Administrators Manual

Absolute Image Gallery XE V2.0 The Multimedia Gallery Management System

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION_________________________3

ABSOLUTE IMAGE GALLERY FEATURES _______5

INSTALLING THE ABSOLUTE IMAGE GALLERY__7 SETTING UP THE DATABASE (MS SQL SERVER 2000 ONLY)__________________ 7 INSTALLING THE ABSOLUTE IMAGE GALLERY IN YOUR WEB SITE ________________ 8 SETTING THE INCLUDE LIBRARIES TO MAKE THE ABSOLUTE IMAGE GALLERY WORK WITH YOUR SERVER COMPONENTS _______________________________________ 12

Upload Components Supported ________________________________ 13 E-Mail Components Supported _________________________________ 13 Library Configuration Examples ________________________________ 14 Image Components Supported_________________________________ 15

GROUPING YOUR FILES INTO CATEGORIES______________________________ 16 THUMBNAILS __________________________________________________ 18 IMAGE COMPONENTS AND THUMBNAILS ON THE FLY _______________________ 19 UPLOADING YOUR CATEGORIES AND FILES _____________________________ 20 BUILDING THE GALLERY INDEX______________________________________ 20 BROWSING YOUR GALLERY ________________________________________ 20

QUICK START GUIDE____________________21

ABSOLUTE IMAGE GALLERY OPTIONS_______23 LOGIN SCREEN ________________________________________________ 23 SEARCH SCREEN _______________________________________________ 23 VIEW FILES___________________________________________________ 25 CATEGORIES __________________________________________________ 27

Creating New Subcategories___________________________________ 28 UPLOAD FILES _________________________________________________ 29 REBUILD GALLERY INDEX _________________________________________ 30 GALLERY_____________________________________________________ 31 OPTIONS ____________________________________________________ 32 LOG OUT ____________________________________________________ 35

FILE TYPES SUPPORTED _________________35

THE IMAGE RESIZER (FREEWARE UTILITY) __37

TROUBLESHOOTING ____________________37

FOUND A BUG? LET US KNOW! ____________41

OTHER APPLICATIONS BY XIGLA SOFTWARE _42

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INTRODUCTION Congratulations! Youve just purchased one of the most powerful picture and multimedia gallery administration systems available today. The Absolute Image Gallery is a powerful, state-of-the-art multimedia gallery administration system that has been specially designed for easily managing and publishing your digital assets on the web. Packed with plenty of features, but yet simple and easy to use, the Absolute Image Gallery is the perfect solution for creating picture galleries, photo albums, file repositories, and audio & video collections on the web. The Absolute Image Gallery makes creating and maintaining images and multimedia galleries a snap. The code resides on your web server and searches your web site for new images and files to add to your gallery, all from the powerful (and very easy to use) administration area. With the Absolute Image Gallery, you will be able to organize and maintain any kind of multimedia content on your site: photos, animations, movies, videos, MP3's, WAVs, Real Media, Word docs, Excel docs, Flash animations, all of these file types and more are supported. Plus, you can add support for any file type that you want! Working with the Absolute Image Gallery is extremely easy. Just upload your gallery files and folders into the applications gallery folder. Login by using your username and password, click on the Rebuild Gallery Index button from the top menu and the system will index and create your complete gallery in just seconds! Provide your visitors with a powerful navigation system to browse your gallery. Allow them to browse the latest additions, upload and rate the files, search and collect their favorite files and send them to themselves by e-mail or as a postcard to their friends. The Absolute Image Gallery virtually supports unlimited categories and subcategories for creating complete and fully-categorized file collections. The Absolute Image Gallery is very easy to set up and administer. It utilizes 100% Active Server Pages (ASP) script; there are no DLLs to install on the server. The simple, intuitive and user-friendly web-based administration interface allows you to manage your digital gallery from any location with web access. The Absolute Image Gallery comes ready to run with either MS Access 2000 (you dont need to own a Microsoft Access License in order to use the software) or SQL Server 2000 databases (the full SQL Server Script is inluded in case

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you want to use MS SQL Server 2000 for greater scalability). The system also supports a wide range of third party server components for performing important tasks such as uploading files and sending e-mails. We hope the functionality and versatility weve built into the Absolute Image Gallery System excites and inspires you. Weve made our best effort to provide you with what we believe is the best system for managing and creating picture and multimedia galleries on the web. We hope youll enjoy using the Absolute Image Gallery in many ways. Please e-mail us with any questions you may have regarding this program, including any wishes you have for additional features. Were committed to making the Absolute Image Gallery the best multimedia gallery management system on the web.

Juan David Arbelez R.

XIGLA SOFTWARE http://www.xigla.com

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ABSOLUTE IMAGE GALLERY FEATURES The Absolute Image Gallery comes packed with lots of features to make it very easy and fun for you and your sites visitors to browse and work with your gallery. Here are just some of the features weve packed into this powerful system:

! 100% Active Server Pages (ASP) Script; there are no DLLs required to install on the server.

! Supports unlimited categories and sub-categories. You can have as

many as your server can handle. Virtually unlimited files per category.

! If you have the ASPJpeg, or ASPImage component installed, The Absolute Image Gallery will be able to create thumbnails of your JPG, BMP and PNG files on the fly. However, the Gallery will work without it; no image component is required!

! Batch Thumbnailer utility included. The Absolute Image Gallery includes

the Mihov Image Resizer, a freeware utility for easily creating thumbnails of your graphic files!

! Supports all kinds of files, not just pictures. You can have image

galleries, video galleries, audio collections, office documents, Flash, PDF's, ANYTHING! The Absolute Image Gallery is a COMPLETE digital assets administration system.

! The administration tasks can be done using a web browser in a 100%

user-friendly and ergonomic interface. Even newcomers and non-technical users will have no problem working with the application.

! Favorite Files Feature: users can mark their favorite files and have them

sent to their e-mail addresses. Plus you can keep a log of the e-mail addresses entered.

! Send File as Postcard : Users can select any file and send it as a

postcard.

! Public Uploading : You can set whether or not your users can upload files to the the gallery, you can even set which categories will allow public uploading, the files that can be uploaded, and even maximum file size!

! 3 File Status : You can set your files as approved, pending or not

approved to control which files show up on your gallery.

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! Images and files can be uploaded via FTP or from within the application.

Also, the Absolute Image Gallery comes with its own upload script.

