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1. Large fitting box 900 x 700 7 2 2 FLV movies don t play With IIS 6 0 Microsoft changed the way streaming media is handled Previous versions of IIS did not require any modification to stream Flash Video Microsoft IIS 6 0 the default web server that ships with Windows 2003 requires a MIME type to recognize that FLV files are streamed media On the Windows 2003 server open the Internet Information Services Manager Expand the Local Computer Server Right click the local computer server and select Properties Select the MIME Types tab Click the New button Enter the following information Associated Extension box FLV MIME Type box flv application octet stream Click Ok 8 Restart the World Wide Web Publishing service ora a a D Issue solved thanks to Knutklo 7 2 3 Front end doesn t show Some known conflicts on your webpage can cause this e Clear your browsers cache Private Data Firefox or delete temp internet files IE or you can try hard refresh Ctrl F5 e f everything fails Restore your Expose with your backup e Try the unchanged default Joomla template Some lt difs gt or iframes constructions are in conflict with the gallery e Deactivate all other flash based components and reactivate them one by one to isolate the conflict e Flash and Mootools js script can cause conflicts e Verify if AC RunActiveContent js is called in the header of your page e Try t
2. needs to be set in the same way as the Arial Font is set which is Export for Actionscript and Export in First Frame To change the formatting of the text in Expose open formats xml found in the xml subfolder of the expose folder Each format element specifies in a subelement the font used the size of the text its color etc Enter your preferred values to format the text your way You can enable disable the use of embedded fonts from fonts swf with the useEmbeddedFonts FlashVars parameter Set this parameter to no in the expose html php file if you are going to use characters from Chinese or Japanese otherwise the embedded fonts file would become too large to be practical 5 5 5 Default file locations By default Expose will look in the xml subfolder of the expose folder for all data XML files and in the img subfolder for all images and audio 36 www gotgtek net User Administrator amp First problem solving manual Last updated 2 05 2008 v1 6 Expose RC3 4 6 3 for Joomla You can change the default file names and locations for albums xml strings xml formats xml and config xml by modifying the corresponding xyzXMLURL parameters in expose html php You can also change the base URL for the rest of the XML files the image files and the audio files by changing the baseXMLURL baselmageURL and baseAudioURL parameters in expose html Note that you will have to change each parameter in two places in expose html in order
3. 456 amp playslideshow yes Don t forget to change your Joomla Itemid value assigned by J Core when hovering the menulink to Expose the value should appear in the linkurl your Expose albumid and your photoid 4 89 2 On J 1 5 x releases It s actually the same as linking with J 1 0 x but you don t need to mention the Itemld value anymore eg index php option com_expose amp album 123 amp photo 456 amp playslideshow yes 4 8 3 On standalone version or wrapperlink When using the standalone version from http www slooz com or when linking Expose in a wrapper you could also use these links to a static html page Link to collection Joomla root components com expose expose expose html topcollz 234 Link to album Joomla root components com expose expose expose html albumz 123 Link to image Joomla root components com expose expose expose html albumz7 amp photo 7 Start Slideshow Joomla root components com expose expose expose html albumz123 amp photo 456 amp playslideshow yes 4 9 Linking pictures to URL A picture element in the XML data file of an album e g joomla root components com expose expose xml album 5 xml can contain a link URL link parameter But first you need to make the picture clickable by creating a large image for that picture before uploading the picture activate large image setting in the PhpManager or if you want to save drivespace then jus
4. 9 Help Password lost Only one thing left todo change it back to the default one The password is stored in joomla root components com expose expose manager amfphp extra passhash inc php Just replace the contents of this file with following line and the password will be reseted to manager lt php GLOBALS passhash 3e892e9edc898cf7 1 3ecd6ef06al 16a7 gt 7 3 10 The upload button is grayed out Did you select the album where you want to upload the pictures too 7 3 11 1 don t want an extra login for the Manager If you are using RC4 but you don t want the extra Manager authentication in the backend you only need to copy the manager folder from RC3 and replace the one on your server We removed this from RC4 because it seemed to cause issues for some users and not others You will not need to modify anything else 7 3 12 Configuration isn t saved See 2 6 which files need to be writable for this 45 www gotgtek net User Administrator amp First problem solving manual Last updated 2 05 2008 v1 6 Expose RC3 4 6 3 for Joomla 7 3 13 Can t use Chinese or Japanese characters You can enable disable the use of embedded fonts from fonts swf with the useEmbeddedFonts FlashVars parameter Set this parameter in the expose html php file to no if you are going to use characters from Chinese or Japanese otherwise the embedded fonts file would become too large to be practical 7 3 14 Can t upload gifs Si
5. Flash upload to fail Disable it for Expose Manager image uploads SecFilterScanPOST Off If previous line didn t solve the upload error then try to disable the filtering engine totally for all files in and above this manager directory by uncommenting next line SecFilterEngine Off End config Expose Next on some PHP5 servers for compatibility you need to uncomment also this line in the same htaccess file php flag zend zel compatibility mode 0 Note Your host can restrict some or all functions that you write in the htaccess file You ll get an Apache error after renaming creating this file If so you ll need to undo the changes and contact your host more info on http httpd apache org docs 2 0 mod core htmi allowoverride 43 www gotgtek net User Administrator amp First problem solving manual Last updated 2 05 2008 v1 6 Expose RC3 4 6 3 for Joomla Perhaps your pictures movies are to big usually gt 2M Check 7 3 7 on how to increase the upload file size value Or your drive space is low Or the picture folder isn t writable see 2 6 Try uploading with an other browser 7 3 3 Can t upload pics from my camera tip from Lord Lethris Try this have noticed that some of my friends cameras save JPG s in some dodgy format Sure you can view them but upload them to the web Not a chance Here is what did opened them in a paint package then resized them to a reasonable 1024x768 since Expose make
6. Gallery gone after uploading new content How taik corone a or ee een ee ere e en eS e adde ery env EE Eee te Eee ten e UR ERE terrae re 46 7 3 19 How do I change a Collection thumilbirigll uus icc itat eo tic tst renati Eas 47 4 www gotgtek net User Administrator amp First problem solving manual Last updated 2 05 2008 v1 6 Expose RC3 4 6 3 for Joomla 1 1 Description Expose is a Flash based component for Joomla 1 0 x or Joomla 1 5 with latecy mode plugin activated which allows you to create eye catching slide shows of your pictures and videos on the web It is based on the stand alone gallery software Expose by Ivan Dramaliev which is available at http www slooz com The small footprint of the flash clips and an intelligent loading of resources allow even dialup users to have a seamless experience viewing your photos 1 2 License amp Copyright The core comes with the following license Expose is FREE for personal use You can purchase a one site license for 50 USD if you d like to use it in a commercial setting such as selling or advertising goods and services To do so click on the PayPal button found at url http www slooz com trinkets php proj expose The license only permits you to use expose on a commercial website and also includes a license for Album Manager for Windows and for Mac OS X see below It does not include source code or additional software This license also allows you to register A
7. To change the Titles of your albums select the album of interest and then click the Rename button below the collections album list To change the Titles of your media simply double click the Title itself Adding dates and locations to your media can be a nice addition to your collection Create edit Dates and Locations by double clicking the appropriate textareas for the desired media file In many cases the same Location Date Description and Title may apply to an entire album Expose makes it easy to propagate this data from one file to all the files in the same album Simply right click the file which already has the desired Location Date Description and or Title and select the appropriate Apply to rest option 4 6 Creating Thumbnails Thumbnails for photos are automatically created so no further action is required once the images have been successfully uploaded To preview the thumbnails select the media item of interest the thumbnail should appear in the Media Thumb Preview area 26 www gotgtek net User Administrator amp First problem solving manual Last updated 2 05 2008 v1 6 Expose RC3 4 6 3 for Joomla For videos thumbnails are manually generated from a frame of the movie Start by browsing to the video of interest and selecting the video file in the Media List The Media Thumb Previews will be blank but click this area to open the Video Preview window Play the video until an appropriate frame is located and pause
8. be no larger than 700 pixels and 650 pixels is a good choice as the extra 50 pixels will be available for white space and such around the images Once you start changing the size of your gallery make sure to change the size of the Normal fitting box This picture size must be smaller about 50px than the gallery size Since every template is different some trial and error is required to see what works best for you At http joomlacode org gf project expose a small version of Expose has been created for use with typical Joomla templates In our download section or at www slooz com you can find more predefined configuration files for special settings 3 4 4 RC3 release For the RC3 release based on the above example you will now need to manually modify 2 files using a good text editor such as TextPad for Windows or Text Wrangler for OS X and update your server with these files via FTP In joomla root components com expose expose html php you need to edit lines 95 and 96 such that the height and width match the space available in the template This file contains 17 www gotgtek net User Administrator amp First problem solving manual Last updated 2 05 2008 v1 6 Expose RC3 4 6 3 for Joomla the iframe which specifies the main container for Expose This should be set to the maximum space available in our example 700 pixels joomla root components com expose expose config config xml is the main configuration
