Hello,
I have made a piece of software which allows you to easily add files to your Coppermine gallery from your computer. The software is very easy to use - just right-click the file and click "Add to CPG...". You can specify a Title, Description, Keywords and even which Album you want the file to go into. You can also create albums and categories to sort your files.
System Requirements -- 2 MB Diskspace
- About 256Mb RAM
- Windows XP, Windows Vista
- Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 (recommended) OR Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 with Cumulative Update 1 OR Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 with Cumulative Update 1
Download - see attachments.
Preview -
PicturesBUG FIXES -- MySQL Connection bug 05/05/2008 (Still not sure if this has been fixed, the new version works on Vista and XP).
As this is a BETA version there may be some bugs/errors, if you find any please report them.
CHANGE LOG -- Renamed application to - Coppermine Home Uploader
- 10/05/2008 15:54 - Released Coppermine Home Uploader BETA 2
- Image Preview - a thumbnail of the image you are about to upload is shown on the upload screen.
- Any File Upload - you can now upload any coppermine supported file such as: .zip's and .txt's.
- Album Creation - you can now create albums and sort them under categories.
- Category Creation - you can now create categories.
- Progress Bar - a progress bar is shown during upload.
- Improved Error Reporting - you will now be shown a more precise error should you come across one.
- Improved Installer - a proper installer which creates an entry in the Start Menu and a Desktop shortcut, eliminating the need to run Settings.exe, Install.exe and Uninstall.exe.
- Improved Uninstall - you can now uninstall Coppermine Home Uploader using the Add/Remove programs option in Windows.
Important for Vista users -RUN THE INSTALL FILE AS AN ADMINSTRATOR - RIGHT-CLICK > RUN AS ADMINISTRATOR.With Vista's decreased user privileges it is mandatory to run the install file as an Administrator (Right-Click > Run As Administrator). Why? - because this software makes a change to the shell to create the right click option, for Vista, it requires an Administrator account to do so. If you accidentally run the file as a non-admin (please don't) - Navigate to the installation folder and open the folder called - "utils" now run "Install.exe" as an adminstrator and fill in your details; this procedure has not been tested and is only there as a fallback procedure.
Important-Create a directory in "albums/" called "cpghome".
Unblock this software from your firewall, if blocked, this will invoke a exception on XP and a "Coppermine Home BETA 1.1 has stopped working..." on vista.
Usage -To install, download and extract the attached file and then run the .exe file and follow the on screen instructions. If you wish to change the settings you specified on installation; double click the short cut to the Control Panel which is on your Desktop and click the "Settings" option. To uninstall, use the Add/Remove programs option in Windows (Control Panel - Add/Remove Programs) or for Vista (Control Panel > Programs > Uninstall a Program). On installation you will be prompted for your ftp, MySQL and CPG details. Note. in the "CPG Root Path" field you must included your server root directory too. For example - "/htdocs/gallery". Also remember that your CPG Database Prefix must include the "_" - For example "cpg14x_".
At this stage of development .gif's are not supported. The software calculates and creates thumbnail and intermediate images based on the dimensions you have already set in Coppermine. If the file is not an image and a thumbnail exists in coppermine for that file type (example - the .zip default thumbnail) the default thumbnail will be shown instead.
I hope you like it and please let me know of any bugs etc.,
just_some_guy