! Change the look and style of your gallery with CSS and by modifying a single asp file (gallery.asp). The code has been isolated to make it very easy for you to customize your gallerys look.

! Powerful navigation system: users can view your galleries by browsing

through your categories or by using the integrated search engine system.

! Lots of data fields to describe your files : provide keywords,

descriptions, credits, URLs and E-mails to describe your files, you can even embed HTML code.

! Default thumbnails: if a file doesnt have an assigned thumbnail, a

default thumbnail is displayed detailing the file type.

! Hit Tracking and Rating System: the system keeps a record of the number of hits that each file receives, plus users can rate your files!

! Option to disable right-clicking on pictures to prevent users from

copying your files.

! Works with both Microsoft Access and SQL Server databases (full script included). Files are not stored in the database but rather the descriptions and captions of the files for easy browsing. Easily scale your system with no additional cost (at least, not from us).

At XIGLA SOFTWARE, we value our customers feedback. If you have specific features youd like to see implemented in the Absolute Image Gallery, please e-mail us at info@xigla.com and tell us about them. Well consider them, and maybe youll see them in a future version. Also, if you find what you think is a bug or have a problem, please e-mail us immediately so that we can help you solve the problem and keep your system operating as desired.

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INSTALLING THE ABSOLUTE IMAGE GALLERY Installing the Absolute Image Gallery is very straightforward. Just follow the instructions below and your new gallery administration software will be running in no time. The first thing you need to do is to decide which database you are going to use. By default, the Absolute Image Gallery comes configured to run with a Microsoft Access database. However, weve included the full Microsoft SQL Server script in case you want to use a more powerful database server. If you want to use the Absolute Image Gallery with SQL Server, please read the following sections in order to set up the database. Otherwise, you may skip to the Installing the Absolute Image Gallery in your web site section.

Setting Up the Database (MS SQL Server 2000 ONLY)

1. The Absolute Image Gallery SQL database is included as a script file called absoluteig.sql. Save this file somewhere on your local computer. 2. From within the SQL Server Enterprise Manager, create a new database. Right-click on Database and select New database.

3. Enter the database name absoluteig, or whatever name you may want for this new database.

4. Click OK when finished. An empty database named absoluteig (or whatever name you chose) will be created.

5. Now, execute the absoluteig.sql script in order to create the tables and queries in the new database. From the Tools menu of the Enterprise Manager, select SQL Server Query Analyzer.

6. From within the Query Analyzer, open the absoluteig.sql script file. Make sure to select the absoluteig database from the database drop-down menu.

7. Execute the script by clicking the Execute Query Button or pressing F5. If executed successfully, youll see a Query Batch Completed message at the bottom of the screen.

8. In order to optimize the database, right click on the absoluteig database from within Enterprise Manager. Select Properties and under the Options tab, check the Auto shrink property.

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9. It is advised to set a mainteinance plan that backups the database logs on a daily basis or to set the database recovery model to SIMPLE. Otherwise, your database log file might grow really fast and eat your disk space.

Note: When executing the script, some warnings may appear. This is a normal behavior and it is due to the fact that the database uses several variant fields. Also, if youre running the script on SQL Server 7, some syntax error messages may arise. However, this seems to not affect the applications performance and customers using this database server have reported no problems.

Now lets add a user for the database.

Adding a New User for the absoluteig Database (MS SQL Server 2000)

1. Within the SQL Server Enterprise Manager, expand the tree down to Security.

2. Right click on Logins and select New Login.

3. Enter the name as absoluteig and select SQL Server authentication.

4. Enter a unique password (please take note of your password, youll need it later).

5. Under Database select the absoluteig database and click on the Database Access tab.

6. Click the Permit check box for the absoluteig database then check the db_owner box under Permit In Database Role.

7. Click OK and enter your password confirmation.

Installing the Absolute Image Gallery in Your Web Site The Absolute Image Gallery and the MS Access database are e-mailed to you in a zipped file (.zip). Follow these instructions to set-up the Absolute Image Gallery System for your site:

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1. Create a sub-directory in your web sites root directory. This directory will house the Absolute Image Gallery Software so its a good idea to give it a name such as absoluteig. For example, if your domain is http://www.something.com, then you might create a directory called http://www.something.com/absoluteig

2. Extract the contents of the Absolute Image Gallery zip file into this directory. The Absolute Image Gallery includes several sub-directories. You must maintain this directory structure and include these sub-directories. Note: Some hosting companies require you to place your databases in a specially assigned directory. If this is the case, youll need to alter the Absolute Image Gallery Structure. Please refer to the troubleshooting section to see how to work around this.

WARNING! : DO NOT PLACE A COPY OF OUR ZIP FILE ANYWHERE ON YOUR SITE. By doing this youll be allowing your users to download the application without owning a license. Youll be violating the License Agreement and our intellectual property rights.

3. Now, set the permissions for the newly created absoluteig directory to allow read and write permissions, allow files to be browsed and allow scripts to be run. Turn off browser permissions on the database folder (db folder) so that users cannot download the MS Access database.

4. If you are using the Access database then skip to step 5. Otherwise, if youre using a SQL Server Database use a text editor (Notepad will work fine), and open the databasedata.asp script file to configure it properly:

The databasedata.asp file has a similar code to this (we have colored and numbered the lines for explanation purposes):

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6 'connection="PROVIDER=SQLOLEDB;DATA SOURCE=YOUR_SERVER;DATABASE=absoluteig;USER ID=USERNAME;PASSWORD=PASSWORD;"

%> Youll note theres an apostrophe (comment) before the red line (line 6). You need to remove that apostrophe to un-comment that line and place an aposthrophe (comment) before each of the green lines (Just before the database and connection variables (Lines 2 and 3)). Then in the red line (line 6), youll need to replace YOUR_SERVER, with the name of the SQL Server where the database resides. Also youll have to replace the username and password with the corresponding username and password you previously set in order to access the server. Now the code may look like this (without the numbers):

Note: Absolute Image Gallery uses a DSN-Less connection to both the Access and SQL Server databases. DSNs are not recommended for some issues regarding performance and a recently reported bug by microsoft about retrieving default values.

5. Start the Absolute Image Gallery System in your web browser by accessing the directory where you installed Absolute Image Gallery and login using admin as both the username and password and click the login button: e.g. http://www.yourdomain.com/absoluteig.

6. Click on the Options button from the top menu, and click OK on the confirmation message. Youll be accessing the system configuration options.

