Gallery2:How Tos

List of common tasks in Gallery 2, and instructions on how to complete them:

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Installation

• How do I Install Gallery2
• Security
• Performance Tips
• Image Size Settings (Thumbnails, Resized Images, ...)
• Internationalization / Language Settings

Management

• How can I "zap" my G2 data? How do I easily clear out /g2data and the DB?
• How can I move my gallery installation from one folder to another?
• How can I move my gallery installation from one server to another?
• How can I export data from one G2 to another G2 installation?
• How Do I upgrade Gallery 2
• How do I Upgrade a Multisite Gallery 2
• How do I prevent users from accessing my site during maintenance or upgrades?
• How do I Migrate from Gallery 1 to Gallery 2
• How do I Make Backups of My Database
• How Can I Call A View Or Controller From The Command Line?
• How To Backup and Sync the DB
• How to Restore from a Backup
• How can I use the mysqli driver with Mysql 4.1 and higher?
• How To Use Lighttpd URL Rewrite
• How To Write Scripts That Interacting With Gallery
• How to install Plugins

Items

• How To Add Items
• How to Limit Upload Methods
• How to reupload images without losing captions, descriptions, related comments etc.
• How to make square thumbnails
• How to add a custom thumbnail from an internet jpeg image

Performance

• Performance Tips
• How to use 'less' CPU
• How to keep robots off CPU intensive pages

Customizations

Please check out the Themes How To page for tutorials on theming tricks

Image Block

• How To Use The External Image Block When url_fopen Is Disabled
• How To Use The (External) Image Block Using GalleryEmbed
• How To Setup Image Blocks

Search Engine Optimizations

• Gallery2 and SEO - Tips and suggestions
• Thirteen Ways To Add SEO To Gallery2
• How to keep robots off CPU intensive pages

Website Integration

("visually embed" means no user / single-sign-on, just integrated appearance)

• How to Visually Embed Gallery in Your Own Website by Editing Theme Templates

• How to visually embed G2 in your own website using embedded mode

• How to link to G2 with a specific language

• How I integrated the slider theme into my website

Printing Services

How to add other printing services?