Upload Coppermine file via FTP

[mexredknee]

OK, I've installed Apache 2, PHP and MySQL on my Windows XP machine. I've also enabled GD in the PHP.ini file.
I've verified that Apache 2 is running using their test page.

Now, your instructions state to upload the Coppermine files to the server using a FTP client.
I tried to open a connection to my computer using its name and port 21 but the client won't connect.

I know I don't have a FTP server running because I started a separate FTP server and then I could connect.

How can I upload files to my computer's server if I don't have a FTP server running?


Thanks for any help.

[Tranz]

If it's your own computer, you do not need to use FTP. Just copy the files over to the albums directory (into subfolders) just like you would any other folder on your computer.

[mexredknee]

Thanks TranzNDance.

The only albums directory I know of is the one that was in the zip file which I copied to 'C:\local_webfiles\mydomain.tld\coppermine'.

The Apache2 directory doesn't have an albums folder.

Should I make a 'C:\local_webfiles\mydomain.tld\albums' and copy all the Coppermine zipped files there instead?

[Tranz]

I'm sorry. I misunderstood your question. I thought you were asking about batch adding photos, which assumes that you have cpg installed already. I now see you are asking a pre-installation question.

First decide the directory structure of where you will want to access your galleries. Then put the coppermine files in the folder, after extracting them.

I hope I didn't confuse you too much.

[mexredknee]

Actually, I'm glad we were talking about two different things. I was getting a little confused. lol

OK, so I unzip the files into the top directory of my where I store my images. no problem. 

How do I let Apache know that I want the Coppermine pages displayed intead of the Apache test page when I go to 'http://my ip address/'?

I'm turning in for the evening. I'll be back tomorow.

Again, thanks for your help

[Tranz]

You can locate where Apache put the test page and put your files in that folder. I think it is htdocs.

[mexredknee]

OK, I started the installation by copying the Coppermine files to the htdocs folder in the Apache2 folder and navigating to
http://<my ip>/install.php with my browser. I hope this info helps someone. I didn't find much detail on this topic in the documentation.

Thanks for you help TranzNDance.