FAQ
Since I'm getting a lot of questions about the script - here you have a small list of "frequently asked questions" :
1. Why my pictures appear at the bottom of my page in Internet Explorer?
This problem occurs if you have set a wrong DOCTYPE. Place it in the first line of your source code. The script needs the following DOCTYPE for HTML-documents:
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">The script itself is written for XHTML-documents, so if you want to have a valid webpage you need to write XHTML code.
2. I have included everything but i don't see any thumbs?!
Did you upload your pictures to the right folder? They have to be in the same folder as written in title="foldername" . If all this is done correctly and you still don't see any pictures it may be that your PHP can't find the GD2 library. Ask your system administrator for help.
3. All paths are correct but I still don't see any thumbs?!
It is recommended to remove any special characters or spaces from the pictures you are uploading. Avoid characters like "+" or "%" and "?". Use only letters and digits. Maybe one of your picture files is corrupt?
4. Where i can log in to write a picture comment?
Open the page where the gallery is located with "?admin=user" (or &admin=user). Don't forget to use the username and password as saved inside the ki_setup.php . Also make sure you have set the paramter $comm_auto to 0 there. Otherwise you won't be able to write custom comments.
5. Help me! My comments won't get saved?!
Probably PHP can't get writing permissions on your webserver. In this case you have to add your comments by hand. For that you have to create a folder named "comments" in the gallery where you want to have your comments in. Afterwards you can put ".txt"-files in there. Each ".txt" should be named the same way as the picture the comment is for. For example for "picture.jpg" you need "picture.txt". Write your comment inside the ".txt"-file and make sure that $comments = 1; . If after all this comments are still missing make sure you upgraded to PHP5. Please note that since version 1.8 you have to press 'CTRL + Enter' to save comments.
6. Which browsers does the script support?
I have tested the script successfully on the following browsers :
- Firefox 2+
- Internet Explorer 6+
- Opera 8+
- Safari 3+
- Chrome 1+
7. Why do only parts of my website get shaded?
Could it be that you use frames or iFrames on your site? You can't use the script inside frames. Maybe try to get rid of them? I'm sure you can code every website without the help of these ( outdated ) tags. Just search for AJAX and DHTML.
8. How can i use the script in my website when I'm opening a page like "domain.com?site=gallery" ?
Here some simple code fragement that could be usefull :
<?php
$gallery = 0;
if(isset($_GET['site'])){ if($_GET['site'] == "gallery"){ $gallery = 1; } }
?>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
...
<?php
if($gallery == 1)include_once(".../ki_include.php");
?>
</head>
<body>
...
<?php
if($gallery == 1){
?>
<div class="koschtitgallery" title="..."></div>
<?php
}
?>
...
</body>
</html>9. How do I display a single picture like in the demo?
In fact you have to create an own gallery for each single picture you want to show. This gallery needs to have a custom config file. If you disable the navigations links and set $thumbs to 1 you will have it the way you want it. Maybe you will need to adjust the size of the thumb too.
10. What can I do if I'm using PHP 4 and the script is not working?
If you are running PHP 4 and you just don't see anything when you open the gallery ( not even an error message ), you could try to replace inside the "ki_base" - folder every occurrence of "$_POST" and "$_GET" with "$HTTP_POST_VARS" or "$HTTP_GET_VARS" in every PHP - file. I can't provide official support for PHP 4.