7. In the Licensed To field, enter your name or the name of the company that purchased and will be using the Absolute Image Gallery and the order reference ID number that you received when you purchased this application (This is your license serial number and can be found in your order confirmation e-mail).

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8. In the Site URL field, enter the URL to your site: e.g. http://www.youdomain.com

9. In the Application URL, enter the full URL to the Absolute Image Gallery in your site (this is the same URL you defined in step 1 and used in step 5 to access the application) : e.g. http://www.yourdomain.com/absoluteig. 10. In the username and password fields, type a new username and password in order to replace the admin login. Take note of your new username and password combination. From now on, youll need this new combination to access the system.

11. If you want to use thumbnails of your files for easy and faster browsing, the Absolute Image Gallery uses a naming convention for the thumbnails files. The thumbnails should have the same name of the larger file with a .jpg or .gif extension and they may have an optional prefix. If you want to use this optional prefix, type it into the Thumbnail Prefix field. Any file uploaded whose name begins with this prefix, will be automatically set as a thumbnail.

12. Scroll down the page and leave the other options with their default settings (Refer to the Options section for information on how to edit these settings).

13. The E-mail options are used for sending e-mails from within the Absolute Image Gallery (For example, when the Users want to have their favorite files sent by e-mail):

E-mail: The e-mail address used to send e-mails from your

gallery. This must be a valid e-mail address on your SMTP Server. SMTP Server: The SMTP server you will use to send e-mails. E-mail Subject: Type a subject for the e-mails sent from your

Gallery. E-mail Signature: You may want to provide a signature for all

the e-mails sent from the gallery. Be creative and commercial; this is a wonderful way to market and promote your site.

14. Click on the Save Settings button in order to save the changes (If you have problems, be sure that the Absolute Image Gallery directory has write permission enabled in order to be able to update the settings).

Note: For security reasons, many hosting providers do not allow write permissions to their directories. If this is your situation, the Absolute Image Gallery will give you the code to upload to update your settings. Follow these directions:

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*Copy and paste this code into a blank .txt file (use Notepad). *Rename this file to configdata.asp. *Upload this file to your Absolute Image Gallery code directory, replacing the existing default file, and your new settings will take place.

Note: If you dont want to set write permission on the Absolute Image Gallery directory, you need to know that the following directories require write permission, otherwise some errors will arise when uploading files or creating new categories:

- gallery (and all directories beneath gallery): This folder is where the gallery files, categories and subcategories are stored

Now, lets configure the correct Include Libraries to make the Absolute Image Gallery work with your server components.

Setting the Include Libraries to Make the Absolute Image Gallery Work with Your Server Components The Absolute Image Gallery supports a wide range of third party components for tasks like uploading to the server (When you need to upload files to your gallery) sending e-mail (For allowing your site visitors to have their favorite files sent by e-mail or sending postcards) and creating thumbnails of your graphics on the fly. In order for the Absolute Image Gallery to work with the upload and e-mail components installed on your server, you must set and configure their corresponding Include Library files. An Include Library is a file that tells the Absolute Image Gallery how to work with the available component it needs to use, in order to accomplish the uploading, e-mailing and thumbnailing tasks. These Include Libraries can be found in the Include-Libraries zip file provided within the Absolute Image Gallery zip file you were sent. These Include Libraries use a naming convention in the form of incTASK.COMPONENT where TASK is either Upload , Email or Image and COMPONENT is the name of the commercial component for which that Library was developed (e.g. incUpload.ASPMail for ASPMail). To configure these Libraries all you need to do is know which components your hosting provider currently has available to you on their servers, and then

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rename the corresponding Include Library files to incEmail.asp, incUpload.asp or incImage.asp and move these files to the Absolute Image Gallery root directory (http://www.yourdomain.com/absoluteig) as is explained later. Below is a list of components supported by the Absolute Image Gallery and their corresponding Include Libraries.

Upload Components Supported

AspSmartUpload: from ASPSmart (http://www.aspsmart.com) Library: incUpload.AspSmartUpload

ASPUpload: from Persits (http://www.persits.com) Library: incUpload.ASPUpload

SAFileUp: from SoftArtisans (http://www.softartisans.com) Library: incUpload.SAFileUp

No Component: in case no upload component is installed on the server Library: incUpload.NoComponent

Setting Up the Correct Upload Library: Once you know which upload component is installed on your server, all you need to do is rename its corresponding include library to incUpload.asp and move or upload it to the Absolute Image Gallery root directory. E.g. (http://www.yourdomain.com/absoluteig) If no upload component is installed, the incUpload.NoComponent Library will allow you to upload files to your galleries. Just rename it to incUpload.asp and move or upload it to the Absolute Image Gallery root directory.

E-Mail Components Supported

ASPEmail: from Persits (http://www.persits.com) Library: incEmail.ASPEmail

ASPMail: from ServerObjects (http://www.serverobjects.com) Library: incEmail.ASPMail

AspSmartMail: from ASPSmart (http://www.aspsmart.com) Library: incEmail.AspSmartMail

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JMail: from Dimac (http://www.dimac.net) Library: incEmail.Jmail

SASMTPMail: from SoftArtisans (http://www.softartisans.com) Library: incEmail.SASMTPMail

CDONTS: in case no e-mail component is installed on the server, CDONTS is supported by many servers and should work for e-mailing from within the system. Library: incEmail.CDONTS

Setting Up the Correct E-Mail Library: Once you know which e-mail component is installed on your server, all you need to do is rename its corresponding Include Library to incEmail.asp and move or upload it to the Absolute Image Gallery root directory. E.g. (http://www.yourdomain.com/absoluteig) If no e-mail component is installed, the incEmail.CDONTS should work as CDONTS is widely supported by many hosting companies. Just rename it to incEmail.asp and move it to the Absolute Image Gallery root directory.

Library Configuration Examples In order to further explain the Libraries configuration, please note the following examples: Example A: Suppose that your hosting provider has the JMail e-mail component and the AspSmartUpload upload component installed. You'll have to use the incEmail.JMail and incUpload.AspSmartUpload Libraries. Rename these files to incEmail.asp and incUpload.asp respectively and move them to the Absolute Image Gallery root directory, and you are all set! Example B: Suppose that your server currently supports CDONTS but has no upload component installed. You'll have to use the IncEmail.CDONTS and incUpload.NoComponent Libraries. Rename each of these files to incEmail.asp and incUpload.asp respectively and move them to the Absolute Image Gallery root directory, and you are all set!

