I have looked everywhere I know to look and I can't seem to find any documentation on how to take advantage of picture descriptions. I've looked at the php code, but not knowing php, I can only guess at an interpretation. I seem to remember something like the following:
picture.jpg
picture_desc.txt
I've also tried:
picture__desc.txt
picture.jpg__desc.txt
However, nothing seems to work. What am I doing wrong?
Also, is it possible to
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There's an option in the config file that lets you have them in the picture dirs (I have it set up that way.)
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Anonymous
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2001-04-06
Charles,
Did you try loading up the sample album? It has a description containing the following text:
<p>If you see two thumbnails below, congratulations! PHPix is working! Now you can start uploading your own pictures.</p>
<p>This text is <tt>cache/Sample Album__desc.txt</tt>. You can put anything you want into a <tt>__desc.txt</tt> file, and it will show up in the page associated with that name. This works for both albums and images!</p>
I guess I should add to the installation instructions that you need to open up the Sample Album for valuable tips :-)
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I have looked everywhere I know to look and I can't seem to find any documentation on how to take advantage of picture descriptions. I've looked at the php code, but not knowing php, I can only guess at an interpretation. I seem to remember something like the following:
picture.jpg
picture_desc.txt
I've also tried:
picture__desc.txt
picture.jpg__desc.txt
However, nothing seems to work. What am I doing wrong?
Also, is it possible to
Oops...didn't quite finish my last question...
Is it possible to include descriptions of the album folders?
never mind...finally figured it out.
Needs to be documented somewhere that description files need to go under the cache directory.
There's an option in the config file that lets you have them in the picture dirs (I have it set up that way.)
Charles,
Did you try loading up the sample album? It has a description containing the following text:
<p>If you see two thumbnails below, congratulations! PHPix is working! Now you can start uploading your own pictures.</p>
<p>This text is <tt>cache/Sample Album__desc.txt</tt>. You can put anything you want into a <tt>__desc.txt</tt> file, and it will show up in the page associated with that name. This works for both albums and images!</p>
I guess I should add to the installation instructions that you need to open up the Sample Album for valuable tips :-)