From Gallery Codex

Fantastico Gallery 2 Installation

Gallery 2 can be installed on many webhosts with a few mouse clicks and no technical knowledge thanks to [is http://www.netenberg.com/fantastico.php Fantastico]. You can check the control panel of your website to see if Fantastico (or other auto-installers) are available.

Fantastico replaces Gallery 2's own installation wizard. Instead of going through the official multi-step installation wizard, creating your own database and storage folder, Fantastico does that all for you.

Installation Profile

Gallery 2 installed by Fantastico is identical with the official release of Gallery 2 that you can download from the official Gallery website.

• It includes all official modules and themes and is thus identical with the "Full" Gallery 2 package.
• Everything is preconfigured for you: SEO-friendly short-URLs (URL rewrite module), Image toolkits to generate thumbnails, all is up and running as long as your webhost is supporting these features.

Installation Process

All you need to enter is a new username and password for your new Gallery installation, Fantastico does the rest.

Optionally you can:

• Specify a non-default installation location: domain, path. Defaults to the http://your_domain.com/
• Specify a non-default email address for your Gallery administrator account and configure the default language for your Gallery

With a mouse-click the new Gallery is installed and configured for you. You can login with your admin username / password and start creating photo albums or change settings in the administration area.

Upgrade Process

A Gallery 2 installation consists of two parts: The Gallery 2 application which is the same for everyone, and the Gallery data (your photos, comments, users, etc). As with the normal upgrade process, a Fantastico Gallery 2 upgrade consists of two parts: First you need to update the Gallery 2 application and then the Gallery data.

In the control panel of your website, select to upgrade Gallery 2. This will upgrade your Gallery 2 application. You are then asked to follow the upgrade steps in Gallery 2's official upgrade wizard to upgrade the Gallery data.

Differences to a Standard Installation

• The storage folder of Gallery is always web-accessible when installed with Fantastico.
  • You can change this yourself of course. See FAQ: How can I move my storage folder to another path?
• All modules are active by default (if dependencies are available)
• The URL rewrite module is active and configured to use mod_rewrite
• Fantastico creates the database and everything else for you. The database name, username, etc can be found in config.php.
• Toolkit priority is set to ImageMagick > NetPBM > GD.

Disclaimer

Fantastico is a product by Netenberg and in no way affiliated with the Gallery Project. Gallery can be freely redistributed by anyone under the terms of the GPL.