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Note: Many Hosting Providers support more than one upload and e-mail components. If this is your situation, just pick the ones that you think are the best and set their corresponding Include Libraries as explained. Just use ONE upload Include Library and ONE e-mail Include Library. Also, if your server supports upload and e-mail components that dont have corresponding Include Libraries provided, youll have to create your own Libraries. Just pick one of the provided Libraries and customize it to suit your components. They are very easy to customize. Please also let us know about it at info@xigla.com so we can provide it in future releases.

Image Components Supported Absolute Image Gallery supports two components for creating thumbnails of your images on the fly :

ASPJpeg: from Persits (http://www.persits.com) Library: incImage.ASPJpeg

ASPImage: from ServerObjects (http://www.serverobjects.com) Library: incImage.ASPImage

Setting Up the Correct Image Library: Once you know which Image component is installed on your server, all you need to do is rename its corresponding Include Library to incImage.asp and move or upload it to the Absolute Image Gallery root directory. E.g. (http://www.yourdomain.com/absoluteig) If your hosting provider does not have any image thumbnail available, you can set any of these libraries as Absolute Image Gallery will detect that no Image component is installed and disable the automatic thumbnail option. Remember that you can also use your own thumbnails and that Absolute Image Gallery comes packed with a freeware tool that will let you create thumbnails easy and quickly. Congratulations! Your Absolute Image Gallery system has been fully configured and is ready to serve your multimedia collection on the web. All you need to do now is organize your files into categories, create some thumbnails and upload them to the gallery folder of the Absolute Image Gallery, add some captions and descriptions and publish your Gallery.

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Grouping Your Files into Categories The Absolute Image Gallery virtually supports unlimited categories and subcategories. Each category is a folder which should be located inside the gallery folder of the Absolute Image Gallery. Each subcategory is also a folder that should be located underneath the parent category folder underneath the gallery folder. Each folder should contain its own files and pictures, plus an additional folder named tn which holds the categorys (or subcategorys) thumbnail files. For example, suppose that you want to have the following category in your gallery:

- Nature: containing nature-related images, like animals and flowers On your local computer, create a folder named Nature and inside this folder, place your nature related photos. Also, inside the nature folder, create a subfolder and name it tn. Move the thumbnails of your nature pictures to this folder. If you want to go further and create 2 subcategories for the Nature folder like animals and flowers, then create 2 new subfolders inside the Nature folder named animals and flowers respectively. Create a tn subfolder for each of these new folders. Move your animal pictures into the animals subfolder and your animal thumbnails into the animals tn subfolder. Do the same with the flower pictures: move your flowers-related pictures into the flowers folder and your flowers thumbnails into the flowers tn subfolder. The Nature folder structure should look like this:

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Supposing that you have created the Nature folder on your C:\ drive, youll be grouping your files in the following way: C:\Nature

- Nature-related files (not animals nor flowers; theyll be located in their corresponding subfolders.

C:\Nature\tn

- Thumbnails of the files located in the c:\nature folder C:\Nature\animals

- Animal-related files C:\Nature\animals\tn

- animals pictures thumbnails C:\Nature\flowers

- Flower-related files C:\Nature\flowers\tn

- Flowers pictures thumbnails If you want to have more subcategories, just create an additional folder for each subcategory beneath the parent subcategory folder and create another tn folder for each new subcategory.

Note: It is advised when a category name has a space, to use underscore symbol instead of the space for its folder name. For example: For an animals subcategory named fishes and sea

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The folder name should be: C:\Nature\animals\fishes_and_sea Also, remember to create a tn subfolder to hold this subcategorys thumbnails: C:\Nature\animals\fishes_and_sea\tn

Thumbnails It is not necessary to have thumbnails for your images, but if you have thumbnails of the files and you want to display these files in your Gallery for easier browsing, youll have to locate the thumbnail files inside the tn folder of each category. Also, you should use a naming convention for your thumbnails in the form of: PrefixFilename.Extension where Prefix is an optional text string like tn, small or mini- to differentiate the thumbnail from the larger image. Filename is the name of the larger file. Extension is either gif or jpg. For example: If you have a picture named sunflower.jpg and you want to create a thumbnail file for this image, it might be named mini-sunflower.jpg or smallsunflower.jpg or tnsunflower.jpg Move this thumbnail file into the tn folder of its appropiate category (i.e. c:\nature\flowers\tn)

Note: The Mihov Resizer freeware utility included with the Absolute Image Gallery, creates thumbnails of your graphic files with a mini- prefix. Also, the Absolute Image Gallery by default comes configured to use this prefix (i.e. mini-) with the thumbnail files. If you want to use another prefix (or no prefix at all), you can change it in the Options menu of the Absolute Image Gallery in the Thumbnail Prefix field.

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Please remember that Thumbnails should have an optional prefix, the same name as the larger file, and they must have the .gif or .jpg extension.

Image Components and Thumbnails on the Fly If your hosting provider has the ASPJpeg or ASPImage component installed, then no thumbnail images are required for your JPG, BMP and PNG files as they can be created on the fly by the Absolute Image Gallery. To enable this option, log into the Absolute Image Gallery administration, click on the Options button from the top menu and scroll to the Image Component field. Absolute Image Gallery will look for those componets (ASPImage and ASPJpeg), and if any of them, is installed, it will present you with the following options:

- Create Thumbnail Files on the Fly: check this option if you want the Absolute Image Gallery to create temporary thumbnails of the larger files as they are browsed. No additional disk space is necessary, but this option will consume more server resources as each time that a file is requested, a thumbnail is created in the servers memory.

- Save Created Thumbnails for faster access: If your Gallery folder

has write permission and the Create Thumbnail files on the Fly option is checked, you may want to check this option. Once a thumbnail has been generated, it will be saved to the appropriate thumbnail directory and no additional server resources will be required.

- Max Thumbnail Size: select the maximum size in pixels for an image.

By default 120 Pixels are set.

- Max Postcard Size : select the maximum size in pixels for an image for sending it as a postcard. By default 280 pixels are set.