9. directory You can always link to an extra standalone version using a wrapper 6 4 2 install of Expose component 1 Ex i A component can only be installed once But if pose d iu you want to create a gallery for your visitors and ExposePrive MC Manage Albums 5i one for registered users you ll need to install a J JCE Admin gt Configuration second one So we modified one and called it JoomlaXplorer Manual Exposeprive Same component just renamed You can download it on JoomlaCode site at http joomlacode org af project expose scmsvn alpha components As alternative you can open the gallery with a collection link Then only this collection will be shown in the gallery The other collections will be hidden at that time 6 5 Expose Shopping Cart Some users want to use Expose as a shopping cart This is PRE ALHPA software and no support is given yet If this turns into an actual project we will notify people at the forums here http www gotgtek net forum index php topic 1024 0 If you want to try it out download it from http www gotgtek net cms downloads cat_view 5 html 38 www gotgtek net User Administrator amp First problem solving manual Last updated 2 05 2008 v1 6 Expose RC3 4 6 3 for Joomla 6 6 Expose Scroller Do you want some pictures from the Expose gallery scrolling over your frontpage Then you ll need this module It picks photo s from the whole gallery just a de
10. gt 10 lt contentnumber gt lt contentxmlurl gt album_somealbum xml lt contentxmlurl gt lt album gt lt collection gt album _mngid 3 gt lt title gt Another album lt title gt lt description gt Pictures of my vacation lt description gt lt contentnumber gt 20 lt contentnumber gt lt contentxmlurl gt album_myotheralbum xml lt contentxmlurl gt lt album gt lt collection gt lt expose gt As you can see the XML file is enclosed in an expose element with a version attribute This convention is used for all XML files used by Expose The version attribute is used to determine the structure of the XML file Following the expose element is a collection element enclosing the remainder of the XML elements in albums xml The collection element is used to nest albums It acts much like a folder but it holds albums instead of files You can place other collection elements in a collection element or you can place one or more album elements Each collection contains a title element used to display the collection inside Expose An optional thumb element may indicate that the collection has a thumbnail image associated with it this element is described in the next paragraph You can see from the example above that there is a A collection collection inside your root collection This collection in turn contains one album 32 www gotgtek net User Administrator amp First problem solving manual Last updated 2 05 2008 v1 6 Expo
11. gt Cancel lt english gt e New item lt string id albumlistcancel gt lt icelandic gt Hetta vic lt icelandic gt If you have done this you need to add this line to your config xml to change the default language lt param name Language value icelandic type string gt Expose will now load the Icelandic tags from the strings xml file 3 5 2 4 6 2 release The lt language gt tag is now included in the configuration We ve included all available languages in one string xml file Just verify if your language is available in this file and change the language name setting to the desired one Maybe somebody did the translation job already before you If not in the list or errorious please send us yours webmaster gotgtek net so we can add it to the pack 18 www gotgtek net User Administrator amp First problem solving manual Last updated 2 05 2008 v1 6 Expose RC3 4 6 3 for Joomla 3 5 3 4 6 3 release and newer The language is determined by the Joomla settings now All flash labels still need their language tags in stings xml file but the configuration menu and other strings are grouped and translated trough the J 1 5 x core using the administrator language xx XX xx xx com expose ini and xx xx com expose menu ini file J 1 0 x is using the same files but with a small integrated function The ini files are retrieved from the components com_expose xx XX directory now Translating the in
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13. parameter value in config xml more about parameters in Customization to your language element name For example if you use lt german gt lt german gt elements you will have to change the language parameter to german Also you may want to check the Expose web site for downloadable language translations Expose 4 6 3 uses the translationclass of J 1 5 x and a small function has been added to use the same files in J 1 0 x For translating the backend pages The flash still uses the strings xml files 5 5 Customization In this section you will learn how to modify the look amp feel of Expose including the artwork and the layout and the positioning of interface elements in the movie 5 5 1 Interface icons The icons used in the Flash movie are imported at runtime from artwork swf found in the swf subfolder inside the expose folder If you have Flash MX 2004 or later installed you can open artwork fla in the fla folder to edit the icon graphics Each button icon has several states labeled on the timeframe and you will have to keep that organization When done modifying the icons simply publish the movie to export to artwork swf You can also check on the Expose web site for downloadable icon sets 35 www gotgtek net User Administrator amp First problem solving manual Last updated 2 05 2008 v1 6 Expose RC3 4 6 3 for Joomla 5 5 2 Size of Flash movie and posititions of interface elements The default configuration
14. the video Click the Capture to thumbnail button to save the frame as the video thumbnail Repeat this process as necessary to achieve the desired results Every time you create an album or a collection a default thumbnail image gets assigned to it You can create your own custom thumbnail images 64x48 pixels recommended and replace joomla root components com expose expose manager amfphp extra albthumb jpg and or collthumb jpg with your own copie x To give your collection a most impressive appearance you should create different collection and album thumbnails These will be displayed when visitors to your site browse your albums The only limitation is that collection album thumbnails must already exist as photo or video thumbnails To create a collection album thumbnail browse to the photo or video which has the thumbnail you desire Select the photo video and ensure the Capweithumbnal thumbnail is displayed in the Media Thumb Preview area Next click the CREATE aleum THUMB button and select the desired collection album To confirm that the thumbnail is being used for the collection album select the collection album from the Album List The thumbnail should appear in the Album Thumb Preview area Repeat this process for any remaining albums or to replace existing collection album thumbs 4 7 Moving and Deleting Collections Albums and files Reorganizing or destroying existing albums and media is self ex
15. to make it work in all web browsers 5 5 6 Other hidden settings Most of the hidden settings of the standalone version of Expose are used dynamically by the Expose bridge depending on the settings and URL string properties that you use But if you want you can hardcode them in the expose html php file you can add some extra functionality to the gallery An album can be automatically opened by setting the value of the autoLoadAlbumID FlashVars parameter with the album s ID used by direct album linking see 4 8 A photo can be automatically opened by setting the value of the autoLoadAlbumID and autoLoadPhotolD FlashVars parameters with the respective Ids used by direct image linking see 4 8 A slide show can be set to automatically start by setting the autoStartSlideShow FlashVars parameter to yes used by URL linking see 4 8 A background image and a foreground image can be loaded by setting the bglmageURL and fglmageURL FlashVars parameters The foreground image will appear in a layer directly above the image strip and can be used as a gradient mask for the image strip The image can also be a SWF file that contains animation or a transparent PNG image Can be set in backend properties You can enable disable the use of embedded fonts fonts swf with the useEmbeddedFonts FlashVars parameter Set this parameter to no if you are going to use characters from Chinese or Japanese otherwise the embedded fonts file would becom
16. to make the component the first published item in your mainmenu 1 Login to the Administrator backend 2 Goto Menu Main Menu 3 Select the Expose component link or create one 1 Click on the New icon 2 Select Component and click Next on top 3 You will reach the page called Add Menu Item Component Fill the following values to the form Name Expose Component Expose and leave the other options to default value 4 Click the Save icon Once that is done move the Expose item all the way to the top replacing the Home menu 7 1 3 Why does Expose uses AC RunActiveContent js Expose html php requires the code in AC RunActiveContent js to run Using this Javascript file prevents the Flash movie from requiring a click before it becomes active in Internet Explorer This script has been prepared by Adobe itselves See http www adobe com devnet activecontent articles devletter html for more information about this script 40 www gotgtek net User Administrator amp First problem solving manual Last updated 2 05 2008 v1 6 Expose RC3 4 6 3 for Joomla 7 2 Gallery front end 7 2 1 activated large fitting box but they don t show up All pictures uploaded before activating the Create large image box don t have a large picture stored on the server because they are only created during upload After updating this setting you ll need to remove and re upload the old pictures to create VI Create large image them
17. 4 6 3 for Joomla 7 3 2 can t upload photo s from my PC to the site Could not communicate with the server error message 42 7 3 3 Can t upload pics from my camera tip from Lord Lethris sesssseese 44 7 3 4 Can t delete collections albums or pictures need to set all permissions to 777 to make it work sss 44 G5 FLY mpouuesammt ublaSed oce che Eo Saa pbu te tas MIR oic 44 L3G The desctpligns arent Sauvage cacao oed aA eene oM ERE RR RR MAR RAE M REED EAEan 44 7 3 7 Upload is slow Upload doesmtTniski with SUOGDES ics osx tte tax Rt ERN sa ia a a Rx at CAR ER ERA 44 7 3 8 Problems when changing the DasEWOR accetta ka cuta pcena ta E a sake E Ek dude ac 45 Lo ONG Password Isto uie ci ai Exacta a pa SR t cum exa cad A nU EMI cH MER Lad edd 45 53 T0 The upload button is DEVO UE cuiii oi t Rae Sra aac duck aad es 45 3 11 1 don t want an extra login for the Mamnstjel ua eiecti aate etna ca 45 LA ea a Wie ie UL tela Wie 0 Met HL EE EET 45 7 3 13 Can t use Chinese or Japanese Characters cccccccccccccceceeeessesscccccccccecceeeeeeseeeeeseeseseseeeess 46 AN URN Osi DU RE lA oe 46 Lao Mod oniy ESSE au aud ucc td dad aa c ay cui d eer unu te tu Ty Tere tne CULA 46 7 3 16 How do change the collection album thumbnail size sese 46 Bel General RUPEE 46 7 3 18 Frontend ok backend not showing
18. User Administrator amp First problem solving manual Last updated 2 05 2008 v1 6 Expose RC3 4 6 3 for Joomla exPos 4 A BETTER KIND OF MEDIA GALLERY User manual Administrator manual Developer manual First problem solving Official release Flash core Ivan Dramaliev www slooz com Joomla Framework Josh Brien www gotgtek net Rc3 Victor Drover www anything digital com 4 6 1 4 6 3 Bruno Marchant Documentation CORE Ivan Dramaliev RC4 4 6 3 Bruno Marchant Rc3 Victor Drover Forum Josh Brien Bruno Marchant 1 www gotgtek net User Administrator amp First problem solving manual Last updated 2 05 2008 v1 6 Expose RC3 4 6 3 for Joomla Table of Contents RAE ST Lal aT 2c et RR RNC RR ORO RE RIPE 9 22 RS a RCA ah Fa oes soc is Sia aes ied othag ds ald ca EE I ID I D MR Sia ig E Lu ELLE 9 eI Cg MR ET TC TRUE tuec ate ented maa eaten aes cae 10 26 Pleg directom SUN ss RR CU CYPRI 11 2 www gotgtek net User Administrator amp First problem solving manual Last updated 2 05 2008 v1 6 Expose RC3 4 6 3 for Joomla LANCE OH LB O NR RR RENT 23 ao POO a 23 AZ 4 Vdo SEUNS naaa 24 4a Creating Collections 2nd AIDUMS RNC I 24 Aa U n VO a 25 4 5 Editing Titles Dates Locations amp DescriptionS nsnnsnnnnnnsssnsen
