Module to show pictures from a Coppermine gallery - installation instructions

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Requirements:

• Joomla ( 1.0.18 ) - until module version 1.3.1 or Joomla 1.5.9 and above since module version 1.3.1.
• Coppermine gallery 1.4.19 and above
• install of cpmFetch 2.0 stable
• additonally for joomla 1.5 versions - highslide 4.x to use for eyecatching popups
• additonally you can use the coppermine bridge for joomla from Mehdi - but it works without it as well

Installation of cpmFetch, Highslide and mod_ExtCoppermine

• Download of cpmFetch 2.0 stable
• Please note ! cpmFetch 2.11dev is not supported
  
• Copy all files and folders into a subfolder calles "cmpfetch" below your Coppermine gallery installation
• for example: your document root contains a folder "joomla" for your cms and another folder "gallery". In the "gallery" folder now exist another subfolder so called "cpmFetch" with all the necessary files.
• Now you have to install cpmFetcht. It is necessary to give the file "cpmfetch_config.php" full access, use the chmod 777, so that it can be overwritten.
• Next step - call the installation script: http://your-site-com/gallery/cpmfetch/install.php from your browser. It will extract all necessary Coppermine setttings to this configuration file.
• Set the file rights back , chmod 644, to be on the save side.
• If everything went fine - you will see some example pictures and a list of the configuration settings.
• The module can now be installed over the joomla backend as every module for joomla and can be customized over the modul-menu

Optional Installation of Highslide - only for Joomla 1.5.x versions

• Download of Highslidejavascript , letzte Version 4.0x highslide_download
• Please note ! if you want to use highslide for commercial websites you have to pay the author a licence fee
• Unzip the file and copy the complete "highslide" folder under your joomla installation into the folder "highslide" - DONE
• successfully tested with highslide version 3.3.x and 4.0.x

Update/Upgrade of the module under joomla

• Download the newest version of the module
• Unzip and upload/overwrite all files via FTP or ExtExplorer under joomla into the module folder
• Entpacken und Hochladen aller Dateien via FTP oder ExtExplorer unter Joomla in das module Verzeichnis
• Recheck if all parameters in every copy of the module are set correct - especially the path to highslide - which can be found under the advanced options - Standard is local path and the folder "highslide
  reason - path options has been slightly changed since module version 1.5.0
  

Demonstration - Examples

• Demonstration mod_ExtCoppermine

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