Note: ASPJpeg and ASPImage are both powerful image manipulation components.For more information visit the following URLs : http://www.aspjpeg.com http://www.serverobjects.com

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Uploading Your Categories and Files If you have a large amount of files, categories and subcategories and theyre organized as previously explained (into folders with subfolders and thumbnails), you can proceed to upload your files into your Gallery. To do this, simply upload the categories folders and subfolders into the gallery folder of the Absolute Image Gallery using your favorite FTP software application. With the Nature category example, all you have to do is upload this folder and its contents into the gallery folder of the Absolute Image Gallery.

Note: You can also create categories and subcategories and upload files from within the application. However, FTP is recommended if you have a large amount of files and categories. All the files should be uploaded into the gallery folder of the Absolute Image Gallery, otherwise, the files wont be available in your Gallery.

Building the Gallery Index Once you have finished uploading your files to the gallery folder, youll need to log into the Absolute Image Gallery administration and click the Rebuild button from the top menu. By clicking this option, the Absolute Image Gallery will create a database of your files for easy browsing, and your files will be available in your Gallery.

Note: Youre required to click the REBUILD option everytime you add or delete files or categories. This is the way the Absolute Image Gallery knows that something has changed and that the Gallery should be updated.

Browsing Your Gallery After rebuilding the gallery index, youll be able to browse your Gallery. To do so, just go to your site at the following URL: http://www.yoursite.com/absoluteig/gallery.asp

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QUICK START GUIDE

1. Configuration

The first thing you must do when using the Absolute Image Gallery for the first time is to set your configuration settings as explained in the preceding chapters: ! Set the Absolute Image Gallery to work with your selected

database (MS Access or SQL Server): Edit the databasedata.asp file to select the proper connection string.

! Log into the Absolute Image Gallery at http://www.yoursite.com/absoluteig using the default administrator username and password (admin/admin).

! Click on the OPTIONS button from the top menu and edit the default administrator with your own information (select a new username and password).

! Set the appropiate Include Libraries to allow the Absolute

Image Gallery to upload files to your Gallery and send e-mails from within the application (create an incUpload.asp and incEmail.asp files from the Libraries zip file and move them to the Absolute Image Gallery root directory).

! Group your Gallery files into folders with their

corresponding category name. Add a tn subfolder for each category to store your thumbnails.

! If a category contains a space symbol, it should be

replaced with an underscore symbol in its corresponding folder name. (i.e. for a category named vintage photos, the folder should be named vintage_photos.

! If no image component is installed on your server, you

can use the free utility to create thumbnails of your graphic files. Move the thumbnails to the tn subfolder of each category.

2. Upload your files and create the gallery index

Upload your folders to the Absolute Image Gallery gallery folder. Use your favorite FTP program to upload large amounts of files. Alternatively, you can upload your files and create categories from within the application, but FTP is a more efficient

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method. Once finished, log into the system using your username and password and click on the Rebuild button from the top menu. The Absolute Image Gallery will search for your new files and folders (categories), updating the gallery index and publishing your new files.

3. Add captions & descriptions to the files

From within the administration panel, browse your new categories and their corresponding files. Update the names and add descriptions to the files for easy browsing. Create new categories or delete old ones, add new files and thumbnails. Once finished, its a good idea to rebuild the gallery index again. Absolute Image Gallery will update all of your changes after rebuilding the gallery index.

4. Browse your Gallery

Go to your Absolute Image Gallery URL and access the gallery.asp file at http://www.yoursite.com/absoluteig/gallery.asp in order to browse the Gallery. You can change the look and feel of your Gallery by editing the gallery.asp file and its CSS file. You can change several display options from the Options menu. Mark files as your favorites and have them sent by e-mail, view a slide show of the files, and search files by keyword or category. Your new multimedia Gallery is up and running!

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ABSOLUTE IMAGE GALLERY OPTIONS The Absolute Image Gallery is extremely easy to use. In order to operate the system, you just need the menu at the top of the screen. There, youll find all the systems options, which are explained below.

Login Screen To access the Absolute Image Gallery, point your browser to http://www.yourdomain.com/absoluteig Once there, use your username and password to access the application. By default, the Absolute Image Gallery comes configured with admin for both the administrators username and password. If you set a different username and password, youll have to use it in order to access the application.

Search Screen Use this option to browse and search through your Gallerys files

To search your files you may enter any search criteria combination in the search box:

! Keywords: Enter a keyword to search your files. Only files containing the keyword in its description, caption or filename will be returned.

! Category: Type the name or part of the name of the category in which you want to search.

! Credits : Type the name of the person credited for the file ! Uploaded By : Enter the name of the person who uploaded the file

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! Status : Absolute Image Gallery supports 3 file status : o Pending : Files waiting for review and approval o Approved : Files approved and displayed on the gallery o Not Approved : Files being review or rejected

! Uploaded Between: Check this option and select two dates to list files that were uploaded during the selected period.

Click the Search Files button to list all the files that fit your search criteria. The Absolute Image Gallery will list the files found and display the following information:

! Files Found: Number of files that match your search criteria. ! Files: Shows the caption and file name, size, date and description. ! Category: The files assigned category. ! Thumbnail: If theres an available thumbnail for the file, it will be

displayed here. If the file is a JPG and you have the ASPJpeg component and its options configured (Options menu), a thumbnail will be generated on the fly. Otherwise, the default thumbnail will be displayed. Click the thumbnail to open the larger file in a new window.

! Status : The current file status ! Stats: Displays the number of hits (views) and rating for the file. ! View: Click the View button to view the file and edit its properties. ! Delete: Click the Delete button to delete a file from the Gallery.

Also, there are additional buttons on this screen:

Rebuild Index: Rebuild the index after uploading and deleting files or making changes to the Gallery.

Browse These Files: Use this option to browse and edit the captions and descriptions of the files found.

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View Files Use this option to browse, preview and add captions and descriptions to

your files. Apart from the search screen just explained, the View Files option is a powerful way to browse and preview your files and add captions and descriptions. This option can be accessed from the search screen or by clicking the View button from the top menu. To browse the files assigned to any category, change the category in the drop-down list. The file is displayed in a small window at the left side of the screen. In this window, you can see several of the files properties as size, current category, hits and current rating. Also, you can select to view the full image or change the files category. At the right, youll find the file options which are divided into two panels, you can access each panel by clicking the More Options button at the bottom :

- Category: Displays the current file category. - Name: The name of the file. - Date Created : Date the file was created - Description: The files description. - Keywords : assign some keywords to the file for seacrhing - Copyright : Copyright info. - Credit : Name of the person who owns the credit for the file

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- Status : Current file status. Click on one of the links to set a different status

On the Second Panel, the following options are displayed : - Source : The file source - Uploaded By : Name of the person who uploaded the file - E-mail : E-mail used for contact information - URL : URL for contact information - Embed HTML : If you want to add custom HTML code to the file, type it

here. This option is very helpful if you want to integrate The Absolute Image Gallery with a shopping cart.