19. and can t be removed after Check also 4 2 3 for more 4 2 2 Normal fitting box Once you start changing the size of your gallery you will need to change the size of the Normal fitting box to preserve the picture s quality Make sure your images fit the gallery smoothly by decreasing the image dimensions with 50 to 100 px smaller than the gallery size 4 2 3 Photo overlay Previous screen also provides options for embedding copyright information or other text including the text size color and opacity There are two possibilities to embed this on your photos If you decide you want to embed your own watermark on normal fitting and large fitting images at the bottom right corner of each image you will need to create a transparent PNG image that contains the picture you want to use Replace lt joomla root components com expose expose manager amfphp extra watermark png with it There is no restriction on the dimensions of the watermark Or embed a copyright text of your own You can select the size and the color of the text by changing the values in the settings windows The color values are in RGB color You can also change the font but then you have to replace the font file embedcopy ttf located in joomla root components com expose expose manager fonts with yours Currently the gallery uses a font from Tepid Monkey Fonts freeware fonts for a freeware world at http www fontframe com tepidmonkey Every Sunday he p
20. at www gotgtek net forum A demo is viewable on www gotgtek net and latest releases of the component modification packs and modules can be found on our project page at http joomlacode org af project expose frs Register and activate monitoring on this page to stay informed about new releases 8 www gotgtek net User Administrator amp First problem solving manual Last updated 2 05 2008 v1 6 Expose RC3 4 6 3 for Joomla 2 Installation and Customization 2 1 Quick install Since the manual has increased in size l ve added a quick install overview for the component For more information you ll need to read the large chapters It looks quite a job viewing this big manual but is is as simple as every other Joomla Component This is a small overview over a safe installation update Good luck and enjoy the gallery e Verify if your host has the requirements see 1 4 e Download the latest release see 2 3 e When updating or reinstalling backup your img xml and config folders so you can restore it later without uploading all your pics again see 2 4 e Make a safety backup of your Joomla site see 2 8 e If updating replace all files from the updatepack check readme txt in package When reinstalling then uninstall the old component see 2 7 and install the full component again using the Joomla backend installer see 2 5 e Create a component menu link see 2 11 e Check frontend functionality with the default i
21. ation Since 4 6 3 all settings are divided into multiple tabs and a translatable description is appearing next to every setting For older releases please read the separated document with the descriptions of all possible settings in the configuration 3 3 4 Background image You can include a background image in Expose by uploading a JPF file somewhere in the components com_expose img directory In the Expose configuration page on General tab set the Gallery Background Image setting to img YourBackgroundlmage jpg That s it 3 4 Customizing the Layout Customizing Expose for your particular Joomla template is critical to creating an appealing and elegant implementation of Expose Before you begin consider the following e How wide is your current template e How wide is the space in which Expose will be displayed i e your template width less any space occupied by menus CSS padding or other modules e What size do you want your images to be displayed at Consider that you will have small fitting images thumbnails normal fitting images images displayed within your Joomla template and large fitting images images that pop up in new browser windows when you zoom in on a normal fitting image For example let s assume that your template is 900 pixels wide with a 200 pixel wide module such as a menu on the left This leaves 700 pixels in which to display your photos Thus you will want your regular sized images to
22. centered copyright symbol the copyright would be in the center of the normal fitting image but shifted down and right in the large fitting image In short choose which image most people will look at and optimize your workflow accordingly Putting the watermark in the bottom right corner of watermark png will give consistency between the normal and large fitting images but may be less useful as a deterrent to copying 4 2 4 Video settings O n Expose supports flash video files that have a FLV file extension Existing videos must be appropriately sized as Expose does not resize video and converted to FLV format prior to uploading Flash videos can be created from AVI MPEG Quicktime and WMV files using the free FLV encoder from RIVA at the following url Apply Cancel Size Quality 200 150 80 http www rivavx com index php encoder amp L 3 Video settings are found on the Video tab of the same settings screen for the photo settings see below Adjust the fields to modify the parameters of thumbnails generated from video files see Creating Thumbnails below Make sure that your web server has the correct MIME type for FLV streaming flv application octet stream When uploading larger FLV files it is better to upload them using ftp and then add them using the bucket because php is not ideal and limited in filesize see 7 3 7 for uploading large files 4 3 Creating Collections and Albums Expose arranges photo
23. copy the online contents of the xml directory BEFORE changing anything in 29 www gotgtek net User Administrator amp First problem solving manual Last updated 2 05 2008 v1 6 Expose RC3 4 6 3 for Joomla the local manager because if you did change anything with the online manager it needs to reprocess the contents in order to assign ID s to the collections albums and images Also note that the generated code for the xml data files is much cleaner and structured with the Windows based Manager as with the online one The online manager writes all tags in one line So when managing a big portfolio it s advisable to use the Windows or Mac manager 30 www gotgtek net User Administrator amp First problem solving manual Last updated 2 05 2008 v1 6 Expose RC3 4 6 3 for Joomla 5 Developer information 5 1 File organization The files are organized as follows e the Flash movie files main movie button icons and font assets reside in the swf subfolder inside the expose folder this structure is necessary for the proper loading of these files and can only be changed by recompiling the main movie SWF file e all images videos and audio commentary MP3s go by default into the img subfolder inside the expose folder where you can further categorize them by placing them into separate folders e the album and description data go into the xml subfolder inside the expose folder e the configuration text formatting and s
24. d in the image strip e Normal Fitting the image displayed when you click on a thumbnail in the image strip e Large fitting the pop up image displayed when you click the magnifying glass icon on the Expose toolbar By default this function is disabled Album List Media List Manage Albums Manage Media Album Thumb Preview Media Description MediaThumb Preview Album Description Create Albums Upload Buttons Since the small and normal fitting boxes are displayed within the template determining the most appropriate sizes will certainly affected by the template you are using as well as the available server space and bandwidth 4 2 1 Photo settings To adjust the photo settings open the Expose album manager from the component menu of the Administrative back end or use the album manager for Windows OS X see below Click the Settes button to display the Expose settings dialog In the example below we have chosen settings to fit a space 700 pixels wide in our template 21 www gotgtek net User Administrator amp First problem solving manual Last updated 2 05 2008 v1 6 Expose RC3 4 6 3 for Joomla O im Small fitting box Normal fitting box Large fitting box Quality 200 150 600 400 so Hs 600 80 V Create large image V Embed copyright text Text size Text color Anything Digital com 10 4 255 5 25515 25519 50 Red Green Blue Opacity V Embed watermark Apply Cancel A brief overview
25. ding new content How to fix corrupted xml files Everything went well but suddenly all content disappeared like snow Sometimes the frontend still shows some content sometimes both are blank You probably have a corrupted data file now Don t panic restore your latest backup and you re up and running again What You don t have one We warned you before But with some simple repeated editing in the data files you can isolate the problem and save all or at least most of the content again It could be useful to read the developer information section as additional information now too Try these steps to find the coruppted data in your gallery 1 Make a full backup or at least the components com expose expose xml directory 46 www gotgtek net User Administrator amp First problem solving manual Last updated 2 05 2008 v1 6 Expose RC3 4 6 3 for Joomla 2 Try opening and re saving all xml files with an xml editor A decent editor eg XML Mind may point you some tag errors or unrecognized content 3 Try frontend and backend again If not solved goto next item 4 Album xml contains the main structure of your gallery Every album is marked between the album _mngid xxx gt lt album gt tags If you cut these tags with all content between it you re album won t be loaded anymore but won t be lost yet Try removing the last changed or added album 5 Try frontend and backend again If not solved then cut an ot
26. e too large to be practical A collection can be set as the top level collection making only the albums and collections inside it appear in the album list in Expose A FlashVars parameter topLevelCollectionID specifies the ID of the top level collection if the parameter is left blank then all collections and albums will appear in the album list 37 www gotgtek net User Administrator amp First problem solving manual Last updated 2 05 2008 v1 6 Expose RC3 4 6 3 for Joomla 6 More Expose plugins tools 6 1 Windows Mac Os X Manager When the server doesn t fit all the requirements to use the Manager verify 1 4 you still can use Expose but you ll need to create the contents locally and upload it to your server More info above 6 2 Expose small edition If you don t have much space left on your template consider this version You don t need to change the configuration settings anymore to fit in a small area Make sure you set the Medium Sized pictures to no larger than 500 width x 400 height otherwise they will cut off in the gallery Downloadable on http joomlacode org gf project expose scmsvn 6 3 More at slooz com At www slooz com you can find more tools and special versions of the stand alone gallery But since the Joomla Expose component is actually a bridge between Joomla and the gallery it must be possible to implement a special version into the Joomla environment just by replacing the expose
