Zenphoto - The simpler media website CMS - (Latest news) http://www.zenphoto.org Zenphoto is a standalone CMS for multimedia focused websites. Our focus lies on being easy to use and having all the features there when you need them (but out of the way if you do not.). en-US Fri, 24 May 2013 06:00:10 -0400 Fri, 24 May 2013 06:00:10 -0400 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Zenphoto RSS Generator <![CDATA[How to write the application name? (FAQ, User Guide)]]> http://www.zenphoto.org/news/how-to-write-the-application-name Numerous versions how the name is written in normal text fly around the net:

  1. ZenPhoto
  2. ZENphoto
  3. zenPHOTO
  4. Zen Photo
  5. Zenphoto

Sometimes in the past even we were not sure. Although our logo implies "zenPHOTO" the official way to write the name is indeed simply "Zenphoto".

Thanks for listening...:-)

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http://www.zenphoto.org/news/how-to-write-the-application-name Wed, 03 Apr 2013 05:21:35 -0400
<![CDATA[Third party tools used by Zenphoto (FAQ, User Guide)]]> http://www.zenphoto.org/news/third-party-tools-used-by-zenphoto This list is surely missing something!

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http://www.zenphoto.org/news/third-party-tools-used-by-zenphoto Wed, 03 Apr 2013 03:57:35 -0400
<![CDATA[Replacing default images (Errors, Error messages, etc., Troubleshooting, Configuration, Images & Albums, Plugins, FIlters, etc.)]]> http://www.zenphoto.org/news/replacing-default-images Zenphoto uses various default images for display like default thumbs for multimedia items if no video thumbnail is used or for password protected albums. You can of course use your own images instead.

Example: /zp-core/images/err-passwordprotected.png

To replace this place an image of the same name within one of these places:

  1. /plugins/images/err-passwordprotected.png (globally)
  2. /themes/<yourtheme>/images/err-passwordprotected.png (only for the theme)

The same can be done with plugins. Replicate the plugin folder structure in your theme and the files therein will override the default ones. Or you can make "global" overrides of files by placing the structure in the plugins folder.

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http://www.zenphoto.org/news/replacing-default-images Sun, 16 Sep 2012 13:09:39 -0400
<![CDATA[I am getting a "500" error when I attempt to view my gallery (Errors, Error messages, etc., Troubleshooting)]]> http://www.zenphoto.org/news/i_am_getting_a_-500-_error_when_i_attempt_to_view_my_gallery There are several possibilities for this error.
  1. Mod rewrite may not work on your installation. Correct this by un-checking the mod rewrite checkbox on the General options tab, URL options.
  2. There may be file permissions issues on your site. Some servers are configured not to allow scripts to run if the script file security is too loose. Check especially the root index.php script. Your service provider can tell you what these file permissions must be.
  3. You may not have the Apache autoindex_module installed. There is a line in several .htaccess files Zenphoto uses (the root .htaccess, one in the zp-data folder, and one in the cache folder) which is intended to prevent directory browsing of the folder(s). This line reads IndexIgnore * Remove this line.
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http://www.zenphoto.org/news/i_am_getting_a_-500-_error_when_i_attempt_to_view_my_gallery Mon, 16 Jul 2012 11:10:49 -0400
<![CDATA[How to embed images in pages and articles? (Troubleshooting, Zenpage news and pages)]]> http://www.zenphoto.org/news/how_to_embed_images_in_pages_and_articles- There two way to embed images into articles.

  1. Using images from the gallery via tinyZenpage:
    http://www.zenphoto.org/news/using-tinyzenpage
  2. Using images from the uploaded folder:
    http://www.zenphoto.org/news/using-the-ajax-file-manager
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http://www.zenphoto.org/news/how_to_embed_images_in_pages_and_articles- Sat, 14 Jul 2012 05:27:27 -0400
<![CDATA[How to setup a theme for Colorbox (Troubleshooting, Configuration, Images & Albums, Miscellaneous, Plugins, FIlters, etc.)]]> http://www.zenphoto.org/news/how_to_setup_a_theme_for_colorbox If you wish to display the full image using the Colorbox plugin, you probably need to modify your theme if it does not have support for it already. Just enabling the plugin is not enough otherwise. It is recommended to read the theming tutorial for theming basics.

image.php

Generally all standard themes link the sized image to the full image. To make it open in a Colorbox you need to add the javascript jQuery definition to the page's header and add a class to the link so Colorbox is assigned to it. If you set the full image to protected you need to add to the jQuery js define the photo: true option.

