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| - | ====== Manual Installation ====== | ||
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| - | In the manual installation process, you download the full archive of Piwigo, extract its content and transfer it on your web server. | ||
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| - | <WRAP center info round 60%>The [[netinstall|NetInstall]] simplifies the download/extract/transfer steps, as you have a single file to take care of.</WRAP> | ||
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| - | ===== Step 1 - Download The Full Archive ==== | ||
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| - | [[http://piwigo.org/download/dlcounter.php?code=latest|Download]] the full archive and unzip it. | ||
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| - | ===== Step 2 - Transfer Archive Content ===== | ||
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| - | Transfer the archive content to your web server with any FTP client. | ||
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| - | <WRAP center info round 60%>Piwigo team recommends FileZilla as a FTP client software, because it is free as Piwigo is, and compatible with both Windows and Linux.</WRAP> | ||
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| - | Start FileZilla and fill the following connection settings with the information given by your web hosting provider: | ||
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| - | * Host | ||
| - | * Username | ||
| - | * Password | ||
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| - | Click on the Quickconnect button. You are now connected to your web server. | ||
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| - | - Create a directory //"photos"// on your web server. | ||
| - | - On you hard disk drive, open the //"piwigo"// extracted directory. | ||
| - | - Select all the files and transfer them on your server in the //"photos"// directory, <wrap em>[fig A]</wrap>. | ||
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| - | {{ http://piwigo.org/screenshots/piwigo_install_2-2-b_en.png?500 }} | ||
| - | <WRAP em center centeralign 50%>[A] Connect and transfer</WRAP> | ||
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| - | <WRAP center info round 60%>You can also install Piwigo at the website root, the //"photos"// directory is not mandatory. Whatever directory name you choose, it is recommended to avoid showing Piwigo release number.</WRAP> | ||
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| - | ===== Step 3 - Configuration ===== | ||
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| - | Once all files are transfered, go to the web address with a web browser, for example %%http://example.com/photos%% Piwigo will detect nothing is installed yet, and redirect you to the installation page. | ||
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| - | Now comes the MySQL database settings and the webmaster account to administer your gallery <wrap em>[fig B]</wrap>. | ||
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| - | {{ http://piwigo.org/screenshots/piwigo_install_2-3-a_en.png?500 }} | ||
| - | <WRAP em center centeralign 50%>[B] Installation page</WRAP> | ||
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| - | Fill in MySQL database connection settings, as given by your web hosting provider: | ||
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| - | * Host | ||
| - | * User ((Warning, your web hosting provider may provide separate connection settings for FTP and MySQL.)) | ||
| - | * Password | ||
| - | * Database name | ||
| - | * A prefix for Piwigo table names ((Most often, web hosting providers allow a single database per customer, but you can create as many tables as you want in the same database. To avoid conflicts with other web applications, or allow several Piwigo installations on the same website, the table names have a prefix. By default, this prefix is "//piwigo_//", but you can change it (only alphanumeric characters are allowed).)) | ||
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| - | The webmaster account creation requires: | ||
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| - | * An account identifier, chosen by you | ||
| - | * A password you have to enter twice, for checking | ||
| - | * Your email address, so that visitors can contact you | ||
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| - | Run the //"Start Install"// action. | ||
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| - | ===== Step 4 - First connection ===== | ||
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| - | You will be informed <wrap em>[fig C]</wrap> about either success or failure of the installation process. | ||
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| - | <WRAP em center centeralign 50%>[C] Successful installation</WRAP> | ||
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| - | Once the installation is finished, you can go into your gallery <span class="ref">[fig D]</span>. Login with your webmaster account, and you can reach the administration panel. | ||
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| - | <WRAP em center centeralign 50%>[D] Piwigo is installed</WRAP> | ||