Upload Error on New Installation

[broughtonbob]

Hello All!

I'm a noob here and only moderately literate on PC applications although I spent my career in IT (mainframes; now retired) and was at one time a programmer.  I've been able to create a website, load forum and chat scripts and am now working to get the Coppermine photo gallery script package to work on my GoDaddy-hosted site.  I've created folders analogous to my categories and even FTP'd a dozen or so jpeg's to the subdirectory (within "albums").  I went thru config and gave my best shot at setting the options based on what I could understand.  I even deleted languages and flags that I won't need.

Coppermine is installed and I can invoke it from my webpage, but I can't upload any pics.  When I invoke "Batch add files" under my 'admin' login, I get the message:

You need at least one album to use this function
File: /home/content/l/a/t/latipac/html/coppermine/searchnew.php - Line: 404

.

I've read thru the documentation as it relates to uploads, read the tutorials (all of 'em), and looked through the FAQ and this forum.  I didn't see anything related to this that I recognized.  I went thru the steps of turning the diag tools on and got the results shown below.

Would appreciate any pointers to places where this has been addressed, or direct guidance if none has been posted before (doubtful, I know).

BB

USER:
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Array
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    [am] => 1
    [lang] => english
)

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USER DATA:
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Array
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    [user_id] => 1
    [user_name] => broughtonbob
    [groups] => Array
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• => 1
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      [disk_max] => 0
      [disk_min] => 0
      [can_rate_pictures] => 1
      [can_send_ecards] => 1
      [ufc_max] => 3
      [ufc_min] => 3
      [custom_user_upload] => 0
      [num_file_upload] => 1
      [num_URI_upload] => 1
      [can_post_comments] => 1
      [can_upload_pictures] => 1
      [can_create_albums] => 1
      [has_admin_access] => 1
      [pub_upl_need_approval] => 0
      [priv_upl_need_approval] => 0
      [group_name] => Administrators
      [upload_form_config] => 3
      [group_quota] => 0
      [can_see_all_albums] => 1
      [group_id] => 1
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• => SELECT extension, mime, content, player FROM cpg_143filetypes; (0.001s)
      [1] => select * from cpg_143plugins order by priority asc; (0.001s)
      [2] => delete from `user_309814`.cpg_143sessions where time<1144373198 and remember=0; (0.011s)
      [3] => delete from `user_309814`.cpg_143sessions where time<1143167198; (0.008s)
      [4] => select user_id from `user_309814`.cpg_143sessions where session_id=md5("edfe4e1f1f69e002f9c2964e3e30d4926b2ac70e4212ef46a275bb26b36c6a7e"); (0.001s)
      [5] => select user_id as id, user_password as password from `user_309814`.cpg_143users where user_id=1 (0.003s)
      [6] => SELECT u.user_id AS id, u.user_name AS username, u.user_password AS password, u.user_group+100 AS group_id FROM `user_309814`.cpg_143users AS u INNER JOIN `user_309814`.cpg_143usergroups AS g ON u.user_group=g.group_id WHERE u.user_id='1' (0.001s)
      [7] => SELECT user_group_list FROM `user_309814`.cpg_143users AS u WHERE user_id='1' and user_group_list <> ''; (0.001s)
      [8] => SELECT MAX(group_quota) as disk_max, MIN(group_quota) as disk_min, MAX(can_rate_pictures) as can_rate_pictures, MAX(can_send_ecards) as can_send_ecards, MAX(upload_form_config) as ufc_max, MIN(upload_form_config) as ufc_min, MAX(custom_user_upload) as custom_user_upload, MAX(num_file_upload) as num_file_upload, MAX(num_URI_upload) as num_URI_upload, MAX(can_post_comments) as can_post_comments, MAX(can_upload_pictures) as can_upload_pictures, MAX(can_create_albums) as can_create_albums, MAX(has_admin_access) as has_admin_access, MIN(pub_upl_need_approval) as pub_upl_need_approval, MIN( priv_upl_need_approval) as  priv_upl_need_approval FROM cpg_143usergroups WHERE group_id in (1) (0.004s)
      [9] => SELECT group_name FROM  cpg_143usergroups WHERE group_id= 1 (0.001s)
      [10] => update `user_309814`.cpg_143sessions set time='1144376798' where session_id=md5('edfe4e1f1f69e002f9c2964e3e30d4926b2ac70e4212ef46a275bb26b36c6a7e'); (0.016s)
      [11] => SELECT user_favpics FROM cpg_143favpics WHERE user_id = 1 (0.008s)
      [12] => DELETE FROM cpg_143banned WHERE expiry < '2006-04-06 21:26:38' (0.002s)
      [13] => SELECT * FROM cpg_143banned WHERE (ip_addr='24.26.203.238' OR ip_addr='24.26.203.238' OR user_id=1) AND brute_force=0 (0.001s)
      [14] => SELECT aid, title FROM cpg_143albums WHERE 1 (0.001s)
      [15] => SELECT COUNT(*) FROM cpg_143pictures WHERE approved = 'NO' (0.005s)
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  POST :
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  PHP version: 4.3.11 - OK
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  mySQL version: 4.0.24-max-log
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  Coppermine version: 1.4.3(stable)
  ==========================
  Module: GD
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  GD Version: bundled (2.0.28 compatible)
  FreeType Support: 1
  FreeType Linkage: with freetype
  T1Lib Support:
  GIF Read Support: 1
  GIF Create Support: 1
  JPG Support: 1
  PNG Support: 1
  WBMP Support: 1
  XBM Support: 1
  JIS-mapped Japanese Font Support:
  
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  Client API version 3.23.49
  MYSQL_MODULE_TYPE builtin
  MYSQL_SOCKET /tmp/mysql.sock
  MYSQL_INCLUDE no value
  MYSQL_LIBS no value
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  Module: zlib
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  ZLib Support enabled
  Compiled Version 1.1.4
  Linked Version 1.1.4
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  Server restrictions (safe mode)?
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  safe_mode_exec_dir | no value | no value
  safe_mode_gid | Off | Off
  safe_mode_include_dir | ~ | ~
  safe_mode_exec_dir | no value | no value
  sql.safe_mode | Off | Off
  disable_functions | no value | no value
  file_uploads | On | On
  include_path | .:/usr/local/lib/php | .:/usr/local/lib/php
  open_basedir | no value | no value
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  email
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  Directive | Local Value | Master Value
  sendmail_from | me@localhost.com | me@localhost.com
  sendmail_path | /usr/sbin/sendmail -t -i  | /usr/sbin/sendmail -t -i
  SMTP | relay-hosting.secureserver.net | relay-hosting.secureserver.net
  smtp_port | 25 | 25
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  Size and Time
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  Directive | Local Value | Master Value
  max_execution_time | 30 | 30
  max_input_time | 60 | 60
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  post_max_size | 8M | 8M
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  Page generated in 1.164 seconds - 16 queries in 0.065 seconds - Album set : ; Meta set: ;

[Tranz]

Have you created any albums with the album manager?

[broughtonbob]

Thank You for the assistance TranzNDance.  Creating an album did the trick. 

Any pointers on the relationships among Gallery, Category, Album and other components?

Thanks again.

BB

[Joachim Müller]

From the docs:

Use the "Album Manager" ("Albums" link in the admin menu) in to create and order your albums. You'll need at least one album your files can go into.

Categories can contain sub-categories and albums, but not pics. Albums can contain pics, but not sub-albums. Albums can reside within the root category or within any other (nested) category.