27. ed iconv dll or iconv 1 3 dll prior to 4 2 1 which is bundled with the PHP Win32 binary package into a directory specified by the PATH environment variable or one of the system directories of your Windows installation This module is part of PHP as of PHP 5 thus iconv dll and php iconv dll is not needed anymore More information at http www php net iconv 2 10 Security issues Some of the users seem to neglect the security issues for the Expose component and others plugins for Joomla after installation usually by not reading the documentary A quick overview to tighten it e Before updating always make a backup see 2 8 e Before installing check if the required settings and libraries are installed see 1 4 e After installation change the Manager s default password see 3 2 e On version 4 6 2 or earlier remove the joomla root components com expose expose manager check system php or any other file e g phpinfo php giving info about your server s config It gives hackers all info to access your server e Changing htaccess file can cause serious security issues Be aware of it www gotgtek net User Administrator amp First problem solving manual Last updated 2 05 2008 v1 6 Expose RC3 4 6 3 for Joomla e Never leave php files chmodded to 777 This enables edition of the file by all visitors and hackers The Joomla standard chmod of 466 for files and 755 for directories should be just fine if all
28. eo Albums Photos and videos v Photos from 2005 Title Location 55 Vacation Robotica p A Wedding Magic of Flight di New York 2004 3 Mansion EJ 7 Various Rename Moveto Delete Up Down Create album thumb Delete items Move to Up Down Description un ss Description Add from bucket Upload videos Upload photos Meran here to add photos and videos PUERTOS APERTE to Right click over the text area and select rom the bucket elect a photo and c ere to create apply to commit any changes you ve made and assign an album thumbnail to the photo description Settings Log out J Create co ction Create album Right click over the text area and select apply to commit any changes you ve made to the album description Use these button to move albums and collections up or down in the list 20 www gotgtek net User Administrator amp First problem solving manual Last updated 2 05 2008 v1 6 Expose RC3 4 6 3 for Joomla 4 2 Settings of the Album Manager The layout of the Album Manager is shown below In general Collections and Albums are managed on the left and Media is managed on the right The sections below will refer to these sections Before you start using Expose you must make some decisions regarding the size and quality of the images and videos for your site In addition Expose displays pictures in 3 sizes e Small fitting thumbnails displaye
29. erating systems The use of these applications is beyond the scope of this documentation but the basic behavior is similar to that described above Note that when using the offline Manager the albums don t get an ID Linking from content to the albums won t be possible at this point When opening the online Manager for the first time after uploading some pictures it will automatically assign an ID to all the albums again causing albums having an ID to change from ID The applications may be downloaded directly from slooz com e Windows http www slooz com trinkets php proj expmngwin e Mac OS X http www slooz com trinkets php projcexpmngmac A tutorial for the Windows version of Album Manager is available here http www slooz com article php article intro_win_ These applications are limited to managing 3 movies but are otherwise completely functional Users requiring unlimited movies will need to purchase a license a license for the Windows and Mac OS X Album Managers is included with the commercial Expose licensing fee as described in the copyright section 4 11 Switching between Managers Using more than one manager is not currently supported so choose carefully what album manager method you will be using or risk losing all your media and albums when switching between them YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED ALWAYS BACKUP BEFORE EXPERIMENTING Dough it is possible to use both local and the web based manager if you manually
30. es have so much metadata set that the server can t handle it When having problems remove this data before uploading See 7 3 3 Uploading big images or video files can couse a time out on the server and block the uploading of other files Check and increase these values in php ini or htaccess file max_input_time 60 post_max_size 20M safe_mode off upload max filesize 20M max execution time 60 memory limit 20M Upload photos Choose image files from your computer and follow the instructions to upload Files will be resized copyrighted and watermarked depending on your settings 25 www gotgtek net User Administrator amp First problem solving manual Last updated 2 05 2008 v1 6 Expose RC3 4 6 3 for Joomla Upload videos Choose flash video files from your computer and follow the instructions to upload Files will NOT BE resized copyrighted or watermarked Files must also be flash videos with a FLV file extension Convert them before uploading Add from bucket This allows adding photos and videos from a bucket The bucket is a folder on your web server where you can upload the source images and videos for later adding to your media collection You might find it easier to FTP your files instead of using the uploading features in Album Manager or bypass upload problems which is where the bucket would come in handy Files photos and FLV flash videos must be manually transferred to the bucket at
31. extension Apache will read and apply the settings for the coding in the actual directory and its subs All information on usable configuration settings are included in this file Just uncomment the line remove the marker at the front to activate the new setting Some hosts block these changed setting causing a failure page when accessing Expose You need to revert the changes and contact your Host at this time 19 www gotgtek net User Administrator amp First problem solving manual Last updated 2 05 2008 v1 6 Expose RC3 4 6 3 for Joomla 4 Managing Your Media Collection Once Expose is installed and customized you can get to work creating your collections albums and populating them with images and movies This is performed entirely with the Album Manager The rest of this section will describe the use of the Album Manager built into this component However applications for managing your collections albums are available for Windows amp and Mac OS X see below Very large collections may be more efficiently managed using the stand alone applications 4 1 Quick overview Double click the thumbnail image to view Select a photo and double click on one of the the normal size image of a photo fields to change the corresponding property If the currently selected item is a video this will Right click to clone one photo s property to bring up the video preview window where you the rest of the album can create a thumbnail for the vid
32. file for Expose Here you can adjust almost every parameter of expose The most common parameters that you will need to modify are the Main Pane options Remember to backup all files you re gone change 3 4 2 RC4 release Since the RC4 release you don t need to edit some php or xml files anymore but you still can edit the config xml directly All can be done directly from the backend menu Components gt Expose gt Conricuration Like in RC3 you probably only need to change the Main PaneL options to fit the gallery size and button positions A brief explanation of the setting is shown when moving the mouse over every setting 3 5 Language All the language settings are stored in strings xml found at the same location as the other configuration files lt joomla _root gt components com_expose expose config strings xml On Joomlacode org When using a release prior to 4 6 2 you can use the languagepack with all available languages Installation instructions are included If you want to have a translated backend too you ll need to translate components com_expose expose manager misc strings php file 3 5 4 Before release 4 6 2 Check out the JoomlaCode website http joomlacode org gf project expose scmsvn for our languagepack Then edit the strings xml file and verify the translation between the language tags or add new tags with your language to it e Default string id albumlistcancel gt lt english
33. fined album or the last added pictures Static or scrolling in horizontal left or right or vertical up or down direction is possible Linking to the collection album photo or slideshow too The alpha is out here http joomlacode org gf project expose exPos 4 imago seroller 6 7 Component Includer Mambot Mambot that enables any component to be included on any content page This is a kind of local wrapper mambot With it you could add Expose somewhere in the content Download latest on http joomlacode org gf project kausproject 39 www gotgtek net User Administrator amp First problem solving manual Last updated 2 05 2008 v1 6 Expose RC3 4 6 3 for Joomla 7 Problem solving Some of the common problems when installing managing and using Expose can be found here If this doesn t solve your problem try to search in the forum Please verify them before posting a new topic on the forum at http www gotgtek net forum Good luck and please let us know when opening a post if your problem got solved 7 1 Installation 7 1 1 Can t install System Help Check if all Joomla settings are green in System gt System info Especially SAFE MODE needs to be off This will disable the unique B Version Check owner issue when trying to access php files wk System Info 2 Global Checkin 7 1 2 Add Expose on the frontpage This trick applies to other components as well All you need to do is
34. for Expose e PHP version 4 or higher e DOM or DOMXML library in RC4 this is used in frontend and backend e GD library and the ICONV library extensions only if backend Manager used e Verify http www gotgtek net cms expose php settings html for additional info e Run lt joomla_root gt components com_expose expose manager check_system php and check section 2 9 if errors are shown on this page Restart the server service to apply the new settings If your host installed mod security http www modsecurity org as extra security module for the Apache webserver you ll need to deactivate Could not communicate with the server this security feature for Expose This is according to the Flash 8 documentation due to a bug in the way OK that flash sends the headers back to the server Error How to change the htaccess file Apache server only Since 4 6 2 we have added a htaccess txt in the lt joomla_root gt components com_expose expose manager directory with the desired settings configured Please read the comment in this file before renaming it to htaccess make it a file extension Be aware Changing the mod security rules can cause a security issue Config for Expose component upload errors By default mod security only inspects POST payloads so mod security only scans GET datas But when activated on the server it will also be able to scan POST datas such as forms causing the
35. hat use 1 6 Credits Expose for Joomla com expose was born from the popular gallery software Expose by Ivan Dramaliev at www slooz com who maintains the Flash source code The port of Expose to the Joomla application framework was performed primarily by Josh Brien at www gotgtek net with help from Victor Drover from www anything digital com RC3 and previous and Bruno Marchant since RC4 Josh and Bruno maintain the forums and codebase Victor created the project documentation for RC3 Bruno has revisioned this manual to fit closer to the RC4 version and later releases and some typical problem solving and developer information has been added This software includes the AMFPHP component http amfphp sourceforge net DOMXML to DOM conversion plugin http alexandre alapetite net doc alex domxml php4 php5 a JPEG 7 www gotgtek net User Administrator amp First problem solving manual Last updated 2 05 2008 v1 6 Expose RC3 4 6 3 for Joomla encoder courtesy of Uro Tinic and Cristi Cuturicu It also comes with the Medrano font courtesy of Tepid Monkey See the readme txt file in joomla root components Expose expose manager fonts for more information The popup javascript is provided by Shadowbox http mjijackson com shadowbox All credits of these components goes to them Finally mad props to all the friends of Expose who took the time to post their issues on the forum and keep this project going forward