- Additional Info : Any additional information related to the file. You can update the files information from this screen by simply typing the proper information and clicking the Update button. Also, the files are automatically updated each time you select a new file. Thus, you dont have to click the Update button every time you change a description or name.

Note: If you click the Browse These Files button from the search menu to access the View Files option, only the files and categories matching your search criteria will be displayed.

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This a fast way to let you update and preview the files that you want from the administration panel.

Also, there are additional options when viewing the files:

Upload Files: Click the upload files to add new files to the current category.

Rebuild Index: Its a good practice to rebuild the gallery index after making changes to the files.

Categories Create unlimited categories and subcategories for your Gallery.

By using categories, you can group your files by topic thus enabling your sites visitors to easily browse your Gallery and find the files that they want. Categories are folders located inside the gallery folder of the Absolute Image Gallery. These folder have the same name as its corresponding category, plus they can have an optional description. It is in these folders where the files are located. The categories are listed with the following information:

- Current Category: Name of the category being browsed. - Description: An optional description of the current category. - Files: Lists the number of files indexed in the current category. - Public Uploading : Whether or not public uploading of files is enabled

for the current category. You can set inherit the current Public Uploading setting to all the subcategories of the current category, by clicking the Apply to all Subcategories link.

- Subcategories: Lists the subcategories of the current category. From this menu you can create new categories and subcategories, add descriptions and delete categories.

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The following options are also available:

Rebuild Index: Its a good practice to rebuild the Gallery index after making, creating or deleting categories.

Create Subcategory: Click this button to create a subcategory of the current category.

Edit Description: Click this button to modify the current categories description. Only descriptions can be modified.

Delete Category: Click this button in order to delete the current category and its files. Warning: This action cant be undone. The Main category (Top) cannot be deleted.

Upload Files: Click this button to add new files to the current category.

Creating New Subcategories To create a new subcategory, browse to the parent category (or to the root category: top) and press the Create Subcategory button. Type a name for the new category and an optional description and set whether or not file can be publicly uploaded to the new subcategory. A folder will be created inside the Gallery folder depending on the category level (folder level)

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of the subcategory and youll be taken back to the parent category menu where you can access the new subcategory.

Note: When creating a new category, use only valid characters for the new folder. You can, however, type blank spaces as theyre automatically transformed into underscores. Make sure to type the correct category name. The categories cannot be renamed from within the application. In order to rename a category, you can do so via FTP and then rebuilding the Gallery index. Categories cannot be created from within the application if theres no write permission on the gallery folder.

Upload Files This option lets you upload files and thumbnails to your categories from within the application.

The Upload Files menu is a practical option to let you upload files to your different categories with their respective caption and description. To use the form, simply provide the following information:

- Target Category: Select the target category to upload the new file. - File To Upload: Click the browse button to locate the local file and

upload it to the server. Any file with the thumbnail naming convention, will be uploaded and treated as a thumbnail (If the file is a thumbnail of a larger file from the same category and has the appropiate naming convention, i.e. PrefixFilename.ext).

- File Name: Add an optional caption for the new file. - Date Created : Add an optional creation date for the file - Description : Add an optional description for the file - Keywords : Any optional keywords for searching - Copyright : Files copyright information - Credit : Any credits for the file - Status : Current Status - Source : The files source - Uploaded By : Name of the person who uploaded or sent the file - E-mail : E-mail Contact Information - URL : URL for Contact Information - Additional Info : Any additional info for the current file

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- Embed HTML : You can add custom HTML to the file to integrate it with other applications (like a shopping cart)

Click the Upload File button and the new file will be uploaded to the corresponding category folder. After uploading several files, make sure to click the Rebuild Gallery Index button in order to fully update your Gallery.

Rebuild Gallery Index Update your Gallerys changes and creates a Gallery database for easy browsing.

After making changes in your Gallery, like deleting or uploading files (via FTP or the application), creating or deleteing categories, adding captions and descriptions, its a good idea to rebuild the Gallery Index. The Gallery Index is a database of your current files and categories intended for faster browsing of the files. Through the use of the Index, files can be easily found and captions and descriptions can be added. Rebuilding the Gallery Index is pretty straightforward. All you have to do is click the Rebuild Index button and the system will look for the latest changes in order to update the Gallery database.

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This operation may take several minutes depending on the number of files that you currently have in your Gallery.

Gallery Lets you browse your Gallery from the systems menu.

By clicking the Gallery button, you can easily access your current Gallery and check how it will be displayed to your visitors. You can check the different options of the program (like selecting favorite files, looking for the latest additions and viewing slideshows) and fully preview your Gallery.

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Options Set and configure your Absolute Image Gallery.

The configuration settings define several properties that the Absolute Image Gallery needs for its proper operation:

! Licensed To: Enter the name of the person/company to whom the Absolute Image Gallery was licensed as well as your order ID Number which can be found on the e-mail confirmation that you received after purchasing the application. This ID is you license number.

! Site URL: Enter the full URL to your site.

! Application URL: Type the Full URL to the Absolute Image Gallery

i.e. http://www.yourdomain.com/absoluteig.

! Username: Administrators username.

! Password: Administrators password.

! Thumbnail Prefix: Thumbnails images must have the same name of the larger file, they must have a .gif or .jpg extension, they must be located in the tn folder of the proper category and they must have a prefix. You must type the prefix in this field (The Image Resizer utility included with Absolute Image Gallery creates files with the prefix mini-. By default, Absolute Image Gallery comes ready to run with the mini- prefix). Any file uploaded from within the application with this prefix, will be tagged as a thumbnail.

! Indexing : Set the default status for new files found during the

rebuilding process.

! Public Uploading : Sets the rules to activate or not public uploading to the categories. You can set which types can or cannot be uploaded as well as their maximum size and a status for publicly uploaded files (useful when you want to review all files before approving them).

! Full File Display : Use this option for displaying the download button

instead of the full file or image if the file is too big. Files larger than the size entered won't be displayed. Type 0 or leave it blank to disable this feature.

