ImageMagick help needed please!

[faye_smith]

Hi, I don't have GD or ImageMagick, so my coppermine Gallery doesn't make thumbnails. It's just a see-through box with a red X.

I'd like to use ImageMagick (on the config page in the gallery in admin mode, you can choose Image Magick or GD:

Method for resizing images  >> Image Magick   GD version 1.x   GD version 2.x  

Path to ImageMagick 'convert' utility (example /usr/bin/X11/)

but I don't know how to do it.  


I installed this Image Magick pack to my computer:

ImageMagick-i686-pc-windows.exe



I was wondering if anyone could help me please. Thankyou

[kegobeer]

Use GD2 - open up php.ini and uncomment extension=php_gd2.dll, then restart your webserver.  Next, go to Coppermine and choose GD2.x.

[faye_smith]

i'm not a big computer whizz lol, could you explain that in a little more detail please? thankyou

[kegobeer]

Did you install your webserver software?  Based on your first post, I assumed you are running a webserver on your home computer.

[faye_smith]

erm...  i'm not quite sure what you mean... 

I have my own webspace and domain name, & I use WS_FTP95 to upload my files 

[kegobeer]

You have to ask your webhost to either a) install ImageMagick and tell you the location of the convert binary, or b) install GD2.  You can't do either of those.

[faye_smith]

my friend is my host.. i've been on the phone to him for a while and he's been trying to sort it out, but he hasn't been able to do it yet  :\'(

do you know how he could install GD?

[kegobeer]

If he doesn't know how to configure PHP for use with GD, or how to install ImageMagick, I would consider moving to another host with more experience.  If he needs instruction, tell him to go to www.php.net and read up on PHP installation.

[faye_smith]

I dont want to change hosts... could anyone PLEASE tell me how to get/install the GD2!? So I can tell him how you do it, please...

[faye_smith]

please :\'(

or i'm going to have to change to Gallery!  ( http://gallery.sourceforge.net )

But I don't want to because I like Coppermine better, so PLEASE help me.

[kegobeer]

This is not a hotline or a support group for server configurations - we don't have the expertise or the time to provide explanations on how to set up a webserver.  If your host doesn't know how to set up a webserver, he needs to do some research.  In all honesty you should look for a better host - if he doesn't know about GD or ImageMagick, how much does he know about security or properly adminstering a webserver?

If he's running a Windows-based webserver, point him to this thread and he can follow my instructions for uncommenting the GD line.  If he's running a *nix-based webserver, he'll have to recompile php with GD support.  If he can't do either and you don't want to find a better host, feel free to experiment with Gallery - but it needs ImageMagick, GD, or netPBM to run.

And now... I'm out of this thread.  Good luck.