36. her album also 6 Finally some content should showup Restore the whole albums xml file and check the filename between the lt contentxmlurl gt tags from the last removed album section This sub file has most likely errorious information 7 Now we apply the same trick for the album xxx xml data file mentioned before but cutting the picture _mngid xxx gt lt picture gt or video _mngid xxx gt gt video gt tags starting the last added pictures 8 Try frontend and backend If not solved then cut an other picture or video Good luck 7 3 19 How do I change a Collection thumbnail The same way you change the Album thumbnail Select an image from your gallery click on Create Album thumb and select the collection from the list 47 www gotgtek net
37. is in batch http www sentex net mwandel jhead 44 www gotgtek net User Administrator amp First problem solving manual Last updated 2 05 2008 v1 6 Expose RC3 4 6 3 for Joomla By default the maximum upload filesize is set at 2M in the php ini Ask your host to increase this value or try to uncomment remove these lines in the htaccess file in joomla root2 components com expose expose manager By default the maximum upload filesize is set at 2M and time outs at 30sec by the php engine If you need to upload big images then uncomment and edit next lines Zphp value upload max filesize 20M Zphp value post max size 20M php value memory limit 20M Zphp value max input time 60 php value max execution time 60 Zphp value safe mode off Note Your host can restrict some or all functions that you write in the htaccess file If you get an Apache error after renaming creating this file If so you ll need to undo the changes and contact your host more info on http httpd apache org docs 2 0 mod core html allowoverride 7 3 8 Problems when changing the password When you try to change the password but it isn t accepted or it returns an error the encrypted password file is probably unwritable Check and change the attributes of joomla root components com expose expose manager amfphp extra passhash inc php to make it writable Don t leave the rights at 777 but chmod it back to 644 7 3
38. is prudent but not required to use all lower case file extensions e g jpg instead of JPG and in some cases even lower case file names e g chicago jpg instead of Chicago jpg Videos consist of one or more streams and thumbnail image representative of the video It is easier to manage the different streams by giving them similar names e g wedding 100k flv wedding 500k flv etc and a similarly for the thumbnail file _th_wedding jpg The 100k and 500k in the example denote the bitrate of each stream 31 www gotgtek net User Administrator amp First problem solving manual Last updated 2 05 2008 v1 6 Expose RC3 4 6 3 for Joomla Refer to the Customization section to see how you can modify the default locations if you want to serve dynamic content or use a folder structure that you prefer 5 2 XML structure Read this section if you will use a text editor to modify your albums or if you want to serve dynamic content Your albums are defined succinctly in albums xml Only basic information such as titles and locations of the content XML files etc is specified there Here s a simple example and a discussion of its structure lt xml version 1 0 encoding UTF 8 gt expose version 2 1 gt lt collection gt lt collection_mngid 1 gt lt title gt A collection lt title gt album _mngid 2 gt lt title gt An album lt title gt lt thumb gt lt url gt thumb jpg lt url gt lt thumb gt lt contentnumber
39. joomla root components com expose expose manager bucket Once the files are transferred to this location don t use subdirectories in the bucket directory click the App rRow Bucket button select the appropriate file s from the list in Windows Internet Explorer you can use Surr or Control button to select multiple files at once and follow the instructions In the window for adding media from the bucket you can filter the list of files by entering the bits of file name to look for into the filter text input and pressing Enter For example if you upload some images in to a vacation folder inside the bucket and some other images into a wedding folder in the bucket you can shrink the list to see only the images in the vacation folder by entering vacation into the filter text input and pressing Enter The filter applies simultaneously to the list of photos and videos 4 5 Editing Titles Dates Locations amp Descriptions To create edit the description associated with collections albums or photos videos browse to and select the appropriate item Enter the item description in either the Album Description text area or the Media Description text area as appropriate Once you have completed the description place your mouse over the en Description text and right click or ctrl click on Mac OS X Choose Piace your description here APPLY DESCRIPTION CHANGES from the menu to save the Apply description changes changes
40. l 11 www gotgtek net User Administrator amp First problem solving manual Last updated 2 05 2008 v1 6 Expose RC3 4 6 3 for Joomla 2 7 Uninstall e Before updating you need to uninstall the actual installation of the component Having trouble with the component Let us know by posting a topic on the forum at http www gotgtek net forum Sure to uninstall Always make a backup and use the uninstaller in the Joomla backend to remove the component Go to the IusraLLER gt Components section select Expose from the list and hit the Uninstatt button It s gone Uninstall If something goes wrong during uninstall then try again If the component isn t listed anymore check and remove any existing traces of the component e Remove components com expose directory e Remove administrator components com expose directory J 1 5 x also adds two language files to your site e Remove administrator language xx XX xx XX com expose ini file e Remove administrator language xx XX xx XX com_expose menu ini file 2 8 Backup Expose doesn t use the Joomla database to preserve its information except menu and component links All settings data movies and photos are stored in the lt joomla_root gt components com_expose expose xml and img directory You only need to backup these two and your gallery can be restored at any time It could be usefull to write all your settings configuration and picture sizes do
41. lbum Manager Custom modifications are also negotiable for a fee Payments are non refundable so TEST THOROUGHLY before buying a license Other licensing options and customization of the Flash interface are also possible Mail Ivan at junker slooz com for a discount You may not sell Expose and you may not redistribute Expose without prior permission from Ivan Pape u Cae wh AKA gagag The original Expose gallery has been modified so it could be used in Joomla Please also support the Joomla bridge team You can donate on the http www gotgtek net site to encourage us keep this free project alive and our servers and forum running The code for the bridge is licensed as GNU General Public License GPL This software includes a few subcomponents e the AMFPHP component from http amfphp sourceforge net an RPC Remote Procedure Call plugin f S a way to communicate data between a client and a server You call a method on a local object with various parameters set a callback and receive a result You don t have to worry about how you re going to send and receive the data The server and the client say php and Flash agree on a common way of describing method calls and complex data It allows seamless communication between Php and Flash and Flex with Remoting JavaScript and Ajax with JSON XML clients with XML RPC e a JPEG encoder courtesy of Uro Tinic and Cristi Cuturicu This package also comes with the Medrano font courte
42. mages from installation e Change default password see 2 5 e Change configuration see 3 4 e Upload your images or restore previous gallery contents see 2 8 2 2 RC3 lt gt RC4 lt gt 4 6 2 lt gt 4 6 3 RC3 uses Joomla authentication to access the manager In RC4 you ll need to login in the manager with a password manager after logging into the back end But in RC4 you can login into the manager without accessing the back end at lt joomla root gt components com_expose expose manager manager html so everyone who has the password can manage the photos from there RC3 front end doesn t use the DOMXML library RC4 does use it to get the gallery size settings In RCA the interface language is now specified in a FlashVars parameter named language in the expose html php file instead of the Language parameter in config xml which was removed In 4 6 2 the language can be set in the configuration again The magnifying glass button is removed in RC4 and the medium sized image was made clickable instead making it possible to popup a large image or redirect to a specified URL 4 6 3 has been created for J 1 0 and J1 5 compatibility in one package The flash is more closely integrated in the J Core iframes are removed translation functions added auto language selection and a nicer grouped configuration section For a detailed changelog you should read the changelog txt file appended in the package or installed a
43. mponents Q s Upload component Success screen Click Continue If everything goes well you will see the Expose D to complete the installation Bourse component Success Expose This is an open source flash gallery from http www slooz com This can downloaded from http www gotgtek com t Continue Now continue by adding a menu to the Expose component and test the default installation without changing any settings If the gallery shows in the front end the first thing you need to change is the default password which is manager Log into the back end select Components gt Expose gt Manace algums and click on the CHANGE PAsswonp button Enter the new password Now use your new one to log in Change the configuration properties as your taste to fit the template design and finally start uploading your own photos Have fun but keep reading this manual for further information 10 www gotgtek net User Administrator amp First problem solving manual Last updated 2 05 2008 v1 6 Expose RC3 4 6 3 for Joomla 2 6 File amp directory permissions Depending on the changes you re gonna apply some files or directories have to be writable by the PHP engine The package contains a little check script to verify this for you Just run the Check System in the Backend Expose component menu since 4 6 2 older versions need to run xjoomla root components com expose expose manager check system php and see the
44. nce all GIF support was removed from the GD library extension for the PHP engine in version 1 6 this picture format isn t usable for Expose Expose uses this lib for manipulating the pictures after upload resizing overlay 7 3 15 ModSecurity issues ModSecurity is an open source free web application firewall WAF Apache module With over 70 of all attacks now carried out over the web application level organizations need all the help they can get in making their systems secure WAFs are deployed to establish an external security layer that increases security detects and prevents attacks before they reach web applications It provides protection from a range of attacks against web applications and allows for HTTP traffic monitoring and real time analysis with little or no changes to existing infrastructure More information at http www modsecurity org 7 3 16 How do change the collection album thumbnail size You can t set the size of the created thumbs in the settings But if you change the created thumbnails by your own sized thumbs then you can bypass this issue 7 3 17 General information As a general advice please take a moment to explore http help joomla org component optionicom easyfag task cat catid 226 Itemid 268 Here you ll find a usefull informationbase about typical Joomla issues After all it s not always an Expose problem 7 3 18 Frontend ok backend not showing Gallery gone after uploa
