external mounted or linked folders for albums

nksandor

Is it possible to use an external folder for images? Or not.

sbillard

It s possible, with limitations. You must modify your zenphoto.cfg file to point to the folder. The comments in the file explain how and tell you of the limitations.

nksandor

Yes, but it says:
{
$conf['album_folder'] = '/mnt/32g/albums'
$conf['album_folder_class']= 'external'
}

"Fatal error: Error: The 'albums' directory (/mnt/32g/albums/) cannot be found. in /var/www/clients/client0/web2/web/album/zp-core/functions-common.php on line 280"

acrylian

IF you mean by "external" on a different server, no. If you mean you can rename it or have it above the webroot, yes. FOr the latter use relative paths (../.../albums).

nksandor

It is on the same server in the "/mnt/32g/albums/" directory. The Zenphoto itself is in the "/var/www/...." directory.

sbillard

The comment says:

// 'external' -- the folder must be a full server path to the album folder.
// Images within an external folder are not visible to web
// browsers, so certain features such as flash players cannot
// display them

You have not done that. I can only guess where that folder is supposed to be since it is "external" but I would guess you have left some portion of `/var/www/clients/client0/web2/` from the path.

acrylian

Forget my comment about the relative path....should read our own docs....

nksandor

The full path to the new album is "/mnt/32g/albums".

sbillard

Well, the you have a problem because the error you got says that folder cannot be found.

"Fatal error: Error: The 'albums' directory (/mnt/32g/albums/) cannot be found. in /var/www/clients/client0/web2/web/album/zp-core/functions-common.php on line 280"

This error is from your server, not Zenphoto, so your server does not believe you.

nksandor

I will see the solution on my server. Perhaps I find it.