
 Quick Polaroid Gallery v.1.0 - README FILE
 (C)2005 Adam Rutkowski           
 
 comments, questions, contact:  mail@adamrutkowski.net           


    FILE CONTENTS:
    
    1. SHORT DESCRIPTION
    2. INSTALLATION STEPS
    3. CREDITS/LICENSE
    

1. SHORT DESCRIPTION

QPG is a fast PHP script written to generate a quick polaroid (fake) galleries from sets of graphics files.
No database is needed to run, no extra configuration needed - the filenames are automatically transformed to photo descriptions.

2. INSTALLATION STEPS

    2.1.	
	edit layout.tpl, see: license
	
    2.2.
	make subdirectories of your photo sets in images/ directory using `-` signs instead of spaces
	eg.:	 
	    mkdir /myqpg/images/my-photo-set-1
	    
    2.3.
	resize your images to 215x195 pixels	
	
    2.4.
	copy your images to a specific photo set folder, using the same naming rule as in case of directories
	eg.:
	    cp /home/you/image00001.jpg /myqpg/images/my-photo-set-1/me-in-london.jpg	    
	    
    2.5.
	to have these nice auto-generated anti-aliased photo titles:

		2.5.1. 	
			make sure GD library is installed on your server
			may be found at: http://www.boutell.com/gd/
			
		2.5.2.
			make sure you have the following GD modules installed:
			- FreeType Support enabled
			- FreeType Linkage with freetype

			run phpinfo(); function to check it	

    2.6.
	run http://youserver.com/myqpg/index.php and have fun
	    

3. CREDITS/LICENSE

Script written by Adam Rutkowski, using TemplatePower engine by  Ron. P.J. Velzeboer and dynamic text replacement by Stewart Rosenberger.
Useful URLS:

    http://templatepower.codocad.com/
    http://www.stewartspeak.com/
    
You may find the license conditions at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/