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46. nge the order of the layers by adding a z index property in the corresponding class defined in the type section or CSS file descriptions By default the top elements are behind the lower ones 7 3 Manager back end If you can t find any solution for your problem or just to know more about it checkout the Joomla Security amp Performance FAQ at http help joomla org component option com_easyfaq task cat catid 226 Itemid 268 7 3 1 Back end login hangs during authentication Of particular note is the DOM or DOMXML library if this is not installed the back end login will not be successful and will hang during authentication A bug in the AMFPHP plugin caused the same problem with PHP 5 2 x You need to update lt joomla_root gt components com_expose expose manager amfphp amf core app Gateway php to fix this from our downloadsite The file included since release 4 6 1 7 3 2 can t upload photo s from my PC to the site Could not communicate with the server error message This is a long issue First check if your server has the minimum requirements for Joomla 42 www gotgtek net User Administrator amp First problem solving manual Last updated 2 05 2008 v1 6 Expose RC3 4 6 3 for Joomla Joomla Register Globals Emulation OFF v Register Globals OFF y Magic Quotes ON y Safe Mode OFF y File Uploads ON y Session auto start OFF y Check if the server has the minimum requirements
47. o desactivate SEF 7 2 4 Not all buttons are shown on the gallery You ll need to change the configuration file More specific the Main Panel button settings to adjust their location 41 www gotgtek net User Administrator amp First problem solving manual Last updated 2 05 2008 v1 6 Expose RC3 4 6 3 for Joomla 7 2 5 always need to click on the gallery to activate it A Flash object needs a little script to auto run it on page load It s provided by Adobe as AC RunActiveContent js For security issues some browsers or antivirus software deactivate Javascript so the gallery won t run automatically and you ll need to activate it with a click on the component Check the settings properties to allow javascript on this site 7 2 6 Can t select the same album again When you re select the same album after returning from the strip to the albumlist you need to select another album before you can select the same again This is a core Flash issue and can t be changed by us 7 2 7 Expose not loading with ARTIO JoomSEF You probably need to change the URL config for Artio SEF as follows 1 Goto The Artio Component from the components menu 2 Select ARTIO JoomSEF Configuration Make sure its writable 3 Set the Component Configuration for com expose at the bottom to SKIP 7 2 8 Menu expands behind the gallery One module can hide the contents of an other module because a browser builds a webpage with layers You can cha
48. o fit your needs but use a decent editor Some editors destroy your xml file structure and make it unusable 3 1 2 RC4 release From RC4 you can access the configuration from ExposePrive HE Configuration the back end Just select Components gt Expose gt JCE Admin MAT Manual Conricuration and change the values as you like PENNE umMaenagel This Place your mouse over the keywords to get a brief explanation about the parameter 3 1 3 4 6 3 release Configuration is now divided in separated tab pages so settings could be found more easy The description of every setting is translatable making it more easy to understand and visible next to the setting instead of the small tool tip 3 2 Login password Be sure to change the default Manager password manager because it is accessible from the frontend You can access it from the back end or from the front end at lt joomla root gt components com_expose expose manager manager html Be warned Open the Manager frontpage Change password Components gt Expose gt Manace A sums and select CHANGE PAsswonD button Then type in the actual and new password in the New password fields Click on CuHance to apply the new password Current password Confirm password Change Cancel 16 www gotgtek net User Administrator amp First problem solving manual Last updated 2 05 2008 v1 6 Expose RC3 4 6 3 for Joomla 3 3 Customizing configur
49. ocuments through the DOM API with PHP 5 For PHP v4 DOM XML enabled ML API Version 20031129 you need to use the DOMXML i version PTS extension By default this library HTML support enabled should be installed and activated See Path Support enabled http php net domxml for more onxer Support R isha Schema Support enabled information about this plugin RelaxNG Support enabled Since PHP v5 the XML lib functions are stored in the DOM extension There is no installation needed to use these functions anymore they are part of the PHP core now More information about this extension can be found at http php net dom 2 9 3 GD extension PHP can also be used to create and manipulate image files in a variety of different image formats including gif png jog womp and xpm Even more convenient PHP can output image streams directly to a browser The GD library available at http Awww libgd org and PHP engine may also require other libraries depending on which image formats you want to work with e g for reading meta data of pictures you need the exif extension Since PHP 4 3 there is a bundled version of the GD lib More information at http php net gd For linux to enable GD support configure PHP with gd DIR where DIR is the GD base install directory To use the recommended bundled version of the GD library which was first bundled in PHP 4 3 0 use the configure option with gd GD library require
50. of Expose defines the Flash movie as 900 pixels wide by 510 pixels high which makes it suitable for images up to 400 pixels tall You can change the movie size by opening the configuration page Then change the width and height parameters from the list This panel contains also several parameters for the vertical position of the main panel the image the image strip etc Edit their values to reposition these interface elements 5 5 3 Colors The stock background color used by Expose is white You can change it by opening expose html and editing the values of bgcolor in four places the two bgcolor parameters in the object and embed elements and inside the FlashVars string in those elements so you end up changing it in 4 places The hexadecimal value in the FlashVars string has to be stripped of the symbol normally used in HTML for specifying colors To change the colors used in the Flash movie open config xml in an XML editor and change the values of those parameters which identify color and transparency alpha values 5 5 4 Text formats and fonts Expose comes prepackaged with a set of two fonts You can use your own fonts if you have Flash MX 2004 or later installed You do that by opening the fonts fla file in the fla folder then specifying your own fonts for runtime sharing the fonts used in that file are Verdana and Arial and finally publishing to fonts swf Make sure to specify the Linkage when adding a Font to the library It
51. of all settings in this window e Small fitting box size of the scrollable pictures in an Albumstrip e Normal fitting box automatic or automated slide show picture size e Large fitting box When Create large image is checked viewers will be able to click on the slideshow picture This will popup a new window with the large sized image in it allowing them to download it You need to check this box BEFORE uploading images Only at this time large images will be created Also unchecking won t disable the popup on previously created pictures it will only disable the creation of new large pictures If you want to remove previously created large images you ll need to edit the joomla root components com expose expose xml albumxxxx xml files manually and remove the popups by deleting the lt largeimage gt lt url gt xxxx jpg lt url gt lt largeimage gt lines in the picture tags e Embed copyright text If checked on uploading the Manager will add the entered text over your picture using the desired size color and opacity This action will be performed on uploading and can t be removed after See 4 2 3 for more 22 www gotgtek net User Administrator amp First problem solving manual Last updated 2 05 2008 v1 6 Expose RC3 4 6 3 for Joomla e Embed watermark Create your own copyright or other watermark image and join it with every uploaded picture Same as copyright text it will be joined on uploading
52. planatory Use the buttons in the Manage Albums and Manage Media Rename Moveto Delete Up Down areas to manage your collection 4 8 Linking Directly to Collections and Albums You may link directly to your collections albums and images using standard Joomla Syntax from within your content text First identify the necessary collection album and or image ID s from the backend album manager by selecting the required one The ID is shown on top Albums Cor Photos and videos Cor v C9 Amateurthearer Title 27 www gotgtek net User Administrator amp First problem solving manual Last updated 2 05 2008 v1 6 Expose RC3 4 6 3 for Joomla 4 8 1 On J 1 0 x releases Link to a collection this collection will be displayed as top collection e g open expose and use the collection with ID 234 as the top level collection index php optionzcom expose amp ltemid 26 amp topcoll 234 Link to an album e g open expose and automatically load the album with ID 123 index php optionzcom expose amp ltemid 456 amp album 123 Link to an image e g open expose and automatically load the photo with ID 456 that is part of the album with ID 123 index php optionzcom expose amp ltemid 26 amp album 7 amp photo 7 Auto start a slideshow from a specified album e g open expose automatically load the photo with ID 456 that is part of the album with ID 123 and start a slide show index php optionzcom expose amp ltemid 26 amp albumz123 amp photo
53. requirements see 1 4 are fulfilled e General Joomla Security overview can be found on http forum joomla org index php topic 8 1058 0 html e Register yourselves at JoomlaCode org and activate monitoring on the Expose project page This will send you a release message by mail 2 11 Displaying in front end Expose is added to the front end of your Joomla installation by simply adding a r Components Component O Component Link Displays the frontend interface for a O Component Link Contact tem Component type menu item and pointing it to the Expose component Login to the administrative back end of your Joomla installation From the main toolbar select eo New the menu to which you wish to add your gallery link Select New from the Menu Manager page that is currently displayed On the New Menu Item page select Component and then choose Expose from the list of installed components To view your gallery browse to the front end of your site and select the new menu item you created The sample albums should be visible 15 www gotgtek net User Administrator amp First problem solving manual Last updated 2 05 2008 v1 6 Expose RC3 4 6 3 for Joomla 3 Configuration 3 1 General 3 1 1 RC3release Expose has lot of things for you to customize Most settings can be changed in the joomla root components com expose expose config config xml file Just edit the values t
