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I would like to have image gallery on my drupal 6.x site. What pictures gallery would be best for this ?
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That very much depends on your own preferences.
It very much depends on your own preferences and the needs of your project.
For most sites, Image: http://drupal.org/project/image provides everything you need.
I would recommend installing it on a test site to see if it has the features you need, because it is the simplest module I have found for this.
You might also like to use it along with Lightbox: http://drupal.org/project/lightbox2 for some nice jquery slideshows and effects.
If you do need something more complex, I see you have already discovered, the CCK + Views approach.
However, the instructions here: http://drupal.org/node/144725 are not complete for 6.x. The principles are very much the same, but Views 2 has changed things quite a bit.
The Image module does all of these things for you - it creates the content type, and does Gallery's based on a taxonomy vocabulary, so it is much easier to get started with.
Errors
Hi,
I have some errors while installing image modules. Here is what is listed in the status report:
1) Image import Import directory has not been configured.
The import directory must be configured and exist in order for the Image import module to function.
2) ImageAPI GD Memory Limit 12M
It is highly recommended that you set you PHP memory_limit to 96M to use ImageAPI GD. A 1600x1200 images consumes ~45M of memory when decompressed and there are instances where ImageAPI GD is operating on two decompressed images at once.
3) ImageMagick advanced options ImageMagick image toolkit is not properly installed
The sites/all/modules/image/image_imagemagick.inc file must be copied to includes in order for the ImageMagick image toolkit to function.
4) PHP memory limit 12M
Depending on your configuration, Drupal can run with a 12M PHP memory limit. However, a 16M PHP memory limit or above is recommended, especially if your site uses additional custom or contributed modules. Increase the memory limit by editing the memory_limit parameter in the file /usr/local/lib/php.ini and then restart your web server (or contact your system administrator or hosting provider for assistance). See the Drupal requirements for more information.
Explanation:
Item no.2 & 4 have exclamation mark icons, whereas item no. 1 & 3 have cross mark icons.
For Item no.1, I'm unable to configure image import directory since it does not exist yet in site configuration list.
For Item no. 3 I do not know where the include folder is, therefore I do not where to copy image_imagemagick.inc
I have tried to delete the image module and recopy it again, yet the result remains the same. After I install the module, I am unable to view modules page in site building.
What should I do next?
Item no. 1
I'm sure you've found the sollution by now, but for those who land on this page, this is how I did it on my dev machine:
Go to Administer › Site configuration › Images ›
Open the Image import tab
Take note of the default import path. This path must exist and have write permission set.
The rest of this comment only applies to linux users (sorry, no windows installation at the moment):
open a terminal and navigate to the site/default/files/images folder
cd /path/to/web/root/sites/default/files/imagescreate the import folder (default is import)
sudo mkdir importgrant write permissions
sudo chmod o+w importsubscribing
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