I created a document root directory with G3 fully unzipped.
then I edited the .htaccess to add following at the top:

############Forcing PHP5 Selection
AddType x-mapp-php5 .php
############ End of Forcing PHP5 Selection
####

then I uncommented within .htaccess following:

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
   Options +FollowSymLinks
   RewriteEngine On
   RewriteBase /
   RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
   RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
   RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php?kohana_uri=$1 [QSA,PT,L]
   RewriteRule ^$ index.php?kohana_uri=$1 [QSA,PT,L]
   RewriteRule ^index.php/(.*) $1 [QSA,R,L]
</IfModule>

then I pointed my domain to this document root and went through install by providing (1) database name, (2) database username, and (3) hostname.

I used Chrome because earlier IE8 gave me some grief.
It then asked me for user name, password change, email id.

Then I changed the domain to point to lala-land.
backed up .htaccess and /var/database.php files on my laptop.

on my laptop, I installed Virtual box.
then I installed Ubuntu 10.04 using live.
then went to terminal mode and did following:

sudo passwd root
### this updated a root password
su
## enter password
tasksel
selected openssh-server, samba, and LAMP
## let the install finish
cd /root
wget http://www.webmin.com/jcameron-key.asc
apt-key add jcameron-key.asc
apt-get update
apt-get install webmin
shutdown -r now

using laptop I logged into webmin through https://ip-addy:10000
used webmin to samba and make /var/www a chmod 777 and exposed it to CIFS as var-www
copied unzipped g3 files under \\ip-addy\var-www
### there is way to point to user home directory but I am not going to use this ubuntu install for anything else
copied the entire broken G2.3 install albums at 1and1 into \\ip-addy\var-www
used webmin to create a mysql database and assigned a password.
edited .htaccess to uncomment at the bottom

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
   Options +FollowSymLinks
   RewriteEngine On
   RewriteBase /
   RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
   RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
   RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php?kohana_uri=$1 [QSA,PT,L]
   RewriteRule ^$ index.php?kohana_uri=$1 [QSA,PT,L]
   RewriteRule ^index.php/(.*) $1 [QSA,R,L]
</IfModule>

fired up http://ip-addy to bring up G3 install.
After the install and password change, enabled a few modules including the server add.
configured server add to point to /var/www
using chrome, added all folders under album
it took a while (30 minutes) to add some 3500 pictures.
set this G3 install into maintenance mode.

winscpd all files including /var/www to 1and1 as www-u10.04 directory
it timed out and aborted a few times.
winscped again with (only new ones) option flagged and set so that any corrupted files are refreshed.
winscped again (third time) with (only new ones) option flagged and set so that any corrupted files are refreshed.
it timed out and aborted a two times.
winscped again (third time) with (only new ones) option flagged and set so that any corrupted files are refreshed.
it finished with no abnormality.

exported the g3 mysql into ascii sql

logged into admin.1and1.com
used phpadmin to delete everything under the previous G3 database contents.
used webmin exported database file to populate the 1and1 database.

went to www-u10.04 directory at 1and1 and restored the .htaacess file and the /var/database.php file.

renamed the www-u10.04 directory to the name my domain was previously pointing to...

used chrome to point to www.perfectsnaps.com
used the user id and password from virtualbox G3 install to log back in.
went to maintenance mode when it said 27 pictures need to rebuild.
did the rebuild.
removed the maintenance mode.

And the G3 is up.

Its working fine but it has not been extensively tested. Will post more when that is complete.

I think the problem with 1and1 is its prices are very low and for hobby people like me, I am reluctant to increase my outlay.

1and1 is notorious with any process that is resource hungry. This recipe moved all the processing to a local machine. and now I am unlikely to be shooting over 100 pictures a month and that much load easily.

Now I am just a few steps away to become Otto Bettmann!!

Anil Garg
My Picture Gallery

I checked my dashboard and it dows not show apache version.
I also used http://www.hscripts.com/tools/HVLT/apa-version.php and that too does not show apache version.
Then I wrote a few PHP hacks to show and it still does not.
I think 1and1 is being very secretive about their antiquities.
sorry.

Anil Garg
My Picture Gallery