54. resents a brand new original font for your downloading pleasure More help about installing these fonts on your computer can be found on the Help section of the site If you have any comments or questions you can e mail him at tepidmonkey yahoo com You may use this font s for non commercial and commercial purposes You are not allowed to sell this font for any fee at all You are allowed to redistribute it as long as you don t charge ANYTHING for it at all The full set of terms of use which override what is listed here visit the Terms Of Use section As an example we desired a copyright symbol in the center of my 800x600 image which is the large fitting size in my expose settings To achieve this we created a transparent 800x600 png with my watermark in the middle saved it as watermark png and replaced it with the original file referenced above You will also notice that on the normal image 600x400 the copyright symbol is the same size as in the large fitting image and it is in the upper left corner How does this happen While the normal fitting image is being processed the bottom and right borders are aligned with the 800x600 watermark png Since the medium sized image is smaller the watermark appears full size but in the upper left corner 23 www gotgtek net User Administrator amp First problem solving manual Last updated 2 05 2008 v1 6 Expose RC3 4 6 3 for Joomla If we had used a 600x400 watermark file with the
55. result of it If errors occur you need to change the config of your server most probably ask your host If warnings occur you need to verify the pointed files paths permissions make them writable To maintain the maximum security only change these file directory permissions Do you need to set the permissions to 777 to make your directories and files writable Then check this article at http help joomla org component option com_easyfaq task view id 99 Itemid 268 on how you need to change some serversettings 2 6 1 Changing settings Make sure following files are writable when changing its settings After changing it s advisable to chmod these files back to 644 Configuration settings joomla root components com expose expose config config xml Lettertypes joomla root components com expose expose config strings xml Password joomla root components com expose expose manager amfphp extra passhash inc php Manager properties joomla root components com expose expose manager amfphp extra settings xml You can always edit the files yourselves if using the configuration interface causes problems using JoomXplorer or an other component 2 6 2 Changing Gallery contents Make following directories and files writable when changing the contents of the gallery Images joomla root components com expose expose img Contents joomla root components com expose expose xm
56. rowser 1 4 2 Back end The album manager in contrast has strict system requirements which allow the administrator s to upload and resize the images and flash videos Ensure that PHP version 4 or higher the GD library DOM or DOMXML library and the ICONV library extensions are installed and activated on your web server In the Joomla back end System gt System INFo gt PHP nro you can verify this You also need to check some php ini settings e safe mode must be Off in order for Expose to work correctly e disable functions directive must not include the functions exec and set time limit file uploads must be set to On to be able to upload files from your computer e upload max filesize and post max size parameters control the maximum file size that can be uploaded Increase the value default is 2M if you have problems uploading pictures from higher resolution cameras See 4 4 for more information If your host does not support these requirements you may still use the Expose to display your photos flash movies in Jooma However you will have to use the Album Manager desktop application as alternative to upload and manage your collections albums and files See 4 10 for more details 1 5 Disclaimer This software is provided as is and no warranty is offered or implied Your use of Expose signifies that you will hold harmless and protect any and all contributors to this project if harm in any shape or form results from t
57. s e Playing slide shows e Linking directly from content to collection album photo or slideshow e Smart image pre loading the small footprint of the Flash clips and an intelligent loading of resources allow even dial up users to have a seamless experience viewing your photos e Multiple streams per video e SpeedSense mechanism for automatic stream assignment based on the user s bandwidth 1 4 System requirements Expose consists of a front end application to display your photos to your visitors and a back end application to upload and manage your gallery photos Both need some additional libs to be activated on the server After installing the component you can check your server s config settings by running a little check script e before 4 6 2 joomla root components com expose expose manager check system php e as of 4 6 2 the check system script is included in the backend Expose component menu See 2 9 for more information about changing your configuration 1 4 4 Front end The front end application simply requires the Joomla content management system version 1 0 x and the DOM build in PHP v5 or DOMXML needs to be enabled in PHP v4 library 6 www gotgtek net User Administrator amp First problem solving manual Last updated 2 05 2008 v1 6 Expose RC3 4 6 3 for Joomla to be activated for PHP End users i e your site visitors will need at least Flash Player 8 installed for their particular b
58. s XML files see the Customization and Internationalization sections 34 www gotgtek net User Administrator amp First problem solving manual Last updated 2 05 2008 v1 6 Expose RC3 4 6 3 for Joomla 5 3 SpeedSense SpeedSense is the mechanism that Expose uses to determine a visitor s bandwidth and select an appropriate video stream that will make uninterrupted playback more likely This feature is turned off by default and you can turn it on by editing the SpeedSense Emabled coniguration parameter in config xml SpeedSense works by loading a dummy JPG file located in expose img dummy jpg and measuring how much the user can download in roughly 3 seconds The default dummy file is 200KB which should be enough to obtain a good estimate of the user s bandwidth If all your videos consist of a single stream each you do not need to enable SpeedStream that will only waste bandwidth 5 4 Internationalization Expose includes support for using your won language in the text frontend interface The strings xml file in the config folder contains the list of strings used in the Flash movie Each string has an identifier and text placed in one or more language elements By default strings xml comes with an English string list The easiest way to use your own text instead is to replace the text in the english elements in strings xml file In RC2 alternatively you can add your own language elements for each string and change the language
59. s libpng and libipeg to compile To disable GD support in PHP add without gd to your configure line In Windows you ll include the GD2 DLL php gd2 dll as an extension in php ini The line extension php gd2 dll should already be in your php ini you only need to uncomment it remove the at front of the line to activate it Restart your webserver service after changing to apply the new setting 13 www gotgtek net User Administrator amp First problem solving manual Expose RC3 4 6 3 for Joomla 2 9 4 Freetype subextension g GD Support GD Version FreeType Support FreeType Linkage FreeType Version GIF Read Support GIF Create Support JPG Support PNG Support WBMP Support XBM Support 2 9 5 CONV extension enabled bundled 2 0 28 compatible enabled with freetype 2 1 9 enabled enabled enabled enabled enabled enabled Last updated 2 05 2008 v1 6 To embed copyright text on your uploaded images you need the Freetype font libraries Like you can see on this picture Freetype is listed as a component in the GD extension section In Linux to enable support for FreeType 2 add with freetype dir DIR to your configure line With this module you can turn a string represented by a local character set into the one represented by another character set which may be the Unicode character set In order to enable this module on a Windows environment you need to put a DLL file nam
60. s them smaller anyway and it takes off the load then when saved them notices that they were Standard baseline So for sh1t5 and giggles re saved them as optimized baseline done an upload test HAY PRESTO pictures appeared in the Expose Album Its worth a shot It worked for me Try saving your pics in a different JPG format It may remove some Cr4p that your camera may be embedding into the original pic like a digital watermark You could use a program like jhead http www sentex net mwandel jhead to remove metadata and perform first resizing of your camera pics 7 3 4 Can t delete collections albums or pictures need to set all permissions to 777 to make it work Again check file and folder permissions as described in 2 6 7 3 5 FLV movies aren t uploaded This could be a server configuration problem see 7 2 2 7 3 6 The descriptions aren t saved u Description Once you have completed the description place your Place your description here mouse over the text and right click or ctrl click on Mac OS Apply description changes X Choose Apply description changes from the menu 7 3 7 Upload is slow Upload doesn t finish with success Perhaps your pictures are too big Its advisable to resize your photos locally before uploading with the manager because they are resized on the server after upload This saves bandwidth and increases the speed On the net you can find many tools that can do th
61. s videos into collections and albums Collections consist of albums and or other collections You could see collections as folders for grouping your images in themes containing albums with pictures of one theme Importantly each nested collection increases the amount of horizontal space required to display the entire gallery For most Joomla templates you will not have enough horizontal space to accommodate more than one nested collection Use the buttons in the Create Albums and Manage Albums areas of the Album Manager to organize your collections albums 24 www gotgtek net User Administrator amp First problem solving manual Last updated 2 05 2008 v1 6 Expose RC3 4 6 3 for Joomla 4 4 Uploading Media Before uploading any files create at least one album and select it from the Album List You can only add files to a selected and opened album Media can now be added to your album in three ways using the Upload photos button the Upload videos button or the Add from bucket button All three upload buttons are found in the Upload Buttons area of the Album Manager Add from bucket Upload videos Upload photos It s also advisable to resize your photos locally before uploading with the manager because Expose resizes them on the server after upload This saves bandwidth and increases the speed On the net you can find many tools that can do this in batch Be aware on uploading photo s of your camera Sometimes these pictur
62. se RC3 4 6 3 for Joomla The album element similarly has a title element In addition it may have a description element where you put a detailed description of the photos inside that album The thumb element in the first album in the example indicates that the album has a thumbnail image and an url subelement points to the location and file name of that image in this case thumb jpg A contentnumber element specifies the number of photos in the album and a contentxmlurl specifies the URL of the XML file containing the descriptions of each photo in the album This URL can either be absolute using an http modifier or relative as is the case in the example above where the file name is used as the URL More on the contentxmlurl element in the Customization section Additionally each album and collection may have a mngid attribute which is a unique ID string that can be used to auto launch albums photos and set root collections The descriptions of each photo or video in an album are stored in a separate XML file such as album somealbum xml as in the example above Let s look at a simple case of such a file lt xml version 1 0 encoding utf 8 gt expose version 2 1 gt picture _mngid 1 gt lt title gt Downtown Chicago lt title gt lt date gt October 2004 lt date gt lt location gt Chicago IIlinois lt location gt lt description gt A skyscape shot of Chicago n Sears tower is in the left corner lt description g
