Starting Anima Gallery

1. Copy the package contents to your webspace.
2. Set thumb dir and settings.inc.php as writable if necessary
3. Edit settings.inc.php and change $des_pass variable (AdminBoard password)
4. Login into AdminBoard with the password you set and change the settings you want, also initiate the statistic logs (Comments and Top Rated) by clicking the refresh icons (RC2 version only)
5. Inside AdminBoard point $alb_dir to where your images are located (default "./albums/" value is ok if you don't have any images yet)

FAQ

• I cannot access Admin Board?
  Please read step 3 of Starting Anima Gallery above.
• There are no images!
  You must set the location of a directory with images [AdminBoard -> Albums dir] or upload some through gallery
• I moved gallery to another site and the image's comments/ratings are absent?
  Each data file inside thumb directory is set to match the combination "Albums dir + image relative path", you must be sure the "albums dir" is the same as the previous location, image's relative paths must be the same as well.
• I cannot Upload images!
  The directory has no write permissions or guest upload is disabled (If you're not logged in)
• How do i batch upload images?
  Upload all your images through FTP and they will appear in the gallery. (Note that images uploaded by FTP are not present in "last web uploads" log.)
• Where does the tree comes from, i didnt make it?
  The tree comes from your website directory system (That you access through FTP), [AdminBoard -> Default Tree Depth] sets the levels for the tree, [AdminBoard -> Albums dir] is the root
• How do i make an album or remove images
  You need to do it through ftp, any changes you make on ftp will be reflected in the gallery web interface. (Edition/Removal available on RC3 version through web interface)
• When i try to access a directory i get a blank page?
  This can be caused due to lack of memory or not enough execution time, it happens when the thumbnail function requires more memory/time to process images with larger resolution. It may be also caused by currupted images (RC3 fixes it by using parallel processing).
  Possible workaround for memory/time limit issue
  - Add the following lines to the beginning of index.php:
  
  ini_set('max_execution_time', '90');
  ini_set('memory_limit', '96M');
  Try to increase the values if it stills not work, if not, contact your server administrator. (Those lines are present on RC3 version by default)
• I'm getting outdated statistic log entries?
  Make refresh, it may happen if you removed the related items, after performing maintenance you must refresh the logs, logs are made static to not affect gallery performance, despite this they auto-update when comments/ratings are performed.
• Why thumbnails have different dimensions?
  It may happen that you changed the setting while having existing thumbnails, just click the refresh button in album directory, for previews go to FTP and erase the "p_*.jpg" from thumb directory to force them to be regenerated with the new width (RC3 fixed this issue)
• The exif data is not being displayed / Captcha no working (v2.4 RC2)
  EXIF Requires php compiled with --enable-exif; Captcha requires FreeType library, you may have to ask you system administrator to install those if they're not present. Also be sure the {captcha} and {corr_exif_or} tags are present in templates (they were only added in version 2.4 RC2)
• I tried to search for an image but despite it exists it won't show up in search?
  Search will look for filename, title and owner. Also for images to appear in search they need to have a .df file generated, if the image was uploaded through FTP and nobody viewed/previewed, the .df file is absent.
• Sometimes i get currupted thumbnails in logs?
  The image was not indexed yet. (RC3 fixed this issue)
• Why there are red and bold entries in move's select list? (RC3)
  Those entries are the ones the file cannot be moved to, red = no permission, bold = current dir
• In some albums or images the manipulation controls (move, rename, delete, update) are not available! (RC3)The respective server files/dirs are not writable.