! Download Files : Check this option if you want to open the download

dialog to the user when a file download is requested, otherwise, the file will be opened on a new window.

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! Gallery Title: Type the title of your Gallery.

! Gallery Table: Select how many rows and columns will make the table of your Gallery.

! File Options : Check which options you want to display for the files on

the gallery

! Postcards : Check this option if you want to enable the postcard feature of your Absolute Image Gallery. Also, youll have to provide a default e-mail subject for the postcards sent.

! File Protection: The Absolute Image Gallery lets you disable right-

clicking in order to provide some protection against users copying your files. However, this does not provide complete protection. Resourceful visitors can copy your files from the Temporary Internet Files folder.

! Download Link: If you want to display a link to the file to let your users

download it, check this option.

! Favorite Settings: If you want to enable the Favorites option of the Absolute Image Gallery, you can check several of the options in this area:

o Enable Favorites Files: Allow users to mark their favorite files.

o Allow users to send files by e-mail: The favorites files of each

user can be send to the users by e-mail by checking this option.

o Keep Log of E-mail Addresses: You can keep a log of the e-mails used to receive users favorite files. Type the URL to the file where you want to use for storing the e-mails (a text file). Remember that write permission is required in order to enable this option.

o Favorites Size Limit: You can set the max. size of the favorite files in Kb for sending by e-mail (type 0 for unlimited).

o E-Mail message : message to be sent when the user selects to

have its favorite files sent by e-mail

! New Files: Set the number of days that the latest indexed files should be considered new.

! Slides Refresh Time: Set a default refresh time for the slideshow of

the files in the Gallery.

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! Image Component : If the ASPJpeg or ASPImage components are installed on the server, the Absolute Image Gallery will present you with the options of creating thumbnails on the fly , saving them to disk for faster retrieval as well as the size for files displayed in postcards.

! Database Options: From time to time is a good practice to compact

the database. This option can be used only if youre using a DSN-Less connection to an Access database.

! E-Mail: Type a valid e-mail address for sending the favorite files to each

user by e-mail.

! SMTP Server: Type a Valid SMTP server to be used for sending e-mails

! E-mail Subject: Type a default subject for the e-mails sent from your Gallery.

! E-mail Signature: Type a default signature to be sent with any e-mail

message sent from tiwthin the application (Postcards or Favorite Files)

Press the Save button to save the new settings. Write permission is required on the Absolute Image Gallery root directory in order to save the settings. Otherwise, the application will present you with the necessary code for uploading to your site. This code must be copied and pasted into a blank .txt file. Rename this file to configdata.asp and upload it to your Absolute Image Gallery root directory and your new settings will take place.

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Log Out Exit the Absolute Image Gallery administration.

Once finished, click the Log Out button to finish your Absolute Image Gallery session and youll be taken back to the login screen.

FILE TYPES SUPPORTED The Absolute Image Gallery is a powerful digital assets administration system. Its perfect for creating not only picture galleries, but full blown multimedia galleries. For this reason, the Absolute Image Gallery supports a wide range of file types and you can register and add new file types. File types are stored inside the Filetypes folder of the Absolute Image Gallery. Theyre comprised of two files: a .gif file containing a default thumbnail for the file and a .txt file containing the code to display the file in a browser. For example: The .gif file type is supported by the Absolute Image Gallery. If you look at the Filetypes folder, youll find a file named gif.gif and a text file named gif.txt The gif.gif file is the default thumbnail of .gif files. This file will be displayed when no thumbnails are found for any .gif in the Gallery. Below is a copy of the .gif default thumbnail (gif.gif):

The gif.txt file, contains the HTML code to display the larger file. If you open it with a text editor, youll find the following HTML code:

The tag is an HTML tag used for displaying images. Also included is a src parameter which is passed as a string: $$URL$$.

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When the Absolute Image Gallery needs to display a GIF file, it will load this code and replace the $$URL$$ text with the corresponding text of the .gif file. Many file types are currently supported and you can add new files by just creating a default thumbnail with a .gif extension and saving its code into a text file with the $$URL$$ text instead of the path to the file. For example, for supporting Flash files in the Absolute Image Gallery, youll find that theres a SWF.gif file which is the default thumbnail for Shockwave files (the compiled Flash format).

And then theres a SWF.txt file containing the following code: Which is the HTML code for displaying a Flash Movie on an HTML page (note the use of $$URL$$ instead of the path to the Flash file. So, you can add support for an unlimited number of file types by just creating these 2 files: a default thumbnail and a code file.

Note: You can modify the default thumbnail files and create your own. All you have to do is replace the default thumbnails in the Filetypes folder with your files. Absolute Image Gallery has a thumbnail and code named UNKNOWN (unknown.gif and unknown.txt). This thumbnail is displayed when an unknown file type is requested an theres no default thumbnail.

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The unknow.txt code is just a link to the file. These files should not be deleted.

THE IMAGE RESIZER (FREEWARE UTILITY) The Absolute Image Gallery includes a freeware utility for creating thumbnails of your graphic files. This utlity is the MIHOV IMAGE RESIZER. For more information on the utility, please check the Mihas utilities page at: http://www.imageresizer.com/. Please note that Xigla Software is not related in any way with the developers of this utility. Its being distributed free of charge with the Absolute Image Gallery as a helpful option for creating thumbnails of your graphic files. The Image Resizer utility is very easy to use. Just select the tab corresponding to the file type for which you want to generate thumbnails, select a maximum size (in pixels, 120 is recommended) and click the resize button. The thumbnails will be generated with the same name as the larger file and the prefix mini-. For example, starting with a file named water.jpg, after being processed by the utility, youll get a thumbnail named mini-water.jpg in the same folder where water.jpg is located. Now, move the newly-created thumbnails to the corresponding tn folder and your thumbnails are ready.

TROUBLESHOOTING 1) Q: I've uploaded all the files to my site and maintained the

directory structure. However, I'm getting an error. Microsoft JET Database Engine error '80004005' Operation must use an updateable query. A: This error is due to write permission restrictions on the database : your database is currently located on a folder with no write permissions. Many hosting companies provide their users with a special directory in which to place their databases.