You can look at the Zenpage theme's image.php for an example usage. Several examples and detailed info on configuring Colorbox are available on the Colorbox site itself.

album.php

If you wish to link the thumbnails on the album page directly bypassing the image.php page you need to do the above and also change the link within the next_image() loop to link to the full image. Mika Epstein (Ipstenu) has written a detailed tutorial about this.

Note that this will only open the images of the current page. If you want to open all images in the album you need to modify your theme quite further to print invisible links of thte other pages' images. This will require some more advanced Zenphoto and PHP knowledge using the Zenphoto object model framework.

 

 

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http://www.zenphoto.org/news/how_to_setup_a_theme_for_colorbox Sun, 24 Jun 2012 03:00:28 -0400
<![CDATA[How to rename the folder Zenphoto is installed in? (Troubleshooting, Configuration, Installation)]]> http://www.zenphoto.org/news/how-to-rename-the-folder-zenphoto-is-installed-in- If you did not install Zenphoto in the root of your webspace but in a folder name zenphoto for example just rename it. Then you need to do one of these things:

  1. Re-run setup (you might need to re-upload the setup file and folder you will get a note about that)
  2. Or manually edit your .htaccess file and change the RewriteBase at the beginning to the current folder name. #1 would do that for you.
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http://www.zenphoto.org/news/how-to-rename-the-folder-zenphoto-is-installed-in- Sun, 06 May 2012 08:30:56 -0400
<![CDATA[How to move my installation on the same server? (Troubleshooting, Configuration, Installation)]]> http://www.zenphoto.org/news/how-to-move-my-installation-on-the-same-server-
  • If you installed Zenphoto in a subfolder named for example Zenphoto and just want to move it to the root or another folder, just copy the complete content (all files and folders) of the folder to the new location.
  • Re-upload the setup scripts.
  • Now run setup (zp-core/setup.php). This will correct the rewritebase in your .htaccess file to the new location (you can also do this manually within the file).
  • Now access your site/admin backend and everything should be as usual.
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    <![CDATA[Articles about Zenphoto (FAQ, User Guide)]]> http://www.zenphoto.org/news/articles-about-zenphoto We collected (and collect) various articles we find about Zenphoto on the net and elsewhere. Originally this was located on the testimonials page and now moved here to the user guide as that seems to be more fitting.

    Note that some articles are quite a little older so will of course not reflect current state of Zenphoto at all.

    Online

    Offline

    • Reference "as an alternative to Gallery" within the article "Fotogalerie im Web" ("Photogallery on the net", page 77) in the special issue "c't kompakt Linux 01/2011" of the well known German computer magazine "c't". Table of content: https://www.heise.de/kiosk/special/ct/10/09/inhalt.shtml
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    http://www.zenphoto.org/news/articles-about-zenphoto Fri, 27 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0400
    <![CDATA[How to install third party plugins (Troubleshooting, Configuration, Installation, Plugins, FIlters, etc.)]]> http://www.zenphoto.org/news/how-to-install-third-party-plugins Installing

    Official plugin and extensions resided within /zp-core/zp-extensions. You should never install third party plugins there. Instead you need to install them within the root /plugins folders.

    Zenphoto plugins consist at least of one file  <pluginname>.php. It may optionally use a folder of its same name within the plugins folder that contains further files like extra functions, css files or images. Example:

    plugins/<yourplugin>.php
    plugins/<yourplugin>/ (contains additional files needed by your plugin)

     

    If you download a (third party) plugin and uncompress (unzip) it you will often have the file or the file and folder within another folder. Don't upload that folder but its content as shown above to the /plugins folder directly. The third party plugin should now show up on the plugins tab on the backend.

    Usage

    Not all themes are already setup with all plugin features because they are optional. On our themes page your can see what standard theme supports which layout specific plugins.

    This means you have to add some of them to your theme files yourself. This is generally very easy as it is mostly just adding one extra function where you want the plugin's feature to be visible. Please refer to the plugin's instruction. Please additionally refer to these text to learn how to do that:

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    http://www.zenphoto.org/news/how-to-install-third-party-plugins Tue, 20 Mar 2012 03:56:39 -0400