Hi,
I've run through this 4 times now. Installs go fine. I can get into the administration. It LOOKS like I can upload an image. On the server the album directories and files are being added but the gallery (http://www.christopherdouglassmall.com/blog/zenphoto/) is completely blank.

I've edited my .htaccess and my zp-config.php as per all the instructions I've found here.

My site is hosted on godaddy...

Any help would be so very much appreciated.

Thanks!

So you look on the server, particularly in the /blog/zenphoto/albums directory, and there are folders there with your images in them?

If not, then maybe you need to set the server path manually at the bottom of zp-config.php. Give that a shot and see if it works. You can find that path (usually) in an FTP program or in your control panel, or using a phpinfo() file.

Yes, the albums show up as subdirectories of /blog/zenphoto/albums and the images show up in these albums.

I have the following at the bottom of my zp-config.php

define('SERVERPATH', 'd:/hosting/cdsmall/blog/zenphoto');
define('WEBPATH', '/blog/zenphoto');
define('SERVERCACHE', SERVERPATH . "/cache");
define('WEBCACHE', WEBPATH . "/cache");

thanks

Very weird, I've never actually seen this before.

Could be an IIS problem... if you have IIS then .htaccess means nothing...

Try changing the permissions on the Albums directory and all subfolders... it might not be getting anything from them because of that...

Other than that I can't stress enough how much better Apache is than IIS ;-)

.htaccess

change /zp to /zenphoto, the .htaccess should be in the zenphoto folder

I'm having exact the same problem.
It's not a file/folder/server related problem i think, because my 'albums' table is still empty. I tried searching were this information should be added to the DB, but i couldn't quite find it.

Does this help the developers any closer to a solution? I certainly hope so, because i would love to use this piece of software.

@JayD-

Since the original thread was opened, there have been a number of revisions to Zenphoto to correct some issues. One of these new releases might correct yours.

You can either install the latest "stable" release from here or you can use the SVN repository for the latest, bleeding edge revisions.

If this doesn't fix your trouble, please write back. Tris may also have another take.

I had the same problem - installs fine, uploading seems to go fine but after that I can't see anything, just blank gallery pages, but in FTP I saw the files WERE uploaded. In my case it was a server path setting, which was a bit odd becuase I had to fill in a server path that isn't usually the serverpath that I have to fill in.. perhaps you can ask support at your webhosting, or another user you know of who has zenphoto on the same host?
See http://www.zenphoto.org/support/topic.php?id=1017&replies=2 for my Mediatemple server path settings.

@ thinkdreams

I just recently (yesterday) found out about zenphoto. I am using 1.05, which is the latest version. On the SVN i see a 1.06 version, but i don't see anything in the changelog what fixes this problem i think. I would try it, but i don't know how to download the files from there.

The best way I've found to get subversion files (SVN) is from a program called Tortoise (if you're on windows) SVN here. Once you install it (and read the documentation), you can set it up to pull files off the SVN repository that Tris has set up for Zenphoto.

If you're on Linux, I believe that functionality for SVN is built-in, or may just require a small package installation for it.

If you're on 1.0.5, then you shouldn't need to go any higher. I believe 1.0.6 is due to be released shortly.

So to recap your installation:

1. Downloaded files for 1.0.5
2. Uploaded everything to your web server (including .htaccess file in root zenphoto directory)
3. Changed zp-config.example file to zp-config and made modifications as necessary.
   Make sure you set mod_rewrite to true if you wish
   Make sure you set your admin information, and your correct DB information.
4. Change your rewrite-base in your .htaccess file to your root zenphoto path.
5. Make sure you have an albums and cache directory and chmod them 777.
6. Upload the pics you want into your albums dir, and organize them how you wish in folders and subfolders (zenphoto will handle the creation of the subalbums if you're using the subalbums testing-dev theme)
7. After this is all done, go to http://www.yourwebserver.com/zendir/zen/setup.php and follow the steps. This sets up your DB and gets everything ready. It then will allow you to either administrate or view your gallery. I suggest administration, check your theme, I usually run "refresh" (garbage collection) on the Overview page just for kicks, and then you should be good to go.
8. Have fun with your pictures.

If you've done all this, and something still doesn't work, write back and let us know. Trisweb might have some more insight.

I had allready done all of those things. Probably in another order, because it's working like a charm now.
Thank you very much!

