Why index.php

daveyd · 2015-01-21 21:39:08

I'm a long time user of Client Response (CE3 really useful!) but with CE4 when I export the gallery it makes an index.php file and not an index.html file which I am used to having before. And then I cannot open that url once it is uploaded via my ftp?

Any ideas please, thanks?

Ben · 2015-01-21 21:49:35

CE4 CRG includes features that require processing on a web server. This requires the gallery files to be PHP files.
Are you having trouble viewing them in a directory on your PC?

If you'd like to view the galleries locally, then you'll need to install a local web server. Have a look at WAMP for Windows or MAMP for Mac. They're both free, and easy to set up. Essentially: install the application, drop your files into the right place, view them in your browser via http://localhost/.

Matthew · 2015-01-21 21:51:14

PHP is required for saving feedback, loading feedback, client management, etc.

The client response gallery always used PHP functions for sending mail, now it's using more of them. So PHP was always a requirement for every version we've ever released.

We build on standard PHP modules to cast the widest net for compatibility. If your server isn't up to the task, they you may need to migrate to a better host. We recommend Bluehost.

daveyd · 2015-01-21 22:41:46

I'm not the most tech guy, so - with CR3 when I exported the gallery it always made an index.html file, which I used at the end of the url and worked fine - including using the responses panel for feedback. Now it makes index.php but the url ending with that can't be found. I really think my server is fine, as it is used by a large commercial web design agency who have huge clients.

So, should the index path end in /index.html or index.php??

Thanks

rod barbee · 2015-01-21 22:46:17

index.php, CRG only exports index.php

the url could then be yoursite.com/galleries/your-crg/
or yoursite.com/galleries/your-crg/index.php

but post a link to a gallery that's not working as expected.

daveyd · 2015-01-21 22:59:10

Thanks for the help, it still doesn't seem to load the page. Here are tests:

This is the current url that I get http://www.davidmyersphotography.com/cl … /index.php

This is what I had before with CR3 http://www.davidmyersphotography.com/cl … index.html

Many thanks

Matthew · 2015-01-21 23:05:58

So it looks like you haven't setup TTG BE on your server. Did you read the setup documentation?
http://ce4.theturninggate.net/docs

daveyd · 2015-01-21 23:17:06

Thanks for the answer, and Wow that is complicated! Perhaps I'll just stay with CR3.....

Matthew · 2015-01-21 23:24:37

It's not all that complicated. Seriously, the documentation will take you through it and you'll be up-and-running in no time at all.

daveyd · 2015-01-21 23:29:10

Ok - thanks - I'll try it later as I have a shoot now.
David

rod barbee · 2015-01-21 23:33:09

A little extra complication is the price for all the additional features.
Realize that Lightroom cannot export a database and all the new features (that have been requested for a long, long time) require a database.
If you don't need those features though, then perhaps CE3 CRG will serve your purpose.

And the setup isn't that hard at all and, in my opinion, is less complicated than managing a WordPress site.

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