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July 04, 2005

Download and Installation

Note:This script requires PHP 5 to work
Download PicaView .ZIP

Installation:

1. Extract Zip file and Upload to your server
2. Make a "galleries" directory in the same directory as the uploaded files
3. Make the "galleries" directory readable by the public
4. All done!

Adding Albums:

• Export Album from Picasa 2 using Export to Web and then the XML small thumbnail template (read Picasa Settings below for more info).
• Upload the Album to the Gallery directory (keeping the directory stucture of the exported Gallery), so it should have something like this:
  

  http://domain.com/galleries/mytrip/index.xml

• All done, the script will automatically add the new Album to the list of Albums!

Picasa Settings:

• For best results, use my Picasa XML Small Thumbs Template for exporting albums from Picasa.
• Export images at 640 resolution
• Add Captions and a Description to Albums in Picasa before exporting
• Thumbnails will automatically be set at 40x40 pixels using XML small thumbs export option.

Posted by Dieter at July 4, 2005 12:30 AM