I can upload files via the adminscript.
Now i'm copying all of my pictures to /albums but ZP doesn't see them. There is noting being written in /cache, no mather how many times i click refresh.

The first time i ran the setup all the files in /albums were read and added. If i delete the tables and run setup again, it only reads the files it read the first time (+ the ones i admin-added).

I'm pretty sure about chmodding al the files and folders and the serverpath is defined correctly

JayD, can we see your installation? It would be great help. Thanks!

Yes ofcourse
http://www.nsrvphocas.nl/PhotoAlbum/

I have send you my password via email

Info i recieved from host:

phpinfo: http://one-docs.com/php5/
register_globals = on
safe-mode = on
mysql version: 4.0.24

upload component: PHP upload()
upload_max_filesize = 12M
post_max_size = 12M

they're asking for software requirements.
is PHP 4.10+ with GD support, MySQL 4+, a brain. all?

You must have fixed something JayD, cause it seems to be working OK.

No it's not.

There are over a hundred folders in /albums not being proccessed.
Most of them are named by a number and have the subfolders /thumbs and /fotos
This should result in galleries with to subfolder, right?

The 4 albums/50 pictures you dó see, are the one i had on the server when i reinstalled zp, as suggested by thinkdreams a few posts up.
I've just tried it again (by deleting all files but /albums). Still nothing though.

I don't know what is different with these files. they're about the same size, same rights (777), same extension.

OK. First, the structure in the albums directory just needs to be the actual photos for a default install of zenphoto. You won't need separate directories for thumbs and fotos (in your example) - unless for your gallery you want separate directories specifically for thumbs and fotos, which will appear as subalbums (is there a reason you are doing thumbs and fotos subalbums?). Are you uploading them from another gallery application?

Zenphoto handles the creation and caching of the images once they are placed in the zenphoto/albums directory, so there is no need to manually create thumbs or subdirs for thumbs and fotos, as they would look when generated by programs such as JAlbum.

I know this may be redundant information, but I just want to make sure everything is in order.

So, to review, the structure should be:
zenphoto->albums->albumname->subalbumname->image

of course you can also do:
zenphoto->albums->albumname->image (like before subalbums existed)

So far, Zenphoto has really no limit on how many subalbums you may have, although I wouldn't try to do too many just to be safe.

A good working example is my page, for my family album. I have 5 images in the root album directory entitled family, and then 16 subalbums. Of those subalbums, the one entitled baby has 3 subalbums (upper left thumbnail in the subalbums area)

You may also want to remove all the files in your cache directory, except the one named theme and run a garbage collection (refresh on the overview page). Also, and I know you said you did, but check ALL your files, in ALL your album directories to make sure they are ALL chmodded 777. I have been bitten by that many times where the files don't take the permissions all the way down the tree.

When I said things were working, they are, we just have to figure out what's going on with the other albums.

I hope that helps, don't get frustrated. We're here to help.

Sorry. The link to my family album is: http://www.thinkdreams.com/zenphoto/index.php?album=family

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//(is there a reason you are doing thumbs and fotos subalbums?). Are you uploading them from another gallery application?
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Yiz. I'm going to remove those thumbs. I have already fixed some folders.

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//So, to review, the structure should be:
//zenphoto->albums->albumname->subalbumname->image
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Current

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//of course you can also do:
//zenphoto->albums->albumname->image (like before subalbums existed)
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Planned. I don't think i'll be using subfolders. but it's a lot of work fixing 160 albums and i was a little lazy and busy

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//You may also want to remove all the files in your cache directory, except the one named theme and run a garbage collection
//(refresh on the overview page).
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Yes, i have tried this. nothing changes. when i refresh my album homepage it re-caches those 4 albums.

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//Also, and I know you said you did, but check ALL your files, in ALL your album directories to make sure they are ALL
//chmodded 777.
//I have been bitten by that many times where the files don't take the permissions all the way down the tree.
//
For testing puposes i removed most of the folders. just one new left. checked the chmod, refreshed and it was there.
I think that when there is only one file not 777, none of the files after it can be added. I'm testing it now, i'll let you know.

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//I hope that helps, don't get frustrated. We're here to help.
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Thank you very much for your time

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//Sorry. The link to my family album is: http://www.thinkdreams.com/zenphoto/index.php?album=family
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You have a cute little baby