Configuring Pixaria

Basic configuration

When you first buy Pixaria, it will be supplied to you as a zip archive which you will need to open in order to access the files contained in it. Once you've unzipped the archive, you will need to edit the configuration file for the software before you upload all the PHP scripts to your web server.

The database settings for your server need to be entered into the file called 'pixaria.config.php' which can be found in the base Pixaria directory inside the Pixaria package.

Locate the file 'pixaria.config.php' and open it in a plain text editor such as BBEdit (Mac) or UltraEdit (Windows). All the settings you need to edit are annotated with comments to help you configure the software up for your web server.

Settings that will need configuring

Before you begin, you'll need to make sure that you have the following information:

1. Database IP address or server name (usually 'localhost' will suffice)
2. The name of the MySQL database where you want to store Pixaria's data
3. MySQL database username
4. MySQL database password
5. The full URL of your Pixaria Gallery website
6. A secret word used to secure your cookies (this can be any series of letters or numbers that you want as long as it's different from the one that comes with the script and no one else knows it)

When you've entered this information into the relevant places in the configuration file, you can move on to the next step which is to set up a database for your image library and upload all the PHP scripts and templates to your server.

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Created: Wednesday, May 10, 2006
Last edited: Tuesday, March 18, 2008