63. sy of Tepid Monkey see the readme txt file in the fonts folder for more information 5 www gotgtek net User Administrator amp First problem solving manual Last updated 2 05 2008 v1 6 Expose RC3 4 6 3 for Joomla e DOMXML php4 conversion to DOM php5 by Alexandre Alapetite Documentation for this plugin can be found on http alexandre alapetite net doc alex domxml php4 php5 e Since 4 6 3 the bridge uses Shadowbox to popup the large image format pictures Shadowbox is a cross browser cross platform cleanly coded and fully documented media viewer application written entirely in JavaScript Using Shadowbox website authors can display a wide assortment of media in all major browsers without navigating away from the linking page More information about this plugin can be found on the developers site at http mjijackson com shadowbox 1 3 Features e Standard installation via the Joomla component installer e One and the same installation file for J 1 0 x and 1 5 x e Nesting of albums and assigning thumbnails to albums and album collections e Online picture upload resize and managing e Offline gallery managing for Windows and Mac OS X e Flash video FLV files upload e Copyright and watermark addition during upload and resizing e Assigning a description to each collection album amp image e Image strip view for previewing all images in an album e Customization of the interface layout resizing and the button icon
64. t lt image gt lt url gt cities chicago jpg lt url gt lt image gt lt smallimage gt lt url gt cities _sm_chicago jpg lt url gt lt smallimage gt lt audio gt lt url gt cities _au_chicago jpg lt url gt lt audio gt lt picture gt lt picture _mngid 2 gt lt title gt Times Square in NYC lt title gt lt image gt lt url gt cities nyc_timessquare jpg lt url gt lt image gt lt smallimage gt lt url gt cities _sm_nyc_timessquare jpg lt url gt lt smallimage gt lt largeimage gt lt url gt cities _la_nyc_timessquare jpg lt url gt lt largeimage gt lt picture gt lt video_mngid 3 gt 33 www gotgtek net User Administrator amp First problem solving manual Last updated 2 05 2008 v1 6 Expose RC3 4 6 3 for Joomla lt title gt Jack s wedding lt title gt lt thumb gt lt url gt videos _th_wedding jpg lt url gt lt thumb gt lt video gt lt stream bitrate 1000 gt lt url gt videos wedding 1000k flv lt url gt lt stream gt lt stream bitrate 500 gt lt url gt videos wedding 500k flv lt url gt lt stream gt lt video gt lt video gt lt expose gt Again all elements in the photo and video list are enclosed in an expose element with a version attribute Each picture is defined in a picture element The picture has a title specified in a title element A date a location and a description can also be specified in elements with the same name but they are op
65. t add these dummy tags without picture URL lt largeimage gt lt url gt lt url gt lt largeimage gt and add a link attribute like 28 www gotgtek net User Administrator amp First problem solving manual Last updated 2 05 2008 v1 6 Expose RC3 4 6 3 for Joomla picture mngid 5 link http www gotgtek net gt Now the URL link will be opened instead of popping the large image of that photo A JavaScript function is used to open the URL the link opens in a new window by default All together it should look like this picture mngid 5 link http www gotgtek net gt title Test with URL link lt title gt lt image gt lt url gt alb_5 img_1194418615_ 248 jpg lt url gt lt image gt lt smallimage gt lt url gt alb_5 img_1194418615 813 _sm jpg lt url gt lt smallimage gt lt largeimage gt lt url gt lt url gt lt largeimage gt lt picture gt 4 10 Album Manager for Windows and Mac OS X If your host does not support the strict server requirements for the album manager contained within this component or if you have a very large media collection you may still use the Expose component to display your pictures Simply install your component create the appropriate menu item as described above and customize the component to suit your Joomla template However all aloum management will be performed using the stand alone Album Manager application available for Windows or Mac OS X op
66. t joomla root components com expose changelog txt 9 www gotgtek net User Administrator amp First problem solving manual Last updated 2 05 2008 v1 6 Expose RC3 4 6 3 for Joomla 2 3 Downloading The latest Expose packages are available as zip archives on the JoomlaCode site at ur http joomlacode org gf project expose 2 4 Update and re install Before installing a new version of Expose make a backup see 2 8 to preserve the actual contents Then update all files from the update pack read the readme txt in the package for extra notes You could also uninstall the old version and install the new one Then try the functions of the new version before restoring the previous contents of the gallery 2 5 Install Before applying big changes to your site always make a backup see 2 8 For Joomla you need to have a FTP copy and an sql dump of your database to restore it in times of trouble If you want to be really sure try this copy out from time to time on a testserver to verify if the backup isn t corrupt Expose is installed using the Joomla component Mambots Installers Messages System installer Login to the administrative back end of your Joomla installation From the main toolbar select 1b Templates Site INSTALLERS gt Components Browse to the com_expsose zip file you downloaded above and click the UpLoap Fite amp INsrALL button amp Templates Admin do Languages amp Co
67. terface should be more easy Then for both J1 0 X and J 1 5 X in components expose config strings xml and components expose manager misc strings xml you need to add your language tag next to the lt english gt tags like lt string id stopslideshow gt lt english gt Stop slide show lt english gt lt dutch gt Stop diashow lt dutch gt lt string gt Also make sure that the languagecode id string is the same as the first part of the languagecode directory you ve created before Check http dev joomla org content view 42 66 for language code listing string id languagecode gt lt english gt en lt english gt lt dutch gt nl lt dutch gt lt string gt Wen adding or replacing language files be sure to check the ownerships and permissions if Expose doesn t function anymore after replacing the files Since adding all languages in the default Expose component would increase the package size a lot we re still searching for a solution to distribute multilanguage files For ini files you just need to add the files of your prefered language but the xml files need translation for all languages in one file 3 6 htaccess txt When using an Apache webserver to run Expose then when having some issues on uploading pictures you probably need to tune your serversettings In components com_expose expose manager you ll find a htaccess txt file When renaming it to htaccess making it a file
68. tional To insert new lines in a description use n without the quotes and with spaces surrounding the Wn This is necessary because the XML file is stripped of all whitespace The image files are defined in two elements image and smallimage An url subelement specifies the location of each file You can also specify an audio commentary MP3 file using an audio element with a url subelement containing the location of the file Videos are enclosed in a video element It contains title date and location elements similar to a picture element A thumb element points to the thumbnail image for the video with a url subelement in it A video element inside the video element lists the streams Each stream is enclosed in a stream element The stream element contains one attribute called bitrate which indicates in kilobits the bitrate of that particular stream this value is used by SpeedSense to select an appropriate stream for each visitor dependingn their estimated bandwidth A url element containing the URL of the stream goes inside the stream element Both picture and video elements can be identified with a mngid attribute similarly to albums and collections The example above indicates that the album contains two pictures the first of Chicago with audio commentary and the second of Times Square in NYC without It also contains a video of Jack s wedding For information about the XML structure of the configuration formats and string
69. trings XML files reside in the config subfolder inside the expose folder Each picture consists of two files one thumb sized used in the image strip and a larger one used in the full size display mode which reside in the same folder The general naming convention for the smaller image file is to use the file name of the larger image and prepend it with sm For example if your full size image file is chicago jpg the thumb image would be named sm chicago jpg This nomenclature is not required but helps when you view your files in a file manager on your operating system e g Windows Explorer Mac OS X Finder An audio commentary MP3 file can also be bundled with a picture and its file name is prepended with au e g au chicago mp3 for the chicago jpg image These naming conventions are only required if you are going to edit your albums using one of the provided Windows or MAC manager applications The PHP manager doesn t support audio at this time and uses a slightly different naming system The default setup that comes with the Expose package is suitable for thumb size images not taller than 200 pixels and full size images not taller than 400 pixels Check the Customization section to find out how to resize the movie and reposition the interface elements within it to be able to accommodate other image sizes The album and album collection thumbnail images should be no larger than 64x48 pixels if you use the default configuration It
70. wn too so you can restore them easily later together with a copy of the config folder After reinstalling the gallery and testing it without modifying the default installation you can restore the img and xml folders to restore your previous content again The structure of some config files has been changed in 4 6 3 release Be sure NOT to restore them from an earlier version 2 9 Activating missing libs Like mentioned in 1 4 your hosts server needs some extensions to be activated Most of them only need to be uncommented in the php ini configuration file but mostly they can only be changed by your host himselve so you ll probably will have to mail him to change this setting After changing the configuration you need to restart the webserver service to apply the new settings 12 www gotgtek net User Administrator amp First problem solving manual Last updated 2 05 2008 v1 6 Expose RC3 4 6 3 for Joomla 2 9 1 Check current PHP settings If you want to know your current configuration of your PHP engine the Joomla back end System gt System INFO gt PHP inro gives you a full overview of all settings and extensions You can also become the same overview if you create a small script with this line in it php phpinfo Save it e g as phpconfig php and place it on your server Then call this file with a browser 2 9 2 DOM or DOMXML extension The DOM extension allows you to dom operate on XML d

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