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To solve the problem, move the database to the assigned directory (often named databases and located at the root of your sitePlease check this with your host provider). With a text editor, open the file named databasedata.asp in your Absolute Image Gallery root directory. Theres a variable named database. Change the value of this variable to reflect the new database location. I.e., the current location is db/absoluteig.mdb. If your database directory is named databases and is located off the root of your site, you should change the value of this variable to: database=../databases/absoluteig.mdb

Another way to solve the problem is to create a DSN to the database located in a directory with write permission.

2) Q: Id like to create a DSN to the database, what do I have to do?

A: Place the database in your assigned database directory. Your hosting company should provide you with a control panel to set DSNs or they will be able to set them for you. Select a name for the DSN (e.g. absolutels). With a text editor, edit the configdata.asp file in the following way: In the corresponding connection (Access or SQL Server), replace the value of the connection variable with the name of the DSN: connection=DSNNAME You must enclose the DSN Name in double quotes () Please note that DSNs are really slow compared to the default DSN-Less connection of the application. It is not recommended to use a DSN connection. Some problem have been reported with DSNs

3) Q: Im trying to configure the Absolute Image Gallery from the

Options menu. However, every time I press the Save Settings button I get an error message saying that the directory has no write permission and that I must create and upload a file. A: Some hosting companies dont allow write permissions due to

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security restrictions. If thats your situation, youll have to manually configure your Absolute Image Gallery and upload the changed configdata.asp file to your site. To do this, copy and paste the code provided by the Absolute Image Gallery into a blank .txt file, rename this file to configdata.asp and upload it to your Absolute Image Gallery root directory. Youll have to do this every time you want to make a change to the application settings.

4) Q: I have several components supported by the Absolute Image

Gallery, which Include Libraries do I have to set in the Absolute Image Gallery directory? A: You must configure only one Include Library for each of the upload and e-mailing tasks. Select the components that youd like the Absolute Image Gallery to work with and configure its corresponding upload and Include Libraries as described in the installation instructions

5) Q: My server doesnt have any of the components that Absolute

Image Gallery currently supports installed, what can I do? A: For uploading files to the Gallery, you should use the incUpload.NoComponent library. Just rename this file to incUpload.asp and move it to the root directory of your Absolute Image Gallery. For e-mailing, most hosting providers support CDONTS. You should try using the incEmail.CDONTS Library. Rename this file to incEmail.asp and move it to the root directory of your Absolute Image Gallery. If CDONTS is not supported, youll need to create your own incEmail.asp file or you wont be able to provide the Send Favorite Files By E-mail option and will have to disable this option from the Options menu.

6) Q: After uploading a file to the Gallery, I get an error, why?

A: Check that the gallery folder and subfolders in the Absolute Image Gallery directory have write permission enabled. These folders are used for storing the files of your Gallery. Also, make sure that you are using an Include Library for uploading. Check if theres a file named incUpload.asp in your Absolute Image Gallery and that it is compatible with the component previously installed on your server.

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7) Q: After creating a category, I get an error, why?

A: When creating categories, the Absolute Image Gallery must create a folder with the same name of the category in the gallery folder. Make sure that the gallery folder has write permission enabled. Otherwise these folders wont be created. Also, make sure to use valid characters. Symbols like *,.[] !? are not supported.

8) Q: I want to rename a category, how can I do this?

A: As each category is, in fact, a subdirectory under the gallery folder, the categories cannot be renamed from within the application once theyve been created. To rename a category, use your favorite FTP software, rename the subdirectory and rebuild the Gallery Index.

9) Q: Ive correctly setup the application, Include Libraries and

write permissions, however I still get an error message when uploading or sending e-mail. Is the Include Library outdated? A: Components are developed by other companies which are not related in any way to Xigla Software. With time, these components may get upgraded and new versions will be released often requiring updates to the ASP code within an Include Library to work with the new component. It is very difficult for us to track when components are updated by these companies. If you find that your Include Library no longer supports your component, please let us know so that we can update the Upload or E-mail Library accordingly.

10) Q: I dont like the music for the postcards. How can I change it

or add my own titles ? A: The folder postcardmusic holds the midi files available for your postcards, you can add new titles to your Absolute Image Gallery by just placing the corresponding midi files in this folder. Also, make sure to use an underscore instead of a space for the music files, and be sure that they are midi files.

11) Q: I Dont have any Image component installed and I dont see

any incIMage.NoComponent library to conifgure

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A: You can set any of the image libraries as Absolute Image Gallery will immediately detect that theres no image component installed and therefore it will not make use of the image component. Absolute Image Gallery supports both ASPJpeg and ASPImage, for more information, please check the following URLS : http://www.aspjpeg.com http://www.serverobjects.com

12) Q: I have the ASPJpeg component; what can the Absolute Image Gallery do with it? A: If the component is installed, the Absolute Image Gallery will recognize it and allow you to create thumbnails on the fly and save the generated files to your categories folder. In this way, you dont have to worry about creating thumbnails for your JPG Files. Theyll be created on the fly and saved to the Gallery for faster retrieval. For more information on the ASPJpeg component, visit http://www.aspjpeg.com.

13) Q: Im having problems not listed here, what can I do?

A: Contact us! Were more than happy to help you. You can reach us at: http://www.xigla.com/absoluteig or e-mail us at: info@xigla.com. Please refer to the License Agreement for our support terms and conditions.

FOUND A BUG? LET US KNOW! Weve tried our best to make this a bug-free solution. However, with all the different server configurations out there, some minor problems may arise. If you find that something isnt working the way you think it should, please e-mail us ASAP so that we can quickly work to resolve the problem. This wont cost you and youll be helping to improve the system and to deliver a better program to all of our current and future users. The best way to report a bug is by contacting us at the Absolute Image Gallery web site: http://www.xigla.com/absoluteig

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Packed with a powerful filter that lets you filter

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! 100% Web-based: Provide real-time customer service support from any computer, anywhere. No need to install any client application. Just launch your browser!

! Reduce Costs: Your representatives can handle concurrent multiple calls instead of being limited to one conversation. By providing assistance online, you do not incur in any telephone charges, thus lowering your phone bills drastically.

! Increase Customer Satisfaction: By providing one-on-one interaction, you can better explain your products and services and confirm that your explanation truly answers the customer's question.

! Close More Sales: Absolute Live Support can help you close the sale with customers who may be skeptical about purchasing online. Your live, personal attention demonstrates your commitment to providing great customer service.

! Add Unlimited Representatives and

Departments: Get you whole staff to work with the system!

Plus Much More!

Absolute Live Support Is The Perfect Solution For Improving Your Customer

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