Extension talk:CopperminePhotoGallery

Please post a new question with heading/caption, thanks!

Question "CPG_URI"
what do you mean by "CPG_URI" i can pretty much figure out the rest, but that... thanks! ;)
 * URI = Internet address. URI of your CPG installation, like http://coppermine-gallery.net/demo/cpg14x/albums ClausVB 10:57, 18 August 2009 (UTC)

Options
Thanks for this handsome extension. Could you tell us which other, beside album, options are available? I discoverd the option 'size' --BB70 13:35, 17 October 2009 (UTC)
 * I changed "Usage" and explained all options there. --ClausVB 14:46, 17 October 2009 (UTC)

Question; duplicate images?
''I add the file name for the image just once, but I get 4 copies displaying once I save the page. Any idea of what I'm doing wrong? Here's an excerpt of the page:'' DestroFront.jpg;DestroBack.jpg;DestroRight.jpg;DestroLeft.jpg ''I'm using the Coppermine 1.5 Alpha release if that might be part of the problem? This will be so perfect for my needs as soon as I get this hiccup figured out. Thanks!''
 * After messing around with this for a bit, I think I have a better idea of what the problem is. I've got 4 different files that all have the same file name (DestroFront.jpg), but they are all contained in separate folders.  I've tested this out on a couple different pages and it seems to be the case (when I have 2 different files with the same file name I get 2 copies, etc.)  Any help would be awesome!

Advise: -- ClausVB 10:51, 27 October 2009 (UTC)
 * 1) Please do not use album="ClanureCombatHeroesMovieWave3/", use "album="ClanureCombatHeroesMovieWave3" instead, thanks!
 * 2) If that does not work, I need a complete listing of your directories ... all 4 of them, thanks!

''Ok, I changed the album name, but that didn't fix it. The 4 directories are: "ClanureCombatHeroes5Pack","ClanureCombatHeroesMovieSinglesWave1", "ClanureCombatHeroesMovieWave1", and "ClanureCombatHeroesMovieWave3". I appreciate the assistance!''

Again ... I NEED LISTINGS like "ls -lah" under Linux! Quote: "If that does not work, I need a complete listing of your directories ... all 4 of them, thanks!" Otherwise I cannot reproduce the problem! -- ClausVB 14:53, 27 October 2009 (UTC)

Question: Wildcards (by Justin)
> I am using your coppermine extension for mediawiki and wondering if there was a > way to utilize it so that I didn't have to tell it which photos to include on the > wikipage. I'm horrible with php and so I'm uncertain if a wildcard string there > would work, or even how to form that string. I would like to be able to allow > friends to upload pictures and have those pictures simply appear on the wiki page. No, that is not possible. Wildcards are IMHO a security risk, so it won't be supported. But you (or your friends) are free to program it yourself. --ClausVB 15:19, 9 August 2010 (UTC)

Question: If your friends upload the pictures, they should be able to edit a wiki page, too ... Are they not? --ClausVB 15:25, 9 August 2010 (UTC)

mysqli not found fatal error under mediawiki 1.15.5
Get this error: Fatal error: (wikiname) Class 'mysqli' not found in /var/www/extensions/CopperminePhotoGallery/cpg.php on line 27 Does anyone have this working with more recent (circa March 2011) mediawiki versions? --Djbclark 07:24, 25 March 2011 (UTC)


 * Yes, it works fine with a current version, but this is not a MediaWiki error. It's a PHP error. You do not have "mysqli" installed. You have to ask in a PHP forum for support or your provider. --ClausVB 07:32, 25 March 2011 (UTC)

Question: How to format an image ?
Ok over the last few days have installed and set-up Mediawiki and coppermine, and all is working well.

But when I add an image from coppermine, other than the size options there is no way I can see of setting it to left/right text wrapping around it etc, like you get when adding an image my uploading it to Mediawiki. I assume there has to be a way to do it with some form of formatting etc, are there any examples of how to do this ? Im not to good at HTML, hardware engineer !
 * You cannot set it left or right. This extension creates a gallery displaying multiple images. If you want to format them in a special way, you have to learn CSS and HTML. --ClausVB 09:01, 29